ForeCast https://www.forethought.org Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USForethought Forethought fin@forethought.org no ForeCast https://www.forethought.org https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/08ef6528-afaf-44ff-a0c0-310389d2c991/ForeCast_cover.png episodic Copyright 2026 The Forethought podcast Will Automation Cause Runaway Inequality? (with Phil Trammell) https://pinecast.com/guid/4f291b1e-4fdc-4bbe-9d94-3aaa0d2d9d4a Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:15:00 -0000 01:23:09 Phil Trammell is an economics postdoc at Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab, working on questions related to economic growth and AI. He discusses:

  • Why Piketty's thesis about runaway inequality was likely wrong about the past but right about the future
  • How full automation turns capital and labour into gross substitutes
  • Why catch-up growth between rich and poor countries could end
  • How the privatisation of returns is already concentrating wealth
  • Why family dynasties and inheritance become far more important in a post-automation economy
  • Whether autocratic regimes can outgrow democracies after AGI
  • How to measure whether capital is becoming truly self-replicating — and what the data currently shows

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]]> no [AI Narration] Moral public goods are a big deal for whether we get a good future https://pinecast.com/guid/406b2236-b94c-4329-9afd-bed984c4f46f Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:53:24 AI narration of "Moral public goods are a big deal for whether we get a good future" by Tom Davidson, William MacAskill, Mia Taylor This is an AI narration of "Moral public goods are a big deal for whether we get a good future" by Tom Davidson, William MacAskill, Mia Taylor. The article was first released on 23rd February 2026.

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]]> no Can Liberal Democracy Survive AGI? (with Sam Hammond) https://pinecast.com/guid/a7b5b510-4e9a-4512-91c4-8c8505983141 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:50:00 -0000 01:39:41 Sam Hammond is is Chief Economist at the Foundation for American Innovation. He discusses:

  • How collapsing transaction costs could push towards privatising the nation-state
  • The “distributed denial of service” problem for courts and regulators
  • Why perfect enforcement of existing laws would be effectively totalitarian
  • Estonia's government-as-API as a model for AI-era governance
  • Whether 20th-century social democracy was a technological aberration
  • Why post-AGI states might look more like Dubai than Denmark
  • Mormons, religion, and social scaffolding for a post-scarcity world

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]]> no [AI Narration] Design sketches for a more sensible world https://pinecast.com/guid/0546021a-50e4-470e-9893-5bb735956038 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:09:19 AI narration of "Design sketches for a more sensible world" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, Oly Sourbut, and Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "Design sketches for a more sensible world" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, Oly Sourbut, and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 5th February 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Design Sketches: Angels-on-the-Shoulder https://pinecast.com/guid/7a672eed-ad67-4c4a-9031-0941d7c52de4 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:35:46 AI narration of "Design Sketches: Angels-on-the-Shoulder" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, Oly Sourbut, and Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "Design Sketches: Angels-on-the-Shoulder" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, Oly Sourbut, and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 29th January 2026.

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]]> no Should There Be an International AGI Project? (with Rose Hadshar) https://pinecast.com/guid/150001d0-4635-4d90-85b2-d4f3cec8ba7a Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:35:00 -0000 01:22:03 Rose Hadshar is a researcher at Forethought. She discusses:

  • Why governments might pursue an international AGI government
  • The chance that the first AGI developer becomes a de facto world government
  • The "Intelsat model" – treating AGI as commercial infrastructure rather than a weapon or science project
  • Membership and voting structures that might make a US-led coalition viable
  • The "AGI convention" proposal

