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The topic of is controversial (and often misrepresented); it…
The Great Filter, a possible explanation for the Fermi Paradox – interview with Robin Hanson
I grew up wondering about the nature of alien life, what it might…
Another Milestone in Achieving Brain Preservation & Whole Brain Emulation
A technology designed to preserve synapses across the whole brain…
The Point of View of the Universe – Peter Singer
Peter Singer discusses the new book 'The Point Of View Of The…
One Big Misconception About Consciousness – Christof Koch
Christof Koch (Allen Institute for Brain Science) discusses Shannon…
Amazing Progress in Artificial Intelligence – Ben Goertzel
At a recent conference in Beijing (the Global Innovators Conference)…
The future of neuroscience and understanding the complexity of the human mind – Brains and Computers
Two of the world’s leading brain researchers will come together…
Building Brains – How to build physical models of brain circuits in silicon
Event Description: The brain is a universe of 100 billion…
Consciousness in Biological and Artificial Brains – Prof Christof Koch
Event Description: Human and non-human animals not only act in…
David Brin on Marching for Science and the Future
March Fourth - on March 4th for Science and the Future!
Interview:…
Future Day Melbourne 2017
WHERE: The Bull & Bear Tavern - 347 Flinders Lane (btw Queen…
Can we build AI without losing control over it? – Sam Harris
San Harris (author of The Moral Landscape and host of the Waking…
Marching for Science with John Wilkins – a perspective from Philosophy of Science
Recent video interview with John Wilkins! What should…
March for Science! Interview with Michael Shermer
Adam Ford: G'day everybody - we've got Michael Shermer here today…
Ethics In An Uncertain World – Australian Humanist Convention 2017
Join Peter Singer & AC Grayling to discuss some of the most pressing…
Should “Work Ethic” be a timeless measure of human worth?
Should "Work Ethic" be a timeless measure of human worth?
As…
March for Science Melbourne
Join us in Melbourne on April 22nd to champion science as a pillar…
The Simulation Argument – How likely is it that we are living in a simulation?
The simulation hypothesis doesn't seem to be a terse parsimonious…
All Aboard The Ship of Theseus with Keith Wiley
An exploration of the philosophical concept of metaphysical identity,…
Why don’t we see more larger brained species in our ecosystem?
Species with larger brains seem to have a higher general intelligence.…
Narratives, Values & Progress – Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg discusses ideas & values and where we get them…
Longevity Day with Aubrey de Grey!
“Longevity Day” (based on the UN International Day of Older…
Longevity Day Melbourne 2016
“Longevity Day” (based on the UN International Day of Older…
Elon Musk on the Future of AI
Elon Musk discusses possible best of alternative AI futures -…
Can We Improve the Science of Solving Global Coordination Problems? Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg discusses solving coordination problems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FKgBURAV0
Includes…
Anders Sandberg -The Technological Singularity
Anders gives a short tutorial on the Singularity - clearing up…
Heavy-Tailed Distributions: What Lurks Beyond Our Intuitions?
How likely is civilization to devastated by a global disaster…
Zombie Rights
Andrew Dun provides an interesting discussion on the rights of…
Extending Life is Not Enough
Dr Randal Koene covers the motivation for human technological…
Sam Harris on AI Implications -The Ruben Report
A transcription of Sam Harris' discussion on the Implications…
Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence with Aubrey de Grey
Projects at SENS Foundation
Sens Foundation has a lot of projects…
The Quantified Self with Anders Sandberg (in under 2 mins)
The Quantified Self movement is usefully encouraging loads of…
AI: The Story So Far – Stuart Russell
Awesome to have Stuart Russell discussing AI Safety - a very…
Suffering, and Progress in Ethics – Peter Singer
Suffering is generally bad - Peter Singer (who is a Hedonistic…
A Non-trivial Pursuit of Happiness – Paradise Engineering with David Pearce 🙂
It is non-trivial for a couple of reasons:
a) the pursuit of…
Review of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari – Steve Fuller
My sociology of knowledge students read Yuval Harari’s bestselling…
NASA Provides Free Access to All Published Research
NASA recently announced that it is providing free open access…
‘Wake Enhancement’: Is sleep better than medicine?
'Wake Enhancement': Is sleep better than medicine?
Are well…
Lawrence Krauss, Ben Goertzel and Steve Omohundro on the Perils of Prediction
Panel on the Perils of Prediction where Lawrence Krauss , Steve…
Buddhism, and the Enlightenment values of discovering What Is?
David Pearce and I recently discussed relating Buddhism to the…
Is Infinity Real?
There is an interesting discussion at Quanta "Solution: ‘Is…
Singularity Skepticism or Advocacy – to what extent is it warranted?
Why are some people so skeptical of the possibility of Super-intelligent…
Grand Unifying Theories in Physics with Sundance
Sundance describes particle physics and covers two grand unifying…
Finding Value & Beauty in Fundamental Physics – Interview with Physicist Sundance
In this interview, Sundance covers his background in physics,…
Nick Bostrom: Why Focus on Existential Risk related to Machine Intelligence?
