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Dan Hendrycks

Dan Hendrycks

researcher and director of the Center for AI Safety

Every podcast episode featuring Dan Hendrycks that Attunex has found: 28 interviews and appearances across 22 shows between 2023 and 2026. Most often on AI Frontiers (2), No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups (2) and Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) (2). Often in conversation with Sarah Guo and Tim Scarfe. Follow Dan in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. Inside Humanity's Last Exam: 2,500 Questions AI Can't Ace
    My Weird PromptsAI

    Humanity's Last Exam launched in January 2025 with 2,500 expert-written questions across 100+ subjects — and the best model in the world scored 2.7%. Eighteen months later, the leaderboard leader…

    2026-10-14
  2. “A Cold War Blueprint for the AI Age” by AI Frontiers
    AI FrontiersMentioned

    Subtitle: Deterrence can be the starting point for US-China cooperation. Jim Shinn, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia — September 24, 2026 In their 1961 book Strategy and Arms Control,…

    2026-09-24
  3. Suicidal Compassion: How Utilitarianism at AI Companies Endangers Humanity
    AI Frontiers

    Subtitle: Utilitarians at AI companies imagine a cosmos filled with blissful AIs. They might risk human extinction to achieve it. Dan Hendrycks, Director of the Center for AI Safety — September 9,…

    2026-09-09
  4. Governance Needs Infrastructure, Not Just Intent | 09.01.26
    The Autonomous Signal: AI EditionMentioned

    Today's briefing traces a single thread: governing autonomous AI agents is fundamentally an infrastructure problem, not a policy-statement problem. Google Cloud's new State of AI Infrastructure…

    2026-09-01
  5. “We Need Better Infrastructure to Govern AI Agents” by AI Frontiers
    AI Frontiers

    Subtitle: Society is not prepared for a flood of agents. We need new protocols and standards, such as Agent ID, to make agents accountable to our legal and financial systems. Gillian Hadfield,…

    2026-08-27
  6. Dan Hendrycks' Moral Theory Is Very Implausible
    Bentham's Newsletter — Unofficial AI NarrationAI

    Does the supreme principle of morality say that you matter 360 billion times more than foreign strangers? Unofficial AI narration of "Dan Hendrycks' Moral Theory Is Very Implausible", a free public…

    2026-05-08
  7. Superintelligence and human security, with Dan Hendrycks
    Stop the World

    Last month, some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence experts signed a petition calling for a prohibition on developing superintelligent AI until it is safe. One of those experts was Dan…

    2025-11-03
  8. The Best of 2025 (So Far) with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil
    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    2025 has thus far been a year of great leaps and advances in AI technology. And Sarah and Elad have spoken with some of the most enterprising founders and scientific minds in the field of AI today.…

    2025-10-31
  9. Understanding and Measuring Artificial General Intelligence
    Paper-to-PodcastAI

    This podcast was created entirely by AI and is based on the following research paper: Title: A Definition of AGISource: Center for AI SafetyAuthors: Dan Hendrycks et al.Published Date:…

    2025-10-29
  10. “AGI’s Last Bottlenecks” by Adam Khoja, Laura Hiscott
    AI FrontiersMentioned

    Adam Khoja is a co-author of the recent study, “A Definition of AGI.” The opinions expressed in this article are his own and do not necessarily represent those of the study's other authors. Laura…

    2025-10-22
  11. Will We Lose Control of AI? With Dan Hendrycks
    John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

    In this episode of Event Horizon, John Michael Godier is joined by Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center for AI Safety and one of the leading voices in artificial intelligence risk research.…

    2025-09-05
  12. Superintelligence Strategy (Dan Hendrycks)
    Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

    Deep dive with Dan Hendrycks, a leading AI safety researcher and co-author of the "Superintelligence Strategy" paper with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. *** SPONSOR…

    2025-08-14
  13. “Superintelligence Deterrence Has an Observability Problem” by Jason Ross Arnold
    AI FrontiersMentioned

    In an age of heightened political division, countering China's efforts to dominate AI has emerged as a rare point of alignment between US Democratic and Republican policymakers. While the two parties…

    2025-08-14
  14. Three Red Lines We're About to Cross Toward AGI (Daniel Kokotajlo, Gary Marcus, Dan Hendrycks)
    Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

    What if the most powerful technology in human history is being built by people who openly admit they don't trust each other? In this explosive 2-hour debate, three AI experts pull back the curtain on…

