“AI Generated Podcast of the 2021 MIRI Conversations” by peterbarnett

I made an AI generated podcast of the 2021 MIRI Conversations. There are different voices for the different participants, to make it easier and more natural to follow along with. I tried to choose voices that were reasonably distinct and also not too annoying.

This was done entirely in my personal capacity, and not as part of my job at MIRI.[1] I did this because I like listening to audio and there wasn’t a good audio version of the conversations.

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6I0YbfFQJUv0IX6EYD1tPe

RRS: https://anchor.fm/s/1082f3c7c/podcast/rss

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2021-miri-conversations/id1838863198

Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/biravt3t

I’ve found it really interesting listening through the conversations from 2021. Overall I think people were very prescient, especially given that this was way before the world waking up to the prospect of AGI. I also enjoyed listening to the Paul and Eliezer predictions, as I think we are starting to get to the [...]

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First published:
September 10th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YtdAdAmmHKPyYdSA8/ai-generated-podcast-of-the-2021-miri-conversations

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.