Pat Pataranutaporn on human flourishing with AI, augmenting reasoning, enhancing motivation, and benchmarking human-AI interaction (AC Ep82)

“We wanted to see what the effect of AI might be on forecasting accuracy... to our surprise, we find that even when the model gives biased or noisy advice, human forecasters still improve—something we didn’t expect.”

– Philipp Schoenegger

“I kind of call these Gen AI systems a mirror. Pose it a question, play with scenarios, and see what comes out. It’s like an accelerant for thinking—pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.”

– Nikolas Badminton

“Future thinking is an everyday practice. It’s about becoming more aware of what’s happening around us, sensing signals, and collectively imagining what’s next.”

– Sylvia Gallusser

“The question of the future isn’t ‘How creative are you?’ but ‘How are you creative?’ Because what we can imagine, we can create—and we have a responsibility to build a better future.”

– Jack Uldrich

About Philipp Schoenegger, Nikolas Badminton, Sylvia Gallusser, & Jack Uldrich

Philipp Schoenegger is a researcher at London School of Economics working at the intersection of judgement, decision-making, and applied artificial intelligence. He is also a professional forecaster, working as a forecasting consultant for the Swift Centre as well as a ‘Pro Forecaster’ for Metaculus, providing probabilistic forecasts and detailed rationales for a variety of major organizations.

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is a world-renowned futurist speaker, award-winning author, and executive advisor, with clients including Disney, Google, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, NASA, and many other leading companies. He is author of Facing Our Futures and host of the Exponential Minds podcast.

Sylvia Gallusser is Founder and CEO of Silicon Humanism, a futures thinking and strategic foresight consultancy. Previous roles include a variety of strategic roles at Accenture, Head of Technology at Business France North America, General Manager at French Tech Hub, and Co-founder at big bang factory. She is also a frequent keynote speaker and author of speculative fiction.

Jack Uldrich is a leading futurist, author, and speaker who helps organizations gain the critical foresight they need to create a successful future. His work is based on the principles of unlearning as a strategy to survive and thrive in an era of unparalleled change. He is the author of 9 books including Business As Unusual.

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What you will learn

• How AI-augmented predictions enhance human forecasting
• The surprising impact of biased AI advice on accuracy
• Why generative AI acts as a mirror for future thinking
• The role of signal scanning in spotting emerging trends
• How creativity and imagination shape the future
• The evolving nature of community in an AI-driven world
• Why unlearning is key to adapting in a changing era

Episode Resources

People

• Philip Tetlock
• Jonas Salk

Books & Publications

• Superforecasting
• Facing Our Futures

Technical Terms & Concepts