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 working at Forethought. The application deadline has been extended to November 1st 2025. Apply here: forethought.org/careers/researcher Chapters (00:00:00) Forethought hiring overview and roles (00:03:21) Interview with Mia begins (00:03:34) Why Mia joined Forethought (00:05:59) Daily work, how work at Forethought was different from expected (00:08:38) Research examples (00:10:58) Who should and shouldn't apply (00:14:11) Disagreements and closing thoughts Links Apply for researcher positions Referral form (if you know someone who might be a good fit)
This is a narration of ‘Introducing Better Futures ’ by William MacAskill; published 3rd August 2025. Narration by Perrin Walker (@perrinjwalker).
David Duvenaud is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. He recently organised the workshop on ‘Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria’ , and he is a co-author of ‘Gradual Disempowerment’. He recently finished an extended sabbatical on the Alignment Science team at Anthropic. To see all Forethought’s published research, visit forethought.org/research. To subscribe to our newsletter, visit forethought.org/subscribe.
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. 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'. 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. 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’. 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 "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 "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.
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 "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 "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 "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.
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’. To see all our published research, visit forethought.org/research.