Jesse Richardson

I trade prediction markets professionally.

I am determined to make sure AI goes well for humanity; right now I am working on trying to set up liquid prediction markets for forecasting AI.

I co-founded Common Ground Aotearoa, an organization that advocates for taxing land in Aotearoa New Zealand.

I write about elections and other topics at pathgolden.substack.com.

I studied Maths and Economics at Victoria University of Wellington. I previously worked on AI safety at Mila — Quebec AI Institute and was briefly a quant trader at Optiver.

Publications

• Superintelligent Agents Pose Catastrophic Risks: Can Scientist AI Offer a Safer Path? (2025)