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Joscha Bach – GPT-3: Is AI Deepfaking Understanding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMfA6i60WDA Joscha Bach…
September 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
Exciting progress in Artificial Intelligence – Joscha Bach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHvQd12bnqg Joscha Bach discusses…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
Ethical Progress, AI & the Ultimate Utility Function – Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach on ethical progress, and AI - it's fascinating to…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
The Grand Challenge of Developing Friendly Artificial Intelligence – Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach discusses problems with achieving AI alignment, the…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
Cognitive Biases & In-Group Convergences – Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach discusses biases in group think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWtHrkXqQxw Discussion…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
AI, Consciousness, Science, Art & Understanding – Joscha Bach
Here Joscha Bach discusses consciousness, it's relationship to…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
Professor Peter Doherty – COVID19 Pandemic: Research & Action
Fascinating interview with Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty…
August 11, 2020/by Adam Ford
Gero, Singapore AI startup bags $2.2m to create a drug that helps extend human life
Congrats to Gero for the $2.2m of funding to create a drug that…
August 6, 2020/by Adam Ford
Posthumanism – Pramod Nayar
Interview with Pramod K. Nayar on #posthumanism 'as both a material…
July 24, 2020/by Adam Ford
How science fails
There is a really interesting Aeon article on what bad science,…
June 10, 2020/by Adam Ford
The Problem of Feral Cats
Feral cats kill about 1 million native animals per day in…
June 5, 2020/by Adam FordJohn Wilkins – Comprehension and Compression
"In short, data is not knowledge; knowledge is not comprehension;…
May 2, 2020/by Adam Ford
The Age of A.I. – empowering narratives or accurate forecasts?
An interesting new series 'The Age of A.I.' narrated by Robert…
April 16, 2020/by Adam Ford
Anders Sandberg – Freeman Dyson, Galactic Megastructures, Physical Eschatology & the Fermi Paradox
Many of you know the sad news that theoretical physicist &…
March 17, 2020/by Adam Ford
Event: Responding to the Replication Crisis & Achieving Public Trust in Science – Martin Bush
What is the replication crisis in science? What does it mean…
February 17, 2020/by Adam Ford
Conference: AI & Human Enhancement – Understanding the Future – Early 2020
Introduction
Overview
The event will address a variety of topics…
September 29, 2019/by Adam Ford
Event: Stelarc – Contingent & Contestable Futures
STELARC - CONTINGENT AND CONTESTABLE FUTURES: DIGITAL NOISE,…
September 28, 2019/by Adam Ford
Denis Odinokov – Conquering Cross-Linking for Biomedical Longevity
In order to achieve biomedical longevity, the problem of cross-Linking…
August 14, 2019/by Adam FordJim Mellon – Investing in the Age of Longevity
Interview with hugely successful investor Jim Mellon at the Undoing…
August 14, 2019/by Adam Ford
Judith Campisi – Senolytics for Healthy Longevity
I had the absolute privilege of interviewing Judith Campisi at…
June 25, 2019/by Adam Ford
Cancelling the Apocalypse – Avoiding Civilisational Collapse
Cancelling the Apocalypse - Why do civilizations collapse? And…
June 17, 2019/by Adam Ford
“Biomimicry”, a Documentary
Biomimicry is a 20 minute long documentary film, produced by…
June 16, 2019/by Adam Ford
Why did Sam Altman join OpenAI as CEO?
Sam Altman leaves role as president at YCombinator and joins…
May 20, 2019/by Adam Ford
Reason – Philosophy Of Anti Aging: Ethics, Research & Advocacy
Reason was interviewed at the Undoing Aging conference in Berlin…
May 14, 2019/by Adam Ford
Jerry Shay – The Telomere Theory of Ageing – Interview At Undoing Ageing, Berlin, 2019
"When telomeres get really short that could lead to a dna damage…
May 7, 2019/by Adam Ford
Keith Comito on Undoing Ageing
What is the relationship between anti-aging and the reduction…
May 7, 2019/by Adam Ford
Future Day Melbourne 2019
Future Day is nigh - sporting a spectacular line of speakers!
