In some cases it might be easier to do this as a structured interview rather than asking for written analyses. For example, I could imagine that it might be possible to create a podcast where guests are given an article or two to read before the interview, and then the interviewer asks them for their responses on a point-by-point basis. This would also allow the interviewer (if they’re particularly good) to do follow-up questions as necessary. On the other hand, my personal impression is that written analyses tend to be more carefully argued and thought through than real-time interviews.
Have you read the transcripts from Vael Gates’s structured interviews with people working in AI about safety stuff, they seem to have done something pretty close to what you’re asking.
In some cases it might be easier to do this as a structured interview rather than asking for written analyses. For example, I could imagine that it might be possible to create a podcast where guests are given an article or two to read before the interview, and then the interviewer asks them for their responses on a point-by-point basis. This would also allow the interviewer (if they’re particularly good) to do follow-up questions as necessary. On the other hand, my personal impression is that written analyses tend to be more carefully argued and thought through than real-time interviews.
Have you read the transcripts from Vael Gates’s structured interviews with people working in AI about safety stuff, they seem to have done something pretty close to what you’re asking.
Good point! I started reading those a while ago but got distracted and never got back to them. I’ll try looking at them again.