How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut)

Oly Sourbut is a researcher at the Future of Life Foundation. He joins the podcast to discuss AI for human reasoning. We examine tools that use AI to strengthen human judgment, from collective fact-checking and scenario planning to standards for honest AI reasoning and better coordination. We also discuss how we can keep humans central as AI scales, and what it would take to build trustworthy, society-wide sensemaking. LINKS: FLF organization site Oly Sourbut personal site CHAPTERS: (00:00) Episode Preview (01:03) FLF and human reasoning (08:21) Agents and epistemic virtues (22:16) Human use and atrophy (35:41) Abstraction and legible AI (47:03) Demand, trust and Wikipedia (57:21) Map of human reasoning (01:04:30) Negotiation, institutions and vision (01:15:42) How to get involved PRODUCED BY: SOCIAL LINKS: Website: Twitter (FLI): Twitter (Gus): LinkedIn: YouTube: Apple: Spotify:

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How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut) is an episode from Future of Life Institute Podcast by Gus Docker.

This episode is 77:33 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2026.

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