The Foresight Institute Podcast

Eli Dourado is the Chief Economist at the Abundance Institute. He is a former Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and he has studied and written about a wide range of technology policy issues, including Internet governance, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Session Summary This episode covers topics including Dourado’s efforts to accelerate economic growth in the U.S., his views on policy reforms in key sectors such as health, housing, energy, and transportation, and the challenges of regulatory complacency. We also explore the potential of new technologies such as AI and biotechnology. Dourado shares his vision of a future with scalable healthcare solutions, more efficient housing, rapid deployment of energy technologies, and advancements in transportation like supersonic flights and electric vehicles. The conversation concludes on the importance of broad literacy and continuous writing in supporting progress. Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece: https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts [https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts] Existential Hope [https://www.existentialhope.com/] was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/] project. Hosted by Allison Duettmann [https://foresight.org/our-team/allison-duettmann-president-ceo/] and Beatrice Erkers [https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers-chief-of-operations/] Follow Us: Twitter [https://twitter.com/foresightinst] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/] | Existential Hope Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/existential.hope/] Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm [https://fathom.fm/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Gustavs Zilgalvis is a technology and security policy fellow within RAND's Global and Emerging Risks Division, a Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy candidate at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a founding Director at the Center for Space Governance. At RAND, he is specializing in the geopolitical and economic implications of the development of artificial intelligence. Previously, Zilgalvis has written about the interface of space and artificial intelligence in Frontiers of Space Technology, held a Summer Research Fellowship on artificial intelligence at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, and his research in computational high-energy physics has appeared in SciPost Physics and SciPost Physics Core. Zilgalvis holds a Bachelor of Science with First-Class Honors in Theoretical Physics from University College London, and graduated first in his class from the European School Brussels II. About Foresight Institute Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/] is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. Allison Duettmann The President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation [https://foresight.org/intelligent-cooperation/], Molecular Machines [https://foresight.org/molecular-machines/], Biotech & Health Extension [https://foresight.org/biotech-health-extension-program/], Neurotech [https://foresight.org/neurotech-improving-cognition-program/], and Space [https://foresight.org/space-expanding-outward-program/]Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She has also been pivotal in co-initiating the Longevity Prize, pioneering initiatives like Existentialhope.com, and contributing to notable works like "Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy" and "Gaming the Future". Get Involved with Foresight: * Apply to our virtual technical seminars [https://foresight.org/subscription-registration/]  * Join our in-person events and workshops  [https://lu.ma/foresightinstitute] * Donate: Support Our Work [https://foresight.org/donate/] – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations! Follow Us: Twitter [https://twitter.com/foresightinst] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/] Note: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm [https://fathom.fm/], an innovative podcast search engine. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Speaker Amanda Ngo is a 2024 Foresight Fellow. Recently, she has built Elicit.org [https://elicit.org/] from inception to 100k+ monthly users, leading a team of 5 engineers and designers, presented on forecasting, safe AI systems, and LLM research tools at conferences (EAG [https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/h7LJN5QQgGYqB2NQW/estimation-and-forecasting-an-overview-amanda-ngo], Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/summary/amanda-ngo-ought-automating-complex-reasoning/]), ran a 60-person hackathon with FiftyYears using LLMs to improve our wellbeing (event [https://friendly-bowler-03b.notion.site/Wellbeing-AI-Build-Weekend-17f81386566f40118a0d58ba6a5bce1b], write up [https://amandango.substack.com/p/wellbeing-ai-reflections-from-a-weekend]), analyzed Ideal Parent Figure transcripts and built an automated IPF chatbot (demo [https://twitter.com/manda_ngo/status/1649578853063618560]), and co-organized a 400-person retreat for Interact [https://joininteract.com/], a technology for social good fellowship. Session Summary “Imagine waking up every day in a state of flow, where all the knots and fears are replaced with a deep sense of ease and joy.” This week we are dropping another special episode of the Existential Hope podcast, featuring Amanda Ngo, a