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]]> no [AI Narration] An overview of some international organisations, with their voting structures https://pinecast.com/guid/d328e7ed-d6a3-45c7-aaf3-003b33666fd3 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:47:55 AI narration of "An overview of some international organisations, with their voting structures" by Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "An overview of some international organisations, with their voting structures" by Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] A global convention to govern the intelligence explosion https://pinecast.com/guid/1f6793a0-9ea6-4c60-bb5c-3e55cc4da937 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:16:41 AI narration of "A global convention to govern the intelligence explosion" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "A global convention to govern the intelligence explosion" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] International AI projects and differential AI development https://pinecast.com/guid/187c7ae9-a462-4e2a-a778-ad23a5659388 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:09:55 AI narration of "International AI projects and differential AI development" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "International AI projects and differential AI development" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] AGI and World Government https://pinecast.com/guid/2dec518f-049b-4643-ab39-81a5b9bf999f Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:12:43 AI narration of "AGI and World Government" by William MacAskill and Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "AGI and World Government" by William MacAskill and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] What an international project to develop AGI should look like https://pinecast.com/guid/12af74c1-78a0-4cae-95a7-849355fdef09 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:21:21 AI narration of "What an international project to develop AGI should look like" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "What an international project to develop AGI should look like" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The International AGI Project Series https://pinecast.com/guid/f220fb10-088c-4810-8296-0f0572343a42 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:02:37 AI narration of "The International AGI Project Series" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "The International AGI Project Series" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The UN Charter: a case study in international governance https://pinecast.com/guid/7b8a5c66-17b4-41ff-b10b-84ee89ffd5b9 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:32:51 AI narration of "The UN Charter: a case study in international governance" by Forethought Research This is an AI narration of "The UN Charter: a case study in international governance" by Forethought Research. The article was first released on 26th January 2026.

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]]> no When Will AI Transform the Physical World? (with Tom Davidson and Will MacAskill) https://pinecast.com/guid/b2cee247-8748-4974-a891-b5890465037f Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:55:00 -0000 02:53:15 Tom Davidson and Will MacAskill are both researchers at Forethought.

They discuss:

  • What is the industrial explosion?
  • Why the case for recursive self-improvement is stronger for physical industry than for software
  • How fast the physical economy could grow, the case for weekly doubling times, and limits from natural resources
  • Why authoritarian regimes might have a structural advantage in the industrial explosion
  • Could a leading country outgrow the entire world to achieve decisive dominance?
  • Why does the industrial explosion get ~1% of the attention of the intelligence explosion?

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Short Timelines Aren't Obviously Higher-Leverage https://pinecast.com/guid/632154e6-129e-4476-9417-b66bfaa1d74e Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:35:51 AI narration of "Short Timelines Aren't Obviously Higher-Leverage" by William MacAskill and Mia Taylor This is an AI narration of "Short Timelines Aren't Obviously Higher-Leverage" by William MacAskill and Mia Taylor. The article was first released on 22nd January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Beyond Existential Risk https://pinecast.com/guid/87da56f3-2033-4b26-821d-fe3363b21527 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 01:00:59 AI narration of "Beyond Existential Risk" by William MacAskill and Guive Assadi This is an AI narration of "Beyond Existential Risk" by William MacAskill and Guive Assadi. The article was first released on 21st January 2026.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] Is Flourishing Predetermined? https://pinecast.com/guid/10901242-5565-45e4-9bb7-4dd74a230aba Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:38:49 AI narration of "Is Flourishing Predetermined?" by Fin Moorhouse and Carlo Leonardo Attubato This is an AI narration of "Is Flourishing Predetermined?" by Fin Moorhouse and Carlo Leonardo Attubato. The article was first released on 21st January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] ML research directions for preventing catastrophic data poisoning https://pinecast.com/guid/f02fdf2e-1630-4f9b-a606-bf99e78c0292 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:21:21 AI narration of "ML research directions for preventing catastrophic data poisoning" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "ML research directions for preventing catastrophic data poisoning" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 7th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Viatopia https://pinecast.com/guid/8e28a617-68ab-4a73-a560-ff6f1ac1ccb2 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000 00:07:13 AI narration of "Viatopia" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Viatopia" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 7th January 2026.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Design Sketches: Collective Epistemics https://pinecast.com/guid/252d40b5-00cf-4bff-b5e7-4a6a4678da08 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0000 00:33:35 AI narration of "Design Sketches: Collective Epistemics" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, and Oly Sourbut This is an AI narration of "Design Sketches: Collective Epistemics" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, and Oly Sourbut. The article was first released on 25th December 2025.

