William MacAskill
Senior Research Fellow
Before joining Forethought, William MacAskill was an Associate Professor of moral philosophy at the University of Oxford. He wrote the books Doing Good Better, Moral Uncertainty, and What We Owe The Future and is the cofounder of Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism and the Global Priorities Institute.
Articles by William MacAskill
3rd August 2025
Better Futures
3rd August 2025
Introducing Better Futures
3rd August 2025
No Easy Eutopia
with Fin Moorhouse
3rd August 2025
Convergence and Compromise
with Fin Moorhouse
3rd August 2025
How to Make the Future Better
3rd August 2025
Persistent Path-Dependence
3rd August 2025
Supplement: The Basic Case for Better Futures
with Philip Trammell
17th March 2025
How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?
with Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar
17th March 2025
Three Types of Intelligence Explosion
with Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar
17th March 2025
Once AI Research is Automated, Will AI Progress Accelerate?
with Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar
17th March 2025
How Suddenly will AI Accelerate the Pace of AI progress?
with Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar
13th March 2025
Intelsat as a Model for International AGI Governance
with Rose Hadshar
11th March 2025
Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion
with Fin Moorhouse
