Geoff Bennett

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Hosted a 2023 interview in which Geoffrey Hinton laid out existential-risk concerns at length; Bennett has since covered OpenAI safety-letter and Anthropic risk stories, but has not articulated a personal view on x-risk.

Why influential

Controls high-visibility interviews and breaking-news framing that officials and campaigns use to reach or reassure broad audiences. Primary policy lanes: national politics; policy; civil rights; foreign affairs.

Who pays attention

Policy professionals, educators, civil servants, nonprofits, diplomats and public-media audiences

Work samples

• 'Godfather of AI' discusses dangers the developing technologies pose to society

  May 5, 2023 · broadcast

  Direct interview with Geoffrey Hinton shortly after his Google resignation, covering existential AI risk arguments.

• Has AI's explosive growth in 2025 created a bubble?

  Dec 1, 2025 · broadcast

  Segment with NYT's Cade Metz on AI investment bubble concerns.

• How the next wave of workers will adapt as artificial intelligence reshapes jobs

  Sep 1, 2025 · broadcast

  Discussion with Robert Reich on AI's effect on labor markets.

• Anthropic's powerful new AI model raises concerns about high-tech risks

  Apr 9, 2026 · broadcast

  Segment with WaPo's Gerrit De Vynck on Anthropic's 'Mythos' model and dual-use cybersecurity risks.

• Why OpenAI reversed course and brought Sam Altman back as CEO

  Nov 1, 2023 · broadcast

  Segment with NYT's Mike Isaac on the OpenAI board crisis.

AI-world contacts

• Geoffrey Hinton — Professor emeritus, Nobel laureate, University of Toronto

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 5, 2023 — Bennett interviewed Hinton directly on AI existential risk shortly after his resignation from Google; Hinton discussed superintelligence risk, misinformation, and job displacement on-air.