    2025-06-24
  15. Whisperer News#5 - Evolving Agents, 4 ways to control AI, why I created an AI religion, ssi.inc
    ASI pillMentioned

    00:00 intro 01:14 Darwin-Gödel Machine: Using Evolution to achieve recursive self-improvement? 17:00 4 ways to control AI - Dan Hendrycks 22:30 LisanBench - AI reasoning benchmark 24:49 New…

    2025-06-02
  16. 🤖 Superintelligence and national security: My chat (+transcript) with AI expert Dan Hendrycks
    Faster, Please! — The Podcast

    My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, As we seemingly grow closer to achieving artificial general intelligence — machines that are smarter than humans at basically everything — we might…

    2025-05-08
  17. Superintelligence Strategy with Dan Hendrycks
    ChinaTalk

    Is there a stable state the US and China can hope for on the road to AGI? To discuss we have on today Dan Hendrycks. A CS PhD, Dan runs the Center for AI Safety and is an advisor at xAI and Scale AI.…

    2025-03-30
  18. Mutually Assured Malfunction and the AI Arms Race w/Dan Hendrycks and Sam Hammond
    The Dynamist

    AI has emerged as a critical geopolitical battleground where Washington and Beijing are racing not just for economic advantage, but military dominance. Despite these high stakes, there's surprising…

    2025-03-27
  19. AI's Rising Risks: Hacking, Virology, Loss of Control — With Dan Hendrycks
    Big Technology Podcast

    Dan Hendrycks is the Director and co-founder of the Center for AI Safety, and an advisor to Scale AI and xAI. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of AI's growing risk profile, and what…

    2025-03-26
  20. How dangerous is superintelligent AI?
    Threat Status

    Ben and Guy break down the collapse of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the dramatic feud between the DOGE and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Then, Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center for AI Safety,…

    2025-03-21
  21. Lawfare Daily: Dan Hendrycks on National Security in the Age of Superintelligent AI
    The Lawfare Podcast

    Dan Hendrycks, Director of the Center for AI Safety, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of Law and Contributing Editor at Lawfare, to discuss his recent…

    2025-03-20
  22. [Longform] 🌐 Superintelligence Strategy: The AI Geopolitics Playbook
    The Ai InstituteMentioned

    In this episode of the A i Institute Podcast, thought leaders Dan Hendrycks, Eric Schmidt, and Alexandr Wang dive into the high-stakes world of superintelligence. We explore AI’s power to…

    2025-03-18
  23. “On MAIM and Superintelligence Strategy” by Zvi
    LessWrong (30+ Karma)AI

    Dan Hendrycks, Eric Schmidt and Alexandr Wang released an extensive paper titled Superintelligence Strategy. There is also an op-ed in Time that summarizes. The major AI labs expect superintelligence…

    2025-03-15
  24. Mutually Assured AI Malfunction (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)
    Robert Wright's Nonzero

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Dan’s new paper, “Superintelligence Strategy” 2:58 “Mutually assured AI malfunction” 7:46 Does China see America’s…

    2025-03-05
  25. National Security Strategy and AI Evals on the Eve of Superintelligence with Dan Hendrycks
    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    This week on No Priors, Sarah is joined by Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center of AI Safety. Dan serves as an advisor to xAI and Scale AI. He is a longtime AI researcher, publisher of interesting…

    2025-03-05
  26. Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Version
    AI Safety NewsletterMentioned

    Superintelligence is destabilizing since it threatens other states’ survival—it could be weaponized, or states may lose control of it. Attempts to build superintelligence may face threats by rival…

    2025-03-05
  27. Superintelligence Strategy: Standard Version
    AI Safety NewsletterMentioned

    Superintelligence is destabilizing since it threatens other states’ survival—it could be weaponized, or states may lose control of it. Attempts to build superintelligence may face threats by rival…

    2025-03-05
  28. Will Trump’s Release of MLK & JFK Files Reveal the DARK TRUTH? | Guests: Erik Prince & Dan Hendrycks | 1/24/25
    The Glenn Beck Program

    Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of declassifying the JFK and Martin Luther King files, yet the families of both have claimed it's a political stunt. Will Kamala Harris run for…

    2025-01-24
  29. DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Drones seen over NJ nothing to fear, probably hobbyists
    Brian Kilmeade Show

