{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"45 - Samuel Albanie on DeepMind's AGI Safety Approach","description":"In this episode, I chat with Samuel Albanie about the Google DeepMind paper he co-authored called &quot;An Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security&quot;. It covers the assumptions made by the approach, as well as the types of mitigations it outlines. Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/axrpodcast Ko-fi: https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/axrpodcast Transcript:  https:\/\/axrp.net\/episode\/2025\/07\/06\/episode-45-samuel-albanie-deepminds-agi-safety-approach.html &amp;nbsp; Topics we discuss, and timestamps: 0:00:37 DeepMind's Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security 0:04:29 Current paradigm continuation 0:19:13 No human ceiling 0:21:22 Uncertain timelines 0:23:36 Approximate continuity and the potential for accelerating capability improvement 0:34:29 Misuse and misalignment 0:39:34 Societal readiness 0:43:58 Misuse mitigations 0:52:57 Misalignment mitigations 1:05:20 Samuel's thinking about technical AGI safety 1:14:02 Following Samuel's work &amp;nbsp; Samuel on Twitter\/X: x.com\/samuelalbanie &amp;nbsp; Research we discuss: An Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2504.01849 Levels of AGI for Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2311.02462 The Checklist: What Succeeding at AI Safety Will Involve: https:\/\/sleepinyourhat.github.io\/checklist\/ Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2503.14499 &amp;nbsp; Episode art by Hamish Doodles: hamishdoodles.com ","author_name":"AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/axrp.net","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37300560\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/190465100"}