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AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

What if AI could help us build a more resilient, inspiring, and flourishing world?

This course uses worldbuilding to explore hopeful futures—and the steps we can take to make them real.

guest lectures

Anthony Aguirre | Will AI Replace Us—or Help Us Thrive? | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Robert Lempert | How Can We Best Prepare for Unknown Futures? | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Helen Toner | Who Gets to Decide AI’s Future? | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Hannah Ritchie | Climate Tech & How AI Can Help Solve Big Problems | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Anousheh Ansari | Why Space Exploration Matters for Earth | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Anton Korinek | What Happens to Jobs in an AI Future? | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Christine Peterson | How Biotech and Nanotech Can Shape the Future | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Anders Sandberg | How Neurotech Could Change Our Lives | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Glen Weyl | Can We Use AI to Build a Fairer Society? | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Gary Ackerman | Red Teaming Our Future With AI | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Ada Palmer | The Storytelling Tools You Need for Worldbuilding | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

Siri Helle | Psychology of Hope & Meaningful Futures | AI Futures Worldbuilding Course

ToolBox

The future isn’t something that just happens to you. These tools help you think clearly about what’s coming, picture the world you want, and find your role in building it.

There is no single entry point; feel free to start wherever is most relevant to you.

Core Concepts & Vocabulary

Challenges to Explore

Solution Approaches

Worldbuilding Tools

Modeling & Forecasting

Foresight Projects & Experts

Taking Action

Recommended Readings

Governance models

Course Worksheet

World Gallery

A collection of hopeful 2035 scenarios built by course participants.

Explore our previous winners.

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The Great Re-Rooting

To empower young graduates in underdeveloped regions through AI-driven sustainable agriculture and renewable energy,…

Proof of Peace: Cryptography for Autonomous Arms Control

By 2035, the invisible arms race of drone swarms and autonomous weapons — which…

The World of Equal Opportunity for Sentient Beings Living The Indefinite Lifespan (Immortally)

The Indefinite Lifespan: An AI/biotechnology interface that reverses aging and prolongs life indefinitely for…

EduSafe

By 2035, episodes of extreme violence in schools will reach a minimum thanks to…

Potentia

Everything and everyone can reach their full potential, we have an expansion of nature,…

The Learning UnCommons of 2035

By 2035, free, personalised AI-based education is universally accessible, empowering historically excluded communities to…

Harmony Haven

A society where all children receive equal foundational care in AI-managed institutions until adulthood,…

The Symbiotic Age

In 2035, humanity flourishes in a Symbiotic Age, where AI acts as a collaborative…
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