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]]> no Why Make Deals with Misaligned AIs? (with Lukas Finnveden) https://pinecast.com/guid/19a49aab-7012-4f0f-a4ef-dd7a7675bfd4 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0000 01:12:26 Lukas Finnveden is a Research Analyst at Redwood Research. We talk about making deals with early scheming AIs: paying them to cooperate rather than take over.

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The first type of transformative AI? https://pinecast.com/guid/6bcf17b7-f7e1-4a0c-b2d0-84a378dc5ab8 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0000 00:18:53 AI narration of "The first type of transformative AI?" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, and Oly Sourbut This is an AI narration of "The first type of transformative AI?" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, and Oly Sourbut. The article was first released on 18th December 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] Space Debris and Launch Denial https://pinecast.com/guid/f9153129-b12a-4a56-b7b4-2876b320075c Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0000 01:34:11 AI narration of "Space Debris and Launch Denial" by Fin Moorhouse This is an AI narration of "Space Debris and Launch Denial" by Fin Moorhouse. The article was first released on 17th December 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no Checks, Balances, and Power Concentration (with Rose Hadshar and Nora Ammann) https://pinecast.com/guid/b2913809-be03-4503-9d60-726d3a6f6d60 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:00 -0000 01:23:07 Rose Hadshar (Forethought) and Nora Ammann (ARIA) talk about power concentration, checks and balances, coups, and post-AGI political economy.

You can read a full transcript here.

This is the audio version of a video podcast. Watch the video on YouTube: youtu.be/PB855Xpx1kk?si=v05LVM-2VQ3XiT7N

Prompted in part by Rose's recent article for 80,000 Hours on ‘Extreme power concentration’ — 80000hours.org/problem-profiles/extreme-power-concentration

Timstamps:

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:01:26 What is ‘power concentration’? Is power concentration the right framing?
  • 00:05:25 When can it be good for power to be centralised?
  • 00:09:40 Is ‘checks and balances’ a better framing?
  • 00:11:16 How AI undermines existing checks and balances
  • 00:15:25 Economic power, meme complexes, and cultural influence
  • 00:28:50 AI companies vs governments as centres of power
  • 00:31:25 The difficulty of knowing where power actually lies
  • 00:40:05 Do humans and AIs concentrate power differently?
  • 00:48:38 Should we be trying to imagine a better post-AGI political economy?
  • 00:56:28 Concrete actions: transparency & whistleblower protections
  • 00:59:07 Human-AI teaming and collaborative intelligence
  • 01:01:16 AI agent economies and proving trustworthiness
  • 01:13:16 Can we train AI to follow the law?
  • 01:16:33 Building resilient coalitions of trustworthy agents
  • 01:18:42 Closing reflections
]]> no Consciousness and Competition (with Joe Carlsmith) https://pinecast.com/guid/aa5b1fd0-218f-4962-b357-fda063746b27 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:56:00 -0000 02:07:41 Joe Carlsmith is a writer, researcher, and philosopher. He works at Anthropic on the character/constitution/spec for Claude. Before that, he was a senior advisor at Open Philanthropy.

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no Forethought is Hiring Researchers (with Mia Taylor) https://pinecast.com/guid/4b568a20-d34f-4db4-adff-5f335883388e Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:40:00 -0000 00:14:50 This is a bonus episode to say that Forethought is hiring researchers. After an overview of the roles, we hear from Research Fellow Mia Taylor about working at Forethought.

You can read a full transcript here.

The application deadline has been extended to November 1st 2025.

