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XPT (Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament)

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Four-month structured forecasting tournament bringing together superforecasters and domain experts through adversarial collaboration.

Organizations

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Forecasting Research Institute (FRI)Research institute advancing forecasting methodology through large-scale tournaments and rigorous experiments, led by Philip Tetlock.
Good Judgment (Forecasting)Good Judgment Inc. is a commercial forecasting organization that emerged from successful IARPA research, demonstrating that trained 'superforecasters' can outperform intelligence analysts and prediction markets by 30-72%. While not directly focused on AI safety, their methodology for identifying forecasters and improving collective judgment has significant implications for AI risk assessment.
MetaculusReputation-based prediction aggregation platform that has become the primary source for AI timeline forecasts, with over 1 million predictions across 15,000+ questions. Created by Anthony Aguirre (FLI/FLF President).
Coefficient GivingCoefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has directed $4B+ in grants since 2014, including $336M to AI safety (~60% of external funding). The organization spent ~$50M on AI safety in 2024, with 68% going to evaluations/benchmarking, and launched a $40M Technical AI Safety RFP in 2025 covering 8 research areas.

People

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Philip TetlockPsychologist and forecasting researcher who pioneered the science of superforecasting through the Good Judgment Project, demonstrating that systematic forecasting methods can outperform expert predictions and intelligence analysts.

Related Projects

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ForecastBenchDynamic, contamination-free benchmark for evaluating LLM forecasting capabilities, published at ICLR 2025.
AI Forecasting Benchmark TournamentQuarterly competition run by Metaculus comparing human Pro Forecasters against AI forecasting bots.

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Founded Date
2022

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