ForeCast
Episodes
Why Make Deals with Misaligned AIs? (with Lukas Finnveden)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lukas Finnveden is a Research Analyst at Redwood Research. We talk about making deals with early scheming AIs: paying them to cooperate rather than ta...
Checks, Balances, and Power Concentration (with Rose Hadshar and Nora Ammann)
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Hadshar (Forethought) and Nora Ammann (ARIA) talk about power concentration, checks and balances, coups, and post-AGI political economy. This is ...
Consciousness and Competition (with Joe Carlsmith)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Carlsmith is a writer, researcher, and philosopher. He works at Anthropic on the character/constitution/spec for Claude. Before that, he was a sen...
Forethought is Hiring Researchers (with Mia Taylor)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
[Article] Introducing Better Futures
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a narration of ‘Introducing Better Futures ’ by William MacAskill; published 3rd August 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).
Politics and Power Post-Automation (with David Duvenaud)
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Duvenaud is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. He recently organised the workshop on ‘Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria’ ...
[Article] AI Tools for Existential Security
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a narration of ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’ by Lizka Vaintrob and Owen Cotton-Barratt; published 14th March 2025. Narration by Perr...
Is Gradual Disempowerment Inevitable? (with Raymond Douglas)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond Douglas is a researcher focused on the societal effects of AI. In this episode, we discuss Gradual Disempowerment. To see all our published re...
[Article] Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a narration of ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance ’ by Will MacAskill and Rose Hadshar; published 13th March 2025. Narr...
[Article] Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a narration of ‘Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’ by Daniel Eth and Tom Davidson; published 26th Ma...
Should AI Agents Obey Human Laws? (with Cullen O'Keefe)
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ob...
[Article] AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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; publi...
[AI Narration] Could One Country Outgrow the Rest of the World After AGI?
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
How Can We Prevent AI-Enabled Coups? (with Tom Davidson)
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Davidson is a Senior Research Fellow at Forethought. In this episode, he discusses concrete mitigations against AI-enabled coups. Listen to Tom's ...
Should We Aim for Flourishing Over Mere Survival? (with Will MacAskill)
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will MacAskill discusses his new research series ‘Better Futures’. To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research.
[AI Narration] How quick and big would a software intelligence explosion be?
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 release...
[AI Narration] How to Make the Future Better
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
[AI Narration] Convergence and Compromise
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Convergence and Compromise" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. You ca...
[AI Narration] No Easy Eutopia
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
[AI Narration] Persistent Path-Dependence
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
[AI Narration] Introducing Better Futures
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
[AI Narration] The Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "The Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis" by William MacAskill, Philip Trammell. The article was first release...
AI Rights for Human Safety (with Peter Salib and Simon Goldstein)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Salib is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston, and Simon Goldstein is an associate professor of philosophy at the Univ...
Inference Scaling, AI Agents, and Moratoria (with Toby Ord)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Toby Ord is a Senior Researcher at Oxford University. We discuss the ‘scaling paradox’, inference scaling and its implications, ways to interpret ...
[AI Narration] The Industrial Explosion
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "The Industrial Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 21th May 2025. You can read mor...
AI Tools for Existential Security (with Lizka Vaintrob)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lizka Vaintrob discusses ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’, co-authored with Owen Cotton-Barratt. To see all our published research, visit foret...
[AI Narration] Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 4t...
[AI Narration] The AI Adoption Gap: Preparing the US Government for Advanced AI
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion? (with Tom Davidson)
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Davidson discusses ‘Will AI R&D Automation cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’, co-authored with Daniel Eth. To see all our publ...
[AI Narration] Will the Need to Retrain AI Models from Scratch Block a Software Intelligence Explosion?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
[AI Narration] How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies?
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies?" by Tom Davids...
Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion (with Will MacAskill)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will MacAskill discusses ‘Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion’, co-authored with Fin Moorhouse. To see all our published research, visit fore...
[AI Narration] How Suddenly will AI Accelerate the Pace of AI progress?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 wa...
[AI Narration] Three Types of Intelligence Explosion
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Three Types of Intelligence Explosion" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article was first released on...
[AI Narration] How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The a...
[AI Narration] Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate?" by Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar, William MacAskill. The article...
Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance (with Rose Hadshar)
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Hadshar discusses ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance’, co-authored with Will MacAskill. To see all our published research,...
[AI Narration] Could Advanced AI Accelerate the Pace of AI Progress? Interviews with AI Researchers
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Could Advanced AI Accelerate the Pace of AI Progress? Interviews with AI Researchers" by Jared Leibowich, Nikola Jurkovic,...
What is ForeCast?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short trailer for ForeCast, the podcast from Forethought. Full episodes will appear in this feed.
[AI Narration] Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 13th February 2025. You can read ...
[AI Narration] Inference Scaling & the Log-x Chart
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Inference Scaling & the Log-x Chart" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 21th January 2025. You can rea...
[AI Narration] The Scaling Paradox
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "The Scaling Paradox" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 13th January 2025. You can read more of our research a...
[AI Narration] Human Takeover Might be Worse than AI Takeover
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. You ...
[AI Narration] Should There Be Just One Western AGI Project?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Decemb...
[AI Narration] What’s Important in ‘AI for Epistemics’?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. Yo...
[AI Narration] On the Value of Advancing Progress
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "On the Value of Advancing Progress" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 12th July 2024. You can read more of ou...
[AI Narration] Project ideas: Epistemics
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Project ideas: Epistemics" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 2024. You can read more of ou...
[AI Narration] Project Ideas: Sentience and Rights of Digital Minds
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 20...
[AI Narration] Project Ideas: Backup Plans & Cooperative AI
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas: Backup Plans & Cooperative AI" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd January 20...
[AI Narration] Project Ideas: Governance During Explosive Technological Growth
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an AI narration of "Project Ideas: Governance During Explosive Technological Growth" by Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 3rd...
[AI Narration] Project Ideas for Making Transformative AI Go Well, Other Than by Working on Alignment
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 wa...
[AI Narration] AGI and Lock-in
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Y...