Existential Hope
Much of today’s attention is focused on the threats, risks, and generally bad outcomes to humanity. Existential Hope aims to empower coordination towards flourishing futures.
Content
AI Pathways
What could desirable, realistic futures with AI could look like? AI Pathways explores two such visions: Tool AI – advanced, controllable systems, often narrow in scope, that speed progress without replacing human judgment – and d/acc – decentralized, democratic, defensive acceleration of technology. Developed with input from leading voices including Vitalik Buterin, Glen Weyl, Anton Korinek, and Anthony Aguirre.
Content
AI Futures Worldbuilding Course
What if AI could help us build a more resilient, inspiring, and flourishing world? This online course uses worldbuilding to explore hopeful futures—and the steps we can take to make them real.
Podcasts
The Existential Hope Podcast invites leading experts in various fields to share what a positive future looks like to them, and how their work contributes to that vision.
Jan-WIllem van Putten on How to build a career that actually changes the world
Jan-WIllem van Putten
David Eagleman on How an AI boyfriend or girlfriend can improve your real love life
David Eagleman
The Foresight Fellowship is a one-year program supporting early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators to supercharge their ability to advance technological progress.
Fellows
We support seven brilliant Existential Hope Fellows each year – early-career scientists and entrepreneurs working to shape positive futures.