Apply here: forethought.org/careers/researcher

Chapters

  • (00:00:00) Forethought hiring overview and roles
  • (00:03:21) Interview with Mia begins
  • (00:03:34) Why Mia joined Forethought
  • (00:05:59) Daily work, how work at Forethought was different from expected
  • (00:08:38) Research examples
  • (00:10:58) Who should and shouldn't apply
  • (00:14:11) Disagreements and closing thoughts

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]]> no [Article] Introducing Better Futures https://pinecast.com/guid/15879f1c-d7f5-4c92-a282-5fe545ab271b Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:30:00 -0000 00:15:26 This is a narration of ‘Introducing Better Futures ’ by William MacAskill; published 3rd August 2025.

Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).

]]> no Politics and Power Post-Automation (with David Duvenaud) https://pinecast.com/guid/163c78bb-89f7-44db-94ee-e8a93a5db1b2 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:44:00 -0000 01:30:42 David Duvenaud is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. He recently organised the workshop on ‘Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria’ , and he is a co-author of ‘Gradual Disempowerment’. He recently finished an extended sabbatical on the Alignment Science team at Anthropic.

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Evaluating the Infinite https://pinecast.com/guid/8ff484dc-b770-45bc-a9f4-3dc0511f4c44 Sat, 20 Sep 2025 16:00:00 -0000 01:09:29 AI narration of "Evaluating the Infinite" by Toby Ord This is an AI narration of "Evaluating the Infinite" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 21st September 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [Article] AI Tools for Existential Security https://pinecast.com/guid/67ed8669-1a80-44b1-8a07-0ba7579de74d Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:39:22 -0000 00:27:34 A narration of ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’ This is a narration of ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’ by Lizka Vaintrob and Owen Cotton-Barratt; published 14th March 2025.

Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).

]]> no Is Gradual Disempowerment Inevitable? (with Raymond Douglas) https://pinecast.com/guid/ebe5394d-1506-48fe-9567-47f2df6d2e45 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:20:00 -0000 01:45:20 Raymond Douglas is a researcher focused on the societal effects of AI. In this episode, we discuss Gradual Disempowerment.

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no [Article] Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance https://pinecast.com/guid/9b11818d-3bfe-4d4a-bd35-5d172cea2bd7 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:30:00 -0000 00:55:07 Narration of ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance’ This is a narration of ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance ’ by Will MacAskill and Rose Hadshar; published 13th March 2025.

Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).

]]> no [Article] Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion? https://pinecast.com/guid/9db957d7-1f37-4304-9723-8004f8b00f37 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:30:00 -0000 01:50:40 Narration of ‘Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’ This is a narration of ‘Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’ by Daniel Eth and Tom Davidson; published 26th March 2025.

Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).

]]> no Should AI Agents Obey Human Laws? (with Cullen O'Keefe) https://pinecast.com/guid/15605074-2b2a-4e85-aa2d-551f651e7f45 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:28:00 -0000 01:23:54 Cullen O'Keefe is Director of Research at the Institute for Law & AI. In this episode, we discuss 'Law-Following AI: designing AI agents to obey human laws'.

You can read a full transcript here.

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]]> no [Article] AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power https://pinecast.com/guid/ce4c7646-150d-452b-aed1-ff7f205558d2 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:52:00 -0000 02:09:32 Narration of ‘AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power’ This is a narration of ‘AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power’ by Tom Davidson, Lukas Finnveden, and Rose Hadshar; published 16th April 2025.

Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).

]]> no [AI Narration] Could One Country Outgrow the Rest of the World After AGI? https://pinecast.com/guid/ebd781ae-4128-4acc-be4d-19a7a67dce05 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:29:41 AI narration of "Could One Country Outgrow the Rest of the World After AGI? Economic Analysis of Superexponential Growth" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "Could One Country Outgrow the Rest of the World After AGI? Economic Analysis of Superexponential Growth" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 20th August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no How Can We Prevent AI-Enabled Coups? (with Tom Davidson) https://pinecast.com/guid/e168af05-26cd-4f4b-a5fd-e48eb2cc13b5 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:00:00 -0000 02:13:50 Tom Davidson is a Senior Research Fellow at Forethought. In this episode, he discusses concrete mitigations against AI-enabled coups.

