Research & KnowledgeEvent: September 4, 2026
Forethought published Toby Ord's new paper on AI intelligence explosions focusing on the features of the fastest, most explosive versions.
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“Toby Ord's new paper considers various models for how an AI intelligence explosion could occur, focusing particularly on the features of the fastest, most explosive versions.”
— Forethought team
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Forethought
Research nonprofit exploring how to navigate explosive AI progress
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Location
- Oxford, GB
- Company size
- 20 employees
How should we navigate explosive AI progress? AI is already accelerating innovation, and might supercharge it in the future. This might lead to economic abundance and better collective decision-making, or to AI-enabled dictatorships and new bioweapons. We are a research nonprofit asking: how can we reach as good an outcome as possible? And what can we do, now, to prepare?