ForeCast [Article] AI Tools for Existential Security
Sep 17, 2025
Explore how AI can be a game-changer in mitigating existential risks to humanity. The discussion highlights three key application categories where these tools can make a significant difference. There's an urgent emphasis on the need to accelerate innovation to manage challenges posed by advancing AI technologies. Tune in to discover the intersection of technology and security!
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AI Can Be Both Risk And Rescue
- Rapid AI progress is the largest driver of existential risk but also a source of tools to manage it.
- Epistemic, coordination, and risk-targeted applications are especially promising to navigate these risks.
Epistemic Tools Improve Foresight
- Better forecasts and AI fact-checking improve our ability to anticipate and respond to novel risks.
- AI philosophical tools can reduce subtle moral errors when designing powerful systems.
Coordination Tech Cuts Both Ways
- AI can enable coordination by improving negotiation, verification, and transparent monitoring.
- But commitment and coordination tools can also entrench power or lock in choices prematurely.