You can read a full transcript here.

Listen to Tom's appearance on the 80,000 Hours podcast here, and read the original paper here.

To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research.

]]> no Should We Aim for Flourishing Over Mere Survival? (with Will MacAskill) https://pinecast.com/guid/13488a6c-e553-41ff-bdf9-f82f5eac4cfa Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:24:59 -0000 02:54:24 Will MacAskill discusses his new research series ‘Better Futures’.

You can read a full transcript here.

To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research.

]]> no [AI Narration] How quick and big would a software intelligence explosion be? https://pinecast.com/guid/a3a386f3-f4f2-4e79-9ee1-2ae509598c50 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 01:07:17 AI narration of "How quick and big would a software intelligence explosion be?" by Tom Davidson, Tom Houlden This is an AI narration of "How quick and big would a software intelligence explosion be?" by Tom Davidson, Tom Houlden. The article was first released on 4th August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] The Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis https://pinecast.com/guid/9dfb4ffb-dd19-41fb-bde0-707da121ed99 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:32:40 AI narration of "The Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis" by William MacAskill, Philip Trammell This is an AI narration of "The Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis" by William MacAskill, Philip Trammell. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] How to Make the Future Better https://pinecast.com/guid/eb74f39c-6be2-461b-888d-76e022aaa0af Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:59:54 AI narration of "How to Make the Future Better" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "How to Make the Future Better" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] Convergence and Compromise https://pinecast.com/guid/e4122eef-4e0b-484a-948a-2aaab4198d56 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 01:16:45 AI narration of "Convergence and Compromise" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Convergence and Compromise" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] No Easy Eutopia https://pinecast.com/guid/ed0c95d6-7fbe-4907-b33e-9bc6e79f1caf Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 01:09:17 AI narration of "No Easy Eutopia" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "No Easy Eutopia" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] Persistent Path-Dependence https://pinecast.com/guid/1c1bee08-852b-4ad8-9bf8-e5c712d4341f Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:41:18 AI narration of "Persistent Path-Dependence" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Persistent Path-Dependence" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] Introducing Better Futures https://pinecast.com/guid/10795061-958e-4637-b8fd-72be1a01f0cd Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:11:05 AI narration of "Introducing Better Futures" by William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Introducing Better Futures" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no AI Rights for Human Safety (with Peter Salib and Simon Goldstein) https://pinecast.com/guid/d7635212-d5a3-4b23-abbe-cd045f1d4981 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:15:00 -0000 01:53:37 Peter Salib is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston, and Simon Goldstein is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. We discuss their paper ‘AI Rights for Human Safety’.

You can read a full transcript here.

To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research.

]]> no Inference Scaling, AI Agents, and Moratoria (with Toby Ord) https://pinecast.com/guid/53bb1b94-174f-4733-9e6a-7fef90c55be0 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:15:00 -0000 02:55:10 Toby Ord is a Senior Researcher at Oxford University.

We discuss the ‘scaling paradox’, inference scaling and its implications, ways to interpret trends in the length of tasks AI agents can complete, and some unpublished thoughts on lessons from scientific moratoria for the development of AGI.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The Industrial Explosion https://pinecast.com/guid/c72c32fc-a4e0-4190-b06a-3921cee0e8dc Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:27:51 AI narration of "The Industrial Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "The Industrial Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 21th May 2025.

