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Defense in Depth: Layered Strategies Against AI Risk (with Li-Lian Ang)

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Episode Defense in Depth: Layered Strategies Against AI Risk (with Li-Lian Ang)

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Li-Lian Ang is a team member at Blue Dot Impact. She joins the podcast to discuss how society can build a workforce to protect humanity from AI risks. The conversation covers engineered pandemics, AI-enabled cyber attacks, job loss and disempowerment, and power concentration in firms or AI systems. We also examine Blue Dot's defense-in-depth framework and how individuals can navigate rapid, uncertain AI progress.

LINKS:

• Li-Lian Ang personal site • Blue Dot Impact organization site

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(00:48) Blue dot beginnings

(03:04) Evolving AI risk concerns

(06:20) AI agents in cyber

(15:52) Gradual disempowerment and jobs

(23:26) Aligning AI with humans

(29:08) Power concentration and misuse

(34:52) Influencing frontier AI labs

(43:05) Uncertain timelines and strategy

(50:18) Writing, AI, and action

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