# institute podcast (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover institute podcast. Page: Feed: --- ## [What would actually reduce AI risk](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/ai-risk-interventions) _2026-07-07 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ 11 priorities for surviving the AI transition ## [This feels like my life’s work, and it's out today](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/book-launch) _2026-05-28 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ How the first week has gone ## [A 15-year search for the world's most pressing problem](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/world-problem) _2026-05-25 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ Why moved from global health to AI and pandemics ten years ago, and what we're focused on today. ## [We reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found.](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/we-reviewed-over-60-studies-about) _2026-05-19 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ We all want to find a dream job, but what does they actually mean? Decades of research has found five key factors, and it's not as simple as "following your passion". ## [Are the last 3 months the start of an AI acceleration?](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/is-ai-accelerating) _2026-05-03 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ Most public commentary is debating whether AI has hit a plateau. ## [Four reasons it's hard to make AI do what we want](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/why-ai-wont-do-what-we-want-by-default) _2026-04-19 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ Four reasons to expect misalignment ## [I'm publishing a book: a ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling career in the age of AI](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/im-publishing-80000-hours-with-penguin) _2026-03-24 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ I wrote 80,000 Hours ten years ago because I was frustrated at how terrible career advice can be. ## [Do we already have AGI?](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/do-we-already-have-agi) _2026-03-22 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ What AGI means, and why we don’t have it yet. ## [How AI-driven feedback loops could make things very crazy, very fast](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/how-ai-driven-feedback-loops-could) _2025-12-05 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ A primer on the intelligence explosion ## [The environment is a terrible reason to avoid ChatGPT](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/the-environment-is-a-terrible-reason) _2025-11-29 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ People are saying you shouldn’t use ChatGPT due to statistics like: ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0Tdibx4w3Nj2) _2025-11-29 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Reasoning, robots and how to prepare for AGI on the Future of Life Institute podcast](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/reasoning-robots-and-how-to-prepare) _2025-08-26 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ I recently joined Gus Docker on the Future of Life Institute Podcast. We debated many of the recent themes of this Substack: ## [AI is the most rapidly adopted technology in history](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/when-people-say-ai-isnt-finding-real) _2025-07-11 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ 7 charts about AI deployment ## [How not to lose your job to AI](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/how-not-to-lose-your-job-to-ai) _2025-06-24 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ The skills AI will make more valuable (and how to learn them) ## [Should you quit your job – and work on risks from AI?](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/work-on-ai-risk) _2025-04-29 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ In five years, we could have AI systems capable of accelerating science and automating skilled jobs. ## [Shortening AGI timelines: a review of expert forecasts](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/shortening-agi-timelines-a-review) _2025-04-09 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ As a non-expert, it would be great if there were experts who could tell us when we should expect artificial general intelligence (AGI) to arrive. ## [Will we have AGI by 2030?](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/the-case-for-agi-by-2030) _2025-04-06 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ In recent months, the CEOs of leading AI companies have grown increasingly confident about rapid progress: ## [How to make AI go well: a summary](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/agi-guide-summary) _2025-03-22 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ I’m writing a new guide to careers to help AGI go well. Here's a summary of the key messages as they stand. ## [The most important graph in AI right now: time horizon](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/the-most-important-graph-in-ai-right) _2025-03-20 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ To understand how close we are to transformative AI, here’s the metric I find most interesting right now: how long are the tasks AI can do? ## [Teaching AI to reason: this year's most important story](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/teaching-ai-to-reason-this-years) _2025-02-12 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ Most people think of AI as a pattern-matching chatbot – good at writing emails, terrible at real thinking. ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VBiey7qNnlVg) _2025-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Gary Marcus says AI can't do things it can already do](https://benjamintodd.substack.com/p/gary-marcus-says-ai-cant-do-things) _2025-02-08 · Benjamin Todd · Benjamin Todd_ The problem of criticising AI using outdated models