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]]> no AI Tools for Existential Security (with Lizka Vaintrob) https://pinecast.com/guid/30c70e39-f320-4b35-abd7-711d29701c32 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 01:15:07 Lizka Vaintrob discusses ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’, co-authored with Owen Cotton-Barratt.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion? https://pinecast.com/guid/74d398eb-ebe4-46c2-932f-dc9154199459 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:24:18 AI narration of "Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 4th April 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The AI Adoption Gap: Preparing the US Government for Advanced AI https://pinecast.com/guid/f90f2e89-808f-47c2-acbd-3c3d07652eca Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:37:33 AI narration of "The AI Adoption Gap: Preparing the US Government for Advanced AI" by Lizka Vaintrob This is an AI narration of "The AI Adoption Gap: Preparing the US Government for Advanced AI" by Lizka Vaintrob. The article was first released on 2nd April 2025.

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]]> no Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion? (with Tom Davidson) https://pinecast.com/guid/940a8d43-9321-4d86-9dbd-1a19b06b24c0 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:00:00 -0000 01:19:50 Tom Davidson discusses ‘Will AI R\&D Automation cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’, co-authored with Daniel Eth.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Will the Need to Retrain AI Models from Scratch Block a Software Intelligence Explosion? https://pinecast.com/guid/f275c475-6934-4147-8721-7c40947d7d92 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:16:39 AI narration of "Will the Need to Retrain AI Models from Scratch Block a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "Will the Need to Retrain AI Models from Scratch Block a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 26th March 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies? https://pinecast.com/guid/0df86fb9-2167-4954-a39a-e6db010ae641 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:20:23 AI narration of "How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies?" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 24th March 2025.

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]]> no Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion (with Will MacAskill) https://pinecast.com/guid/5b42ced4-9b0a-47cd-a5d6-7f9874c2136a Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000 01:51:00 Will MacAskill discusses ‘Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion’, co-authored with Fin Moorhouse.

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]]> no [AI Narration] How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits? https://pinecast.com/guid/2f8da228-182e-4007-8ff9-f80494157cd8 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:09:55 AI narration of "How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 17th March 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Three Types of Intelligence Explosion https://pinecast.com/guid/4ae9175f-a5b1-4da5-b26f-0f8f6be6ca88 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:32:21 AI narration of "Three Types of Intelligence Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Three Types of Intelligence Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 17th March 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate? https://pinecast.com/guid/8df8dcdb-da28-4870-8be0-68e7eb93f5bb Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:16:37 AI narration of "Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 17th March 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] How Suddenly will AI Accelerate the Pace of AI progress? https://pinecast.com/guid/f6a1b0a3-1e8e-4171-84a1-ece678e0c545 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:11:08 AI narration of "How Suddenly will AI Accelerate the Pace of AI progress?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill This is an AI narration of "How Suddenly will AI Accelerate the Pace of AI progress?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 17th March 2025.

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]]> no Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance (with Rose Hadshar) https://pinecast.com/guid/8e0ca998-6dc4-447a-823f-c419bca0cd3c Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:30:00 -0000 01:07:19 Rose Hadshar discusses ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance’, co-authored with Will MacAskill.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Could Advanced AI Accelerate the Pace of AI Progress? Interviews with AI Researchers https://pinecast.com/guid/8bc50937-e9f1-4fde-8c23-c123be62ed65 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:33:14 AI narration of "Could Advanced AI Accelerate the Pace of AI Progress? Interviews with AI Researchers" by Jared Leibowich, Nikola Jurkovic, Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "Could Advanced AI Accelerate the Pace of AI Progress? Interviews with AI Researchers" by Jared Leibowich, Nikola Jurkovic, Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 1st March 2025.

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]]> no What is ForeCast? https://pinecast.com/guid/27a23307-5837-428d-8ab9-0ee4f1edac67 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:00:00 -0000 00:00:58 A short trailer for ForeCast. This is a short trailer for ForeCast, the podcast from Forethought. Full episodes will appear in this feed.