    [00:18:26] Jonathan Turley [00:36:50] Michael Goodwin [00:55:12] Dr. William Austin - Drone expert [01:13:35] Jimmy Failla [01:32:00] Dan Hendrycks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

    2024-12-16
  30. The A.I. Revolution
    DealBook Summit

    A panel of leading voices in A.I., including experts on capabilities, safety and investing, and policy and governance, tease out some of the big debates over the future of A.I and try to find some…

    2024-12-11
  31. OpenAI's New Tool, Dan Hendrycks Joins Scale AI, and AI Chatbots in Healthcare
    The AI News Daily BriefAI

    Michelle kicks off the episode with an introduction and welcome before diving into OpenAI's latest updates, including a new AI agent tool and policy blueprint. The episode highlights Dan Hendrycks'…

    2024-11-14
  32. GELU, MMLU, & X-Risk Defense in Depth, with the Great Dan Hendrycks
    "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

    Join Nathan for an expansive conversation with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director of the Center for AI Safety and Advisor to Elon Musk's XAI. In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, we explore…

    2024-10-19
  33. Sen. Brian Schatz, Rep. French Hill, Center for AI Safety (CAIS) executive director Dan Hendrycks, and CAIS board member and Skype founder Jann Tallinn discuss the government’s role in AI oversight and safety
    Washington AI Network with Tammy Haddad

    At the Center for AI Safety (CAIS)’s Washington, DC launch reception, Sen. Brian Schatz, CAIS executive director Dan Hendrycks, and CAIS board member and Skype founder Jann Tallinn discuss the…

    2024-08-24
  34. Ep 224 | Elon Musk Adviser: Are We ‘Sleepwalking’ into an AI TAKEOVER? | The Glenn Beck Podcast
    The Glenn Beck Program

    With Big Tech increasingly abusing its own power, who can we trust with artificial intelligence? Dan Hendrycks, executive director at the Center for AI Safety and adviser for Elon’s Musk’s xAI, warns…

    2024-08-24
  35. Dan Hendrycks - Avoiding an AGI Arms Race (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 5)
    The Trajectory

    This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai). This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations"…

    2024-06-21
  36. #17 - Dan Hendrycks - Are AI worries overblown?
    Win-Win with Liv Boeree

    The rate of AI progress is accelerating, so how can we minimize the risks of this incredible technology, while maximizing the rewards? Today I am speaking to leading AI researcher Dan Hendrycks — Dan…

    2024-02-21
  37. Is AI Evolving into an Existential Threat? (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)
    Robert Wright's Nonzero

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:34 Preamble: The OpenAI drama and this conversation 3:46 Where Dan falls on the AI doomer spectrum 6:42 Is safe AI…

    2023-11-24
  38. Superintelligent AI: The Utopians
    FT Tech Tonic

    If even AI companies are fretting about the existential threat that human-level AI poses, why are they building these machines in the first place? And as they press ahead, a debate is raging about…

    2023-11-21
  39. Dan Hendrycks on Catastrophic AI Risks
    Future of Life Institute Podcast

    Dan Hendrycks joins the podcast again to discuss X.ai, how AI risk thinking has evolved, malicious use of AI, AI race dynamics between companies and between militaries, making AI organizations safer,…

    2023-11-03
  40. Aug 26: Dan Hendrycks. AI can threaten humanity’s existence just like pandemics & nuclear war
    The Roy Green Show

    CAIS: The Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety (San Francisco). The very serious threat to humanity AI presents, as well as the good AI is capable of. Some of the world's top scientists and AI…

    2023-08-26
  41. Dan Hendrycks on Why Evolution Favors AIs over Humans
    Future of Life Institute Podcast

    Dan Hendrycks joins the podcast to discuss evolutionary dynamics in AI development and how we could develop AI safely. You can read more about Dan's work at https://www.safe.ai Timestamps: 00:00…

    2023-06-08
  42. TIME Asks: Is AI the End of Humanity?
    The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and AnalysisMentioned

    TIME Magazine's current cover story is titled "The End of Humanity: How Real Is The Risk?" It's a marker of how much the AI risk and safety conversation has gone mainstream. On this episode, NLW…

    2023-06-03
  43. Concrete ML safety problems and their relevance to x-risk
    Alignment Newsletter PodcastMentioned

    Recorded by Robert Miles: http://robertskmiles.com More information about the newsletter here: https://rohinshah.com/alignment-newsletter/ YouTube Channel:…

    2021-10-20