Deep Future on the Orthogonal Bet Podcast

Roleplaying the future with AI

Sam Arbesman had me on the Orthogonal Bet podcast recently. We chat about scenario planning, and my work on Deep Future, an AI scenario engine that stress-tests your strategies against simulated futures.

You can listen to the episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else you might get podcasts.

Our conversation covers a lot of ground: we discuss scenario planning, how it works, the difference between risk and uncertainty, why it can be useful to hold multiple futures in superposition, and how AI might improve our strategic thinking.

Sam is an intellectual hero of mine. Scientist in Residence at Lux, a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation, he also has a great Substack, and a website full of fascinating rabbit holes, like this catalog of para-research organizations. Joining his podcast was an honor.