Dr. Michael K. Cohen, a postdoc AI safety researcher at UC Berkeley, joined the podcast to discuss OpenAI's superalignment research, reinforcement learning and imitation learning, potential dangers of advanced future AI agents, policy proposals to address long-term planning agents, academic discourse on AI risks, California's SB 1047 bill, and more.

Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.