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Kevin Kohler
Geneva, Switzerland
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Essays
  • Brodie vs. Bostrom: The case against a decisive strategic advantage from superintelligence
  • A Culture of Progress
  • A Culture of Progress
  • Diplomacy on a deadline
  • Diplomacy on a deadline
A professional portrait of writer Kevin Kohler
Work

Human thriving in a machine economy

My professional background is in risk management, foresight, and technology policy. From 2022 to 2024 I have worked as an insights specialist for the Global Risks team of the World Economic Forum and managed the Global Future Council on Complex Risks. Before that, I was a senior researcher in the Risk and Resilience team of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich.

I am a “Swiss army knife”-type of researcher comfortable working on fuzzy, open-ended questions at the intersection of domains. There are many aspects, models, and analogies of the long-term transition to a machine-dominated economy and society that are still underexplored (or only explored in silos), and I will contribute research and ideas to ensure that this transition will expand human flourishing.

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Pesto-fueled dreamer

I am addicted to ordering/reading books, drinking mate, and eating hummus and pesto. In my free time I enjoy running in nature and I have a habit of playing chess in public transport. I also like playing around with the current state of technology. For example, we have DALL·E paintings at home and my house shoes are 3D-printed.

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