80,000 Hours Podcast
Both Silicon Valley and the public can’t get enough of ‘AGI timelines.’ But Toby Ord, senior researcher at Oxford’s AI Governance Initiative and author of The Precipice, believes we consistently make big mistakes when thinking about them. He lays out the 14 ways he most often sees people go wrong:
In this extended conversation with Rob Wiblin, Toby also explains why he thinks:
This episode was recorded on July 2, 2026.
Links to learn more, video, and full transcript: https://80k.info/to26
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