ForeCast

This is a narration of ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’ by Lizka Vaintrob and Owen Cotton-Barratt; published 14th March 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker ( @perrinjwalker ).

Raymond Douglas is a researcher focused on the societal effects of AI. In this episode, we discuss Gradual Disempowerment . You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research . To subscribe to our newsletter, visit forethought.org/subscribe .

This is a narration of ‘Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance ’ by Will MacAskill and Rose Hadshar; published 13th March 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker ( @perrinjwalker ).

This is a narration of ‘Will AI R&D Automation Cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’ by Daniel Eth and Tom Davidson; published 26th March 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker ( @perrinjwalker ).

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 obey human laws '. You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research . To subscribe to our newsletter, visit forethought.org/subscribe .

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; published 16th April 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker ( @perrinjwalker ).

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. The article was first released on 20th August 2025. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

Tom Davidson is a Senior Research Fellow at Forethought . In this episode, he discusses concrete mitigations against AI-enabled coups . You can read a full transcript here . Listen to Tom's appearance on the 80,000 Hours podcast here , and read the original paper here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research .

Will MacAskill discusses his new research series ‘Better Futures’ . You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research .

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 released on 4th August 2025. 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 "Introducing Better Futures" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. 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 "Persistent Path-Dependence" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. 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 "Convergence and Compromise" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. 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 Basic Case for Better Futures: SF Model Analysis" by William MacAskill, Philip Trammell. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. 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 "How to Make the Future Better" by William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. 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 "No Easy Eutopia" by Fin Moorhouse, William MacAskill. The article was first released on 3rd August 2025. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

Peter Salib is an assistant professor of law at the  University of Houston , and Simon Goldstein is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong . We discuss their paper ‘AI Rights for Human Safety’ . You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research .

Toby Ord is a Senior Researcher at Oxford University. We discuss the ‘scaling paradox’ , inference scaling and its implications , ways to interpret trends in the length of tasks AI agents can complete , and some unpublished thoughts on lessons from scientific moratoria for the development of AGI. You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/researc...

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

Lizka Vaintrob discusses ‘AI Tools for Existential Security’ , co-authored with Owen Cotton-Barratt. You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research .

This is an AI narration of "Will Compute Bottlenecks Prevent a Software Intelligence Explosion?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 4th April 2025. 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 AI Adoption Gap: Preparing the US Government for Advanced AI" by Lizka Vaintrob. The article was first released on 2nd April 2025. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.

Tom Davidson discusses ‘Will AI R\&D Automation cause a Software Intelligence Explosion?’ , co-authored with Daniel Eth. You can read a full transcript here . To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research .

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 first released on 26th March 2025. 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 "How Can AI Labs Incorporate Risks From AI Accelerating AI Progress Into Their Responsible Scaling Policies?" by Tom Davidson. The article was first released on 24th March 2025. You can read more of our research at forethought.org/research . Thank you to Type III audio for providing these automated narrations.