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Welcome to the Foresight Institute’s podcast!


Since 1986, Foresight has advanced technologies for the long-term benefit of life, focusing on science and technology too early-stage or interdisciplinary for traditional institutions to support.

Our podcast features technical seminars in Molecular Machines, Biotech, Intelligent Cooperation, Neurotech, and Spacetech, alongside our Existential Hope content and special episodes.


To view presentations of our technical work and to stay up-to-date on new content, subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Twitter. The Foresight Institute Podcast is AI-searchable using Fathom.fm.


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Episodios
  • Existential Hope Podcast: Glen Weyl | Can we use AI to build a fairer society?

    Existential Hope Podcast: Glen Weyl | Can we use AI to build a fairer society?
    May 23 2025

    Most AI discussions focus on its risks to democracy – disinformation, surveillance, centralization of power. But what if AI could make governance better?


    Glen Weyl, political economist at Microsoft Research and founder of RadicalxChange, argues that AI could be used to create more participatory, decentralized, and democratic systems, if we design it right. In this interview, he explores what AI governance could look like if we tried to use it for real pluralism.


    This interview is a guest lecture in our online course about shaping positive futures with AI. The course is free, and available here: https://www.udemy.com/course/worldbuilding-hopeful-futures-with-ai/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    26 m
  • Existential Hope Podcast: Ada Palmer | The Storytelling Tools You Need for Worldbuilding

    Existential Hope Podcast: Ada Palmer | The Storytelling Tools You Need for Worldbuilding
    May 16 2025

    How can storytelling shape our visions of the future? Ada Palmer—historian, science fiction writer, and futurist—brings a unique perspective on how worldbuilding can be a powerful tool for exploring complex ideas. In this conversation with Beatrice Erkers, she shares her perspective on worldbuilding and storytelling, and her recommendations for how we can think in new ways about the future.


    This interview is a guest lecture in our new online course about shaping positive futures with AI. The course is free, and available here: https://www.udemy.com/course/worldbuilding-hopeful-futures-with-ai/

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    43 m
  • Existential Hope Podcast: Anthony Aguirre | Will AI replace us or help us thrive?

    Existential Hope Podcast: Anthony Aguirre | Will AI replace us or help us thrive?
    May 9 2025

    How we develop AI will shape the future of society. In this interview, Anthony Aguirre explores the distinction between Tool AI and Replacement AI, and how this framing can inform AI policy, governance, and strategy. He shares insights on the risks and thresholds of AGI, the role of capability, agency, and autonomy in AI development, and what it means to keep the future human as AI systems become more advanced and integrated into society.


    Anthony Aguirre is a Professor in Physics, and the Executive Director & Secretary of the Board at the Future of Life Institute.


    This interview is a guest lecture in our new online course about shaping positive futures with AI. The course is free, and available here: https://www.udemy.com/course/worldbuilding-hopeful-futures-with-ai/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    27 m
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