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Worldbuilding Course
AI Pathways
Hyper-Entities
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Worldbuilding Course
AI Pathways
Hyper-Entities
Worldbuilding course
Guest lectures
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World gallery
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Worldbuilding course
Guest lectures
Toolbox
World gallery
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Worldbuilding doesn’t end with a scenario draft. Here are ideas for what you can do next—turn it into a policy brief, a short story, a workshop, or a public conversation. Includes suggestions for formats, collaborators, and next steps.
Core Concepts & Vocabulary
Challenges to Explore
Solution Approaches
Worldbuilding Tools
Modeling & Forecasting
Foresight Projects & Experts
Taking Action
Recommended Readings
Governance models
Course Worksheet
Module 1
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Anthony Aguirre – Steering AI Toward a Human Future — UC Santa Cruz; Co-founder, Future of Life Institute
Robert Lempert – How Do You Plan for an Unpredictable Future? — Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Siri Helle – Why Hope Matters — Psychologist and Author
Video
Allison Duettmann, Foresight | On Existential Hope & Existential Risk | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Robert Lempert, RAND | On the How & Why of Worldbuilding | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Anthony Aguirre, FLI | Why Worldbuilding? | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Ross Gruetzemachter | The Transformative Potential of Generative AI | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Reading
Benefits & Risks Of Artificial Intelligence - Jaan Tallinn
Technology and Work Worth Doing (Not Jobs) Post-AlphaGo: A World-Building Workshop on the Future of Artificial Intelligence | RAND - Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Robert Lempert
Story Of Us - Wait But Why
How sci-fi can have drama without dystopia or doomerism - Jason Crawford
A brief guide to futures thinking and foresight - GOV.UK
Module 2
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Christine Peterson – Why AI Needs Radical Optimists — Co-founder, Foresight Institute
Anders Sandberg – The Future of AI and Neurotechnology: Merging Minds and Machines — Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford
Hannah Ritchie – A Data-Driven Case for Climate Optimism — Lead Researcher, Our World in Data; Author, Not the End of the World
Anousheh Ansari – Why Space and AI Matter for Humanity’s Future — CEO, XPRIZE; First Private Female Astronaut
Glen Weyl – Can AI Make Democracy Stronger? — Microsoft Research; Founder, RadicalxChange
Video
Why we should build Tool AI, not AGI | Max Tegmark at WebSummit 2024
Adam Marblestone & Ben Reinhardt | FRO & PARPA: Innovating in Scientific Innovation
How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy | Audrey Tang
Reading
My Techno-Optimism - Vitalik Buterin
Benefits & Risks Of AI - Future of Life Institute
Intelligence Explosion: Evidence & Import - Luke Muehlhauser and Anna Salamon
Benefits & Risks Of Biotechnology - Future of Life Institute
Whole Brain Emulation - LessWrong
A Tour Of Recent Cryptographic Technologies - Ben Garfinkel
Longevity FAQ - Nintil
Bottleneck Analysis: Positional Chemistry - Adam Marblestone
BCI 101 - NeurotechEdu
Commercial Space - NASA
Private Actors In Space - Christopher D. Johnson, Secure World Foundation
Global Exploration Roadmap - NASA
Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection Of Space Futures - Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich
Energy & Civilization - Vaclav Smil
Opportunity spaces - ARIA
Module 3
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Anton Korinek – Will AI Take All the Jobs? — University of Virginia; Brookings Institution
Helen Toner – Who’s Actually Governing AI? — Director of Strategy, CSET; Former OpenAI Board Member
Video
Zarinah Agnew | Future Crafting - Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Liv Boeree | XHope Worldbuilding Course - Q&A on How to Create Win-Win Futures
Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Sustainable Technological Futures | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Anna Yelizarova | FAQ on Worldbuilding for Transformative Futures - YouTube
Alex Tabarrok | XHope Worldbuilding Course - Q&A on Economics & Institutions
Darwinian Traps and Opportunities for Global Governance | Kristian Rönn | EAGxNordics 2024
The AI Dilemma: Navigating the road ahead with Tristan Harris
Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power
The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
Value Lock-In: How Values and Ideologies Persist | Will MacAskill | The Tim Ferriss Show
Moloch - The Deadly Force Driving Humanity To The Brink?
Reading
Reflective Equilibrium - John Rawls
Meta-Ethics Sequence - Eliezer Yudkowsky
Understanding & Avoiding Value Drift - TurnTrout
The Use Of Knowledge in Society - Friedrich A. Hayek
How Ideas Trump Crisis - Alex Tabarrok
International AI Institutions - Matthijs Maas, José Jaime Villalobos
We Can Prevent AI Disaster Like We Prevented Nuclear Catastrophe - Andrea Miotti
Module 4
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Gary Ackerman – How Could AI Be Weaponized? — Associate Professor, University at Albany
Video
Jenna LaTourette | Red-Teaming As A Tool For Better Worlds
Sustainability Strategy: Backcasting from Success
Reading
Stress Testing: A Practical Guide
Beyond a buzzword - the importance of resilience building and tools to build it
Module 5
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Ada Palmer – How Science Fiction Shapes the Future — Historian & Science Fiction Author
Resource List
Taking Action
Video
AI 2035: the alternate timeline | Our 2035 vision, animated