Foresight Institute Existential Hope fellow specializing in AI innovation for wellbeing. Amanda speaks about her work on leveraging AI to enhance human flourishing, sharing insights on the latest advancements and their potential impacts. Her app: https://www.mysunrise.app/ [https://www.mysunrise.app/] Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece: https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts [https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts] Existential Hope [https://www.existentialhope.com/] was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/] project. Hosted by Allison Duettmann [https://foresight.org/our-team/allison-duettmann-president-ceo/] and Beatrice Erkers [https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers-chief-of-operations/] Follow Us: Twitter [https://twitter.com/foresightinst] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/] | Existential Hope Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/existential.hope/] Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm [https://fathom.fm/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Jeffrey Ladish Before starting Palisade, Jeffrey helped build out the information security program at Anthropic through his security consulting company, Gordian. Jeffrey has also helped dozens of tech companies, philanthropic organizations, and existential-risk-focused projects get started with secure infrastructure. Summary Ladish discusses the increasing sophistication and proliferation of deepfake technology, which allows AI to mimic human voices and faces, and its potential for widespread deception. He argues that this increasingly capable technology is and will be used to spread fake information, manipulate elections or markets, create deepfake pornography, and generate fake endorsements from actors or organizations. About Foresight Institute Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/] is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. Allison Duettmann The President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation [https://foresight.org/intelligent-cooperation/], Molecular Machines [https://foresight.org/molecular-machines/], Biotech & Health Extension [https://foresight.org/biotech-health-extension-program/], Neurotech [https://foresight.org/neurotech-improving-cognition-program/], and Space [https://foresight.org/space-expanding-outward-program/]Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She has also been pivotal in co-initiating the Longevity Prize, pioneering initiatives like Existentialhope.com, and contributing to notable works like "Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy" and "Gaming the Future". Get Involved with Foresight: * Apply: Virtual Salons & in-person Workshops [https://foresight.org/apply/] * Donate: Support Our Work [https://foresight.org/donate/] – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations! Follow Us: Twitter [https://twitter.com/foresightinst] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/] Note: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm [https://fathom.fm/], an innovative podcast search engine. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Speaker Kristian Rönn is the CEO and co-founder of Normative. He has a background in mathematics, philosophy, computer science and artificial intelligence. Before he started Normative he worked at the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute on issues related to global catastrophic risks. Session Summary When people talk about today’s biggest challenges they tend to frame the conversation around “bad people” doing “bad things.” But is there more to the story? In this month’s Hope Drop we speak to Kristian Rönn, an entrepreneur formerly affiliated with the Future of Humanity Institute. Kristian calls these deeply rooted impulses “Darwinian demons.” These forces, a by-product of natural selection, can lead us to act in shortsighted ways that harm others—and even imperil our survival as a species. In our latest episode, Kristian explains how we can escape these evolutionary traps through cooperation and innovative thinking. Kristian's new book, The Darwinian Trap, is being published on September 24th [https://www.amazon.com/Darwinian-Trap-Evolutionary-Explain-Threaten/dp/0593594053/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AMXQL16DPNL6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JQF2HYGw7XWdYGggJefpOQ.sSRcQxroSeat-LwiG6YTwHon6BVkstgEGkmYFnoZ3ak&dib_tag=se&keywords=darwinian+trap&qid=1723120532&s=books&sprefix=darwinian+trap%2Cstripbooks%2C297&sr=1-1]. Be sure to preorder it today! Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece: https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts [https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts] Existential Hope [https://www.existentialhope.com/] was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a Foresight Institute [https://foresight.org/] project. Hosted by Allison Duettmann [https://foresight.org/our-team/allison-duettmann-president-ceo/] and Beatrice Erkers [https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers-chief-of-operations/] Follow Us: Twitter [https://twitter.com/foresightinst] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/] | Existential Hope Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/existential.hope/] Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm [https://fathom.fm/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.