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ForeCast is a podcast from Forethought, where we hear from the authors about new research.
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Average audio length:
55 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
99 episodes
since Oct. 12, 2023
episodic
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Matthew Adelstein was a Visiting Scholar at Forethought and blogs as Bentham’s Bulldog, where he writes on ethics, animal welfare, and the long-run future.
He joined Fin Moorhouse to discuss:
Why Matthew thinks handoff of high-stakes decision-making to AI is the most likely route to a great fut…
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Peter Salib is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and co-director of the Center for Law & AI Risk. Simon Goldstein is an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, a senior editor at AI Frontiers, and a visiting senior scholar at Forethought. They hav…
Will MacAskill is a senior research fellow at Forethought and the author of What We Owe The Future. Tom Davidson is a senior research fellow at Forethought and the author of a series of reports on AI timelines, takeoff speeds, and AI-enabled coups.
In this informal conversation about early-stage r…
Avi Parrack is a physics PhD student at Stanford and a researcher at Forethought, where he works on AI, space expansion, and governance. He is the lead author of a recent Forethought report on orbital data centers.
He joined Forethought’s Tom Davidson to discuss:
What an orbital data center act…
Damon Binder is a senior researcher on the Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness team at Coefficient Giving. He has a PhD in physics from Princeton and previously studied existential risks at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
He joined Fin Moorhouse to discuss his series on the AI industrial …
This is an AI narration of "Risk-Averse AIs" by Elliott Thornley and William MacAskill. The article was first released on 24th June 2026.
You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.
Wei Dai is a computer engineer known for his work in cryptography and cryptocurrency systems, and for his long-standing contributions to AI safety, decision theory, and metaphilosophy.
He joined Forethought’s Fin Moorhouse to discuss:
Do we need to solve ‘metaphilosophy’ before we can trust AIs…
This is an AI narration of "What should go in a model spec?" by James Tillman. The article was first released on 4th June 2026.
You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.
This is an AI narration of "Will We Really Put Data Centers in Space?" by Avi Parrack and Fin Moorhouse. The article was first released on 22nd May 2026.
You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.
This is an AI narration of "Stickiness in AI Behavioral Design" by James Tillman. The article was first released on 13th May 2026.
You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research. Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.
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