One can think of Existential Risk as a subcategory of a Global…
Conference: Thinking Machines in the Physical World
"Thinking Machines in the Physical World” invites cross-disciplinary…
Application Driven Science vs Curiosity Inspired Science
Given that it's hard to know what will be found through scientific…
Should We Re-Engineer Ourselves to Phase Out our Violent Nature?
David Pearce reflects on the motivation for human enhancement…
Materialism vs Physicalism (and Strawsonian Physicalism) with David Pearce
David Pearce (interviewed by Adam Ford) discusses the difference…
Global Catastrophic Risks – Jamais Cascio
Part of the 2015 interview Jamais Cascio focused on the Global…
Peter Singer & David Pearce on Utilitarianism, Bliss & Suffering
Moral philosophers Peter Singer & David Pearce discuss some…
Is there a Meaningful Future for Non-Optimal Moral Agents?
In an interview last year, I had a discussion with John Danaher…
The long-term future of AI (and what we can do about it) : Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
This has been…
Brian Greene on Artificial Intelligence, the Importance of Fundamental Physics, Alien Life, and the Possible Future of Our Civilization
March 14th was Albert Einstein's birthday, and also PI day, so…
Juergen Schmidhuber on DeepMind, AlphaGo & Progress in AI
In asking AI researcher Juergen Schmidhuber about his thoughts…
Wireheading with David Pearce
Is the Hedonistic…
Longevity & the Future of Fun with Jamais Cascio
I asked Jamais…
Media series with James Hughes
James Hughes the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics…
The Knowledge Argument Applied to Ethics
A group of interested AI enthusiasts have been discussing Engineering…
Politics & the Future – Panel with James Hughes, David Wood & Steve Fuller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayY8EI8RfNo
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Curing Aging – Bill Andrews on Staying Healthy Indefinitely
Bill discusses the…
Future Day in Melbourne – 1st of March 2016
Future Day in Melbourne - Future Day is a way of focusing and…
Michio Kaku – A History of a Time to Come
Science, Technology…
Michio Kaku – The Future of the Mind – Intelligence Enhancement & the Singularity
Scifuture interview…
Jamais Cascio – The Future and You! Security, Privacy, AI, Geoengineering
Jamais Cascio discusses…
The Singularity & Prediction – Can there be an Intelligence Explosion? – Interview with Marcus Hutter
Can there be an…
Can Intelligence Explode? – Marcus Hutter at Singularity Summit Australia 2012
Abstract: The technological singularity refers to a hypothetical…
High Impact Technologies with Andrew Barron
Well that's an…
Should We Fear or Welcome the Singularity? Nobel Week Dialogue 2015 – The Future of Intelligence
Should science…
The Life You Can Save – Interview with Peter Singer by Adam Ford
Transcript of interview…
Honey Bee Stress Leading to Colony Collapse Disorder
Honey bees - with a tiny brain the size of a sesame seed - can…
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets with Simon Singh
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Aubrey de Grey – Artificial Organs as Replacement Parts to aid in Defeating Aging
Aubrey de Grey discusses…
Julian Savulescu – Government & Surveillance
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Rationality & Moral Judgement – Simon Laham
Rationality & Moral Judgement…
Philosophy & Effective Altruism – Peter Singer, David Pearce, Justin Oakley, Hilary Greaves
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AGI Progress & Impediments – Progress in Artificial Intelligence Panel
Panelists: Ben…
Be Greedy For The Most Good You Can Do – Kerry Vaughan – EA Global Melbourne 2015
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Metamorphogenesis – How a Planet can produce Minds, Mathematics and Music – Aaron Sloman
The universe is made up of matter, energy and information, interacting…
Blockbuster Science! Tech investors reward ‘Breakthough Science’
Blockbuster Science! Its an awesome approach to incentivizing…
Star Wars on Trial – A Feudalistic Fantasia Pushing an Elitist Anti-Democratic Agenda
The Star Wars movie series has been the mainstay of imaginative…
Superlongevity – Mini Documentary
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7th Annual Conference of the Australasian Bayesian Network Modelling Society (ABNMS2015)
November 23 -…
Lawrence Krauss – An update on Cosmology – How Big Bang Gravitational Waves Could Revolutionize Physics!
Lawrence Krauss…
Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism – Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Did Nietzsche have something like Transhumanism in mind when…
Was Friedrich Nietzsche a Transhumanist? A critique by David Pearce
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Altered States of Consciousness through Technological Intervention
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Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity
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Automating Science: Panel – Stephen Ames, John Wilkins, Greg Restall, Kevin Korb
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On Artificial Intelligence – Tim Josling
Tim Josling discusses…
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Bayeswatch – The Pitfalls of Bayesian Reasoning – Chris Guest
Bayesian inference…
Science vs Pseudoscience – Kevin Korb
Science has a certain…
Aubrey de Grey – Engaging the Disengaged
There is likely…
Aubrey de Grey – Ageing & Suffering
Aubrey…
Peter Singer – Ethics, Utilitarianism & Effective Altruism
Peter Singer discusses…
What is the Philosophy of Science All About?
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Panel on Skepticism & Science
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Understanding the New Statistics
Geoff discusses…
Can Spiritual Experience be Scientifically Validated?
At a Melbourne skeptic’s…