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. Will is also the cofounder of Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism and the Global Priorities Institute.
Articles by William MacAskill
23rd February 2026
Moral public goods are a big deal for whether we get a good future
with Tom Davidson, Mia Taylor
26th January 2026
The International AGI Project Series
26th January 2026
What an international project to develop AGI should look like
26th January 2026
AGI and World Government
with Rose Hadshar
26th January 2026
International AI projects and differential AI development
26th January 2026
A global convention to govern the intelligence explosion
22nd January 2026
Short Timelines Aren't Obviously Higher-Leverage
with Mia Taylor
21st January 2026
Beyond Existential Risk
with Guive Assadi
7th January 2026
Viatopia
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
Persistent Path-Dependence
3rd August 2025
How to Make the Future Better
3rd August 2025
Supplement: The Basic Case for Better Futures
with Philip Trammell
17th March 2025
Three Types of Intelligence Explosion
with Tom Davidson, Rose Hadshar
17th March 2025
How Far Can AI Progress Before Hitting Effective Physical Limits?
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