]]> no trailer [AI Narration] Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance https://pinecast.com/guid/dfa70821-819f-4286-9f5b-f10836065b51 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:36:03 AI narration of "Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance" by Toby Ord This is an AI narration of "Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 13th February 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Inference Scaling & the Log-x Chart https://pinecast.com/guid/dcb4ef04-3d49-472a-bc37-64ba1567ebdf Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0000 00:15:57 AI narration of "Inference Scaling & the Log-x Chart" by Toby Ord This is an AI narration of "Inference Scaling & the Log-x Chart" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 21th January 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] The Scaling Paradox https://pinecast.com/guid/3e8182ba-af22-47c3-b4f3-a68b8a4edc04 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:43 -0000 00:16:17 AI narration of "The Scaling Paradox" by Toby Ord This is an AI narration of "The Scaling Paradox" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 13th January 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Human Takeover Might be Worse than AI Takeover https://pinecast.com/guid/5163b93e-0bd8-49af-83d3-344657ad4f90 Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:59 -0000 00:15:50 AI narration of "Human Takeover Might be Worse than AI Takeover" by Tom Davidson This is an AI narration of "Human Takeover Might be Worse than AI Takeover" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 11th January 2025.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Should There Be Just One Western AGI Project? https://pinecast.com/guid/659fe115-d3ef-4e16-894d-76bbaa237d61 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:31:34 AI narration of "Should There Be Just One Western AGI Project?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar This is an AI narration of "Should There Be Just One Western AGI Project?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 3rd December 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] What’s Important in ‘AI for Epistemics’? https://pinecast.com/guid/49ef0000-ca96-41a9-82dc-4b19667183fd Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:55:56 AI narration of "What’s Important in ‘AI for Epistemics’?" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "What’s Important in ‘AI for Epistemics’?" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 23th August 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] On the Value of Advancing Progress https://pinecast.com/guid/76706f6f-b1e4-4301-9b2a-e7eb04063315 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:14:52 AI narration of "On the Value of Advancing Progress" by Toby Ord This is an AI narration of "On the Value of Advancing Progress" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 12th July 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Project ideas: Epistemics https://pinecast.com/guid/994ae32c-bb07-481f-92f7-efad08eefcf2 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:33:37 AI narration of "Project ideas: Epistemics" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "Project ideas: Epistemics" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Project Ideas: Backup Plans & Cooperative AI https://pinecast.com/guid/c08e3713-e310-4d2d-80b3-13d664c5c853 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:24:54 AI narration of "Project Ideas: Backup Plans & Cooperative AI" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas: Backup Plans & Cooperative AI" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Project Ideas: Sentience and Rights of Digital Minds https://pinecast.com/guid/deec024c-a073-4ed8-8e14-601e3915c99a Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:38:49 AI narration of "Project Ideas: Sentience and Rights of Digital Minds" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas: Sentience and Rights of Digital Minds" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Project Ideas: Governance During Explosive Technological Growth https://pinecast.com/guid/a6707a4e-ea7a-4fbf-8dba-60983c756f29 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0000 00:32:50 AI narration of "Project Ideas: Governance During Explosive Technological Growth" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas: Governance During Explosive Technological Growth" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024.

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]]> no [AI Narration] Project Ideas for Making Transformative AI Go Well, Other Than by Working on Alignment https://pinecast.com/guid/d39f5d80-098e-478c-ba1f-062e2e397dfd Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:00:00 -0000 00:03:16 AI narration of "Project Ideas for Making Transformative AI Go Well, Other Than by Working on Alignment" by Lukas Finnveden This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas for Making Transformative AI Go Well, Other Than by Working on Alignment" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024.

You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

]]> no [AI Narration] AGI and Lock-in https://pinecast.com/guid/24d6566d-7988-4302-a1d7-3d8921b3e720 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0000 01:41:02 AI narration of "AGI and Lock-in" by Lukas Finnveden, Jess Riedel, Carl Shulman This is an AI narration of “AGI and Lock-in” by Lukas Finnveden, Jess Riedel, Carl Shulman. The article was first released on 12th October 2023.

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