(4 hour) March 2025 interview with William MacAskill, author of What We Owe the Future.

Introducing his new paper - Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion - 11 March 2025

Summary takeaway - if we’re about to have 100 years of progress happening in the space of 10 years, how do we prepare?

Topics

  • Software intelligence explosion (43m)
  • Hardware intelligence explosion (45m), e.g. AI robots doing everything
  • Space governance (1h21m50s)
  • Very optimised education and training (2h7m45s)
  • Training for politicians
  • AI as a coach, career, productivity, life, health coach (2h11m53s)
  • Dealmaking AI (2h12m48s)

Further reading

  • Moorhouse, F., MacAskill, W. (2025). Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion. Available at: Forethought.org

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