Funding the Commons San Francisco 2025

Allison Duettmann

Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute, a leading San Francisco non-profit founded in 1986 to advance frontier technology for the benefit of life. She directs the institute’s biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, and AI grants, fellowships, prizes, and technology trees. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-initiated Foresight's AI Safety Grant Program, The Norm Hardy Prize for Computer Security, and The Longevity Prize. She advises companies and projects, such as Lionheart, Cosmica, and The Roots of Progress Fellowship, and is on the Biomarker of Aging Consortium Steering Committee. She co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and holds an MS in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics, focusing on AI.


Sessions

03-15
10:00
60min
Office Hours
Shady El-Damaty, Allison Duettman, Robert Drost, Devansh Mehta, Chris Wray, Allison Duettmann

We will provide a table and dedicated space for office hours :)

Workshop Room
03-15
15:30
60min
Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios Workshop
Allison Duettmann

As AGI timelines shorten, many projections assume a centralized AI future. This workshop examines whether beneficial multipolar AI scenarios are feasible and how they might emerge. Participants will explore key geopolitical, technological, and economic factors shaping AI’s trajectory, aiming to identify actionable strategies for a decentralized AI landscape.

Workshop Room