The Foresight Institute Podcast
Welcome to the Foresight Institute’s podcast! Since 1986, Foresight has been advancing technologies for the long-term benefit of life and the biosphere. We focus on three areas: molecular machine nanotechnology for building better things, biotechnology for health extension, and computer science and
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Allison Duettmann | On Existential Hope & Existential Risk | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
SpeakerAllison Duettmann is the president and CEO of...
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Apr 19 2024 9m
Jeff Sebo | Investigating Digital Minds
Jeff Sebo is an American philosopher. He is a clinic...
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Apr 12 2024 55m
Jules Hedges | Compositional Game Theory – Towards Incentives Modelling at Scale
Jules Hedges is a mathematician and computer scienti...
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Apr 5 2024 51m
Existential Hope Special: David Pearce | A future without suffering
This month, we talk to David Pearce, a tho...
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Mar 29 2024 1h 2m
Sumner Norman | Neurotech for Mental Health
Sumner Norman is a pioneering figure at the nexus of...
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Mar 22 2024 52m
Trent McConaghy | A Solarpunk Vision from AI, Web3 & BCI
Trent McConaghy is the Founder and CTO of Ocean Prot...
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Mar 15 2024 28m
Vision Weekend France: Biotech Panel
tPanellists: Alex Fedintsev, Leon Peshkin, Yuri Deig...
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Mar 8 2024 37m
Vision Weekend France: Energy and Space Panel
Panellists: Andre Losekrug, Michael Gibson, Anders S...
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Mar 1 2024 39m
Existential Hope: Danielle Strachman | Education, Agency, and the Ability to Experiment
Danielle Strachman is a cofounder and general partne...
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Feb 23 2024 49m
Vision Weekend France: Intelligent Cooperation Panel
Panellists: Divya Siddarth, Jonathan Prasserat-Palmb...
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Feb 16 2024 39m
Vision Weekend France: Neuotech Panel
Panellists: Anders Sandberg, Bradley Love, Robin Han...
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Feb 9 2024 40m
Vision Weekend France: Molecular Machines Panel
Panellists: Alexis Courbet, Erik Benson, Stephane Re...
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Feb 2 2024 35m
Existential Hope: Gus Docker | Beyond Survival
Gus Docker hosts The Future of Life Institute&n...
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Jan 26 2024 47m
Dr. Scott Hubbard | Exploring Mars: Following the Water
Dr. Scott Hubbard has been a leader in space explora...
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Jan 12 2024 1h
Mark Hamalainen | A Coherent, Executable Plan to Achieve Unlimited Healthy Lifespan
Mark Hamalainen is cofounder of the Longevity Biotec...
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Jan 5 2024 51m
Existential Hope Podcast: Jason Crawford | Progress: An Ever-Evolving Journey
Jason Crawford is the founder of The Roots...
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Dec 29 2023 49m
Casey Handmer | Why Mars is Hard
Casey Handmer is the founder of Terraform Industries...
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Dec 22 2023 49m
Matjaz Leonardis | Interpretability and Security of AI Models
Matjaž Leonardis, in collaboration with David Deutsc...
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Dec 15 2023 9m
Dr. Anders Sandberg | WBE History and Overview
Dr. Anders Sandberg is a Senior Research Fellow at t...
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Dec 8 2023 25m
Kipply Chen | Fireside Chat on AI Alignment
Kipply Chen is part of the data team at Anthropic.Ke...
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Dec 1 2023 12m
Existential Hope Podcast: Trent McConaghy | From Starships to Tokens: Pioneering Futures
Trent McConaghy is the founder of Ocean Protocol, a ...
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Nov 24 2023 51m
David Dalrymple | Rethinking Uploading Given 10-Year AI Timelines
David Dalrymple, with a background from MIT and Harv...
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Nov 17 2023 8m
Existential Hope Special: Six Hopeful Visions of the Future
SpeakerBeatrice Erkers reads six Existential Hope Sc...
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Nov 10 2023 10m
Jan Leike | Superintelligent Alignment
Jan Leike is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind...
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Nov 3 2023 9m
Existential Hope Podcast: Emilia Javorsky | The Future of AI, Bioengineering, and Human Empathy
Emilia Javorsky, MD, MPH, is the Director of the Fut...
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Oct 27 2023 55m