# Aric Floyd

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Real Alpha has cut one moment of Aric Floyd (Associate video producer & host, 80,000 Hours) talking, from an interview on Modern Wisdom published Aug 17, 2026.

- Role: Associate video producer & host, 80,000 Hours
- About: Hosts and scripts AI in Context, the 80,000 Hours YouTube channel on transformative AI risks and what to do about them.
- On X: https://x.com/AricFloyd

## What Aric Floyd said

- [Scenario scrutiny turns AI forecasts into concrete decisions](https://realalpha.app/s/scenario-scrutiny-turns-ai-forecasts-into-concrete-decisions/)
  Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026 · 4 min
  > “actually tell a month by month story about the future like actually put yourself in the head of the different actors” — Aric Floyd · [1:23:48](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/?t=5028)

## The episode

- [AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming”](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/) · Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026