Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Groups, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She shares Foresight’s work with the public, for instance at the Wall Street Journal, SXSW, O’Reilly AI, WEF, The Partnership on AI, Effective Altruism Global, and TEDx. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. She advises non-profits, companies, and individuals. She holds an MS in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics, focusing on AI Safety, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, Economics from York University.
Interviews
Beyond Quantum Computing with Chiara Marletto, Oxford University (110k views)
Network State with Balaji Srinivasan, Network State (47k views)
Bitcoin’s Privacy Problem with Zooko Wilcox, ZCash (35k views)
Speaking
TEDx: Existential Hope
SXSW: AI Philosophy
O’Reilly AI: Executive Briefing on AI Safety
The Partnership on AI: Planning for “The Future”
Effective Altruism Global: Evaluating Hard-to-Measure Projects
Ethereum Global: Crypto Tools for X-risk Prevention
Protocol Labs Funding the Commons: Tech Trees for Progress on Ambitious SciTech
Vision Weekend: Existential Hope
Internet Archive: Civilization as Superintelligence
World Economic Forum (off the record): AI Briefing with Jaan Tallinn, Luke Nosek, and Allison Duettmann
MIT DeSci Boston (off the record): Tech Tree for Mapping Nano, Bio, Neuro
Wall Street Journal (off the record): AI Safety Panel
Future Forum (off the record): Existential Hope Closing Ceremony
OpenAI (off the record): On Foresight Institute
Media
Forbes: A Weekend with the Foresight Institute
Fintech News: The Long-term Potential of Crypto
Cointelegraph: DeSci: Tech Trees for Funding Long-term Progress
Quartz: Existential Hope is the Website the World Needs
Clearerthinking: Feeling Grim About the Future?
Lesswrong: The Human AI Reflective Equilibrium
Podcasts
Future of Life Institute: Planning for Existential Hope
UltraRare: The Foresight Institute & 50 Years: How To Advance DeSci
LifeSpan: The Future of Rejuvenation Biotechnologies
Simulation: Existential Hope
Better Futures: Existential Hope & Foresight Institute
The Future Hour: Longevity, Existential Hope & The Future
The Stoa: Existential Hope with Foresight
Pod of Jake: Allison Duettmann
FuturePod: Existential Hope with Allison Duettmann