ForeCast

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 actually is, and why they’re suddenly being taken seriously Why the core case rests on cheaper energy from...

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 explosion . Topics include: How input-output tables let you estimate how fast a self-replicating econo...

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 to answer crucial questions about the long-run future? Is it inevitable that the wisdom of the frontier...

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.

This is an AI narration of "A draft honesty policy for credible communication with AI systems" by Lukas Finnveden, Mia Taylor, and Max Dalton. The article was first released on 6th 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 "The Saturation View" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 24th April 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 "Desired behaviour for AI advising humans on important decisions" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 17th April 2026. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

Owen Cotton-Barratt is a research consultant working with the Future of Life Institute, and a co-author of several recent Forethought articles on AI tools for epistemics and coordination. Rose Hadshar is a researcher at Forethought. They discuss: Whether LLMs are now good enough to start building tools that meaningfully help people track what's true What AI-powered reliability tracking could look...

This is an AI narration of "AI impacts on epistemics: the good, the bad and the ugly" by Owen Cotton-Barratt and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 12th April 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 "Design sketches: defense-favoured coordination tech" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Oly Sourbut, Lizka Vaintrob, and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 5th April 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 "AI for AI for Epistemics" by Owen Cotton-Barratt and Lukas Finnveden. The article was first released on 1st April 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 "AI should (sometimes) be proactively prosocial" by Tom Davidson and William MacAskill. The article was first released on 29th March 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 "Is labor a luxury in the long run?" by Philip Trammel. The article was first released on 27th March 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 "Concrete Projects in AGI Preparedness" by William MacAskill and Fin Moorhouse.. The article was first released on 26th March 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 "The importance of AI character" by William MacAskill and Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 23rd March 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 "Broad Timelines" by Toby Ord. The article was first released on 16th March 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 "Should We Lock in Post-AGI Agreements Under Uncertainty?" by Fin Moorhouse. The article was first released on 13th March 2026. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

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 pri...

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

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...

This is an AI narration of "Design sketches: tools for strategic awareness" by Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lizka Vaintrob, Oly Sourbut, and Rose Hadshar. The article was first released on 10th February 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 "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. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.