Existential Hope

Allison Duettmann

FOUNDER OF EXISTENTIAL HOPE, AND CURATOR OF THE XHOPE LIBRARY

In her everyday job, Allison Duettmann is the President and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. She advises companies and organizations, such as the Consortium for Space Health, and is on the Executive Committee of the Biomarker Consortium. She holds an MS in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics, focusing on AI Safety.

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

Breakthrough Computing: How Computing Speeds Up Tech Development
VitaDAO Longevity Symposium: The Longevity Prize: Areas & Mechanism Design
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

Podcasts

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