Allison is the president of Foresight Institute where she leads the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension Groups.
She co-edited the book Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, and is collaborating on another book on Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation.
Her futures journey started as a child when she realised that she did not want to die. The pathways she followed after that included Existentialism, Transhumanism, and finally the Foresight Institute. She speaks extensively about the Big Three - Biotech, Nanotech and Computer Science