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"What are uses of land that the market won't provide but are still worthwhile?"

Are you interested in the urban aspects not supported by market, like parks and beauty? What do you think about AI evolution? How can we retrofit the urban fabric for better futures?

Interview with Fin Moorhouse, advanced AI researcher at Forethought. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, AI and its progress, urban retrofit, job automation, beauty as urban externality, and many more.

Fin Moorhouse is a researcher at Forethought focused on advanced AI, previously working at Longview Philanthropy and Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute. He co-hosts Hear This Idea, a podcast exploring solutions to pressing global problems. A former Roots of Progress writing fellow, he has contributed to EA initiatives, UN policy discussions, and research on space governance. He studied philosophy at Cambridge.

Find out more about Finn through these links:

• finmoorhouse website

• @finmoorhouse as Fin Moorhouse on X
• Hear this idea podcast, co-hosted by Fin Moorhouse
• Fin Moorhouse on Goodreads
• Roots of Progress website
• Order Without Design - book by Alain Bertaud, recommended by Fin Moorhouse
• Soonish - book by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith, recommended by Fin Moorhouse
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities - book by Jane Jacobs, recommended by Fin Moorhouse
• Forethought website

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.126 - Interview with Corey Gray about beauty
• No.300 - Panel conversation on urban food production with Adam Dorr, Nadun Hennayaka, and Simon Burt
• No.304 - Interview with Nick Bray about AI agents
• No.314 - Interview with Andrew Vass about how repeated construction decreases costs
• No.323R - Planning ahead for better neighborhood: Long run evidence from Tanzania

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