Agenda Venue:…
March 13, 2019/by Adam Ford
The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine – Scott Aaronson
Interview on whether machines can be conscious with Scott Aaronson,…
February 11, 2019/by Adam Ford
The Winding Road to Quantum Supremacy – Scott Aaronson
Interview on quantum computation with Scott Aaronson, theoretical…
February 8, 2019/by Adam Ford
Cognitive Biases & In-Group Convergences with Joscha Bach
True & false vs right & wrong - People converge their views to…
December 14, 2018/by Adam Ford
The Generative Universe Hypothesis
Remembering Lee Smolin's theory of the dynamical evolution of…
December 13, 2018/by Adam Ford
Why Technology Favors a Singleton over a Tyranny
Is democracy loosing its credibility, will it cede to dictatorship? …
December 11, 2018/by Adam Ford
Uncovering the Mysteries of Affective Neuroscience – the Importance of Valence Research with Mike Johnson
Valence in overview
Adam: What is emotional valence (as opposed…
November 16, 2018/by Adam Ford
Physicalism & Materialism – John Wilkins
Materialism was a pre-socratic view that for something to be…
October 29, 2018/by Adam Ford
On Consciousness, Qualia, Valence & Intelligence with Mike Johnson
Andrés Gómez Emilsson joined in to add very insightful…
October 27, 2018/by Adam Ford
Ethics, Qualia Research & AI Safety with Mike Johnson
What's the relationship between valence research and AI ethics? Hedonic…
October 26, 2018/by Adam Ford
Science, Mindfulness & the Urgency of Reducing Suffering – Christof Koch
In this interview with Christof Koch, he shares some deeply felt…
October 26, 2018/by Adam Ford
Towards the Abolition of Suffering Through Science
An online panel focusing on reducing suffering & paradise…
October 26, 2018/by Adam Ford
The End of Aging
Aging is a technical problem with a technical solution - finding…
October 1, 2018/by Adam Ford
Michio Kaku on the Holy Grail of Nanotechnology
Michio Kaku on Nanotechnology - Michio is the author of many…
September 29, 2018/by Adam Ford
Aubrey de Grey – Towards the Future of Regenerative Medicine
Why is aging research important? Biological aging causes…
September 8, 2018/by Adam Ford
Surviving the Zombie Cell Apocalypse – Oisín Biotechs Stephen Hilbert
Oisín Biotechnologies ground-breaking research and technology…
September 8, 2018/by Adam Ford
Antispecism & Compassionate Stewardship – David Pearce
I think our first ethical priority is to stop doing harm,…
July 2, 2018/by Adam Ford
The Antispeciesist Revolution – read by David Pearce
The Antispeciesist Revolution
[Original text found here] Speciesism.
When…
July 2, 2018/by Adam Ford
CLAIRE – a new European confederation for AI research
While the world wakes up to the huge potential impacts of AI…
June 26, 2018/by Adam Ford
Moral Enhancement – Are we morally equipped to deal with humanities grand challenges? Anders Sandberg
The topic of is controversial (and often misrepresented); it…
April 21, 2018/by Adam Ford
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…
April 16, 2018/by Adam Ford
The Amazing James Randi – Skepticism & the Singularity!
Magician James Randi (known as ‘The Amazing Randi’) has spent…
April 5, 2018/by Adam Ford
Another Milestone in Achieving Brain Preservation & Whole Brain Emulation
A technology designed to preserve synapses across the whole brain…
March 16, 2018/by Adam Ford
The Point of View of the Universe – Peter Singer
Peter Singer discusses the new book 'The Point Of View Of The…
July 4, 2017/by Adam Ford
One Big Misconception About Consciousness – Christof Koch
Christof Koch (Allen Institute for Brain Science) discusses Shannon…
May 26, 2017/by Adam Ford
Amazing Progress in Artificial Intelligence – Ben Goertzel
At a recent conference in Beijing (the Global Innovators Conference)…
April 3, 2017/by Adam FordThe 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…
March 21, 2017/by Adam Ford
Building Brains – How to build physical models of brain circuits in silicon
Event Description: The brain is a universe of 100 billion…
March 21, 2017/by Adam Ford
Consciousness in Biological and Artificial Brains – Prof Christof Koch
Event Description: Human and non-human animals not only act in…
March 21, 2017/by Adam Ford
David Brin on Marching for Science and the Future
March Fourth - on March 4th for Science and the Future!
Interview:…
March 4, 2017/by Adam Ford
Future Day Melbourne 2017
WHERE: The Bull & Bear Tavern - 347 Flinders Lane (btw Queen…
February 25, 2017/by Adam Ford
Can we build AI without losing control over it? – Sam Harris
San Harris (author of The Moral Landscape and host of the Waking…
February 25, 2017/by Adam Ford
Marching for Science with John Wilkins – a perspective from Philosophy of Science
Recent video interview with John Wilkins! What should…
February 23, 2017/by Adam Ford
March for Science! Interview with Michael Shermer
Adam Ford: G'day everybody - we've got Michael Shermer here today…
February 22, 2017/by Adam Ford
Ethics In An Uncertain World – Australian Humanist Convention 2017
Join Peter Singer & AC Grayling to discuss some of the most pressing…
February 14, 2017/by Adam FordShould “Work Ethic” be a timeless measure of human worth?
Should "Work Ethic" be a timeless measure of human worth?
As…
February 8, 2017/by Adam Ford
March for Science Melbourne
Join us in Melbourne on April 22nd to champion science as a pillar…
February 3, 2017/by Adam Ford
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…
October 31, 2016/by Adam Ford
All Aboard The Ship of Theseus with Keith Wiley
An exploration of the philosophical concept of metaphysical identity,…
October 26, 2016/by Adam Ford
Why don’t we see more larger brained species in our ecosystem?
Species with larger brains seem to have a higher general intelligence.…
October 7, 2016/by Adam Ford
Narratives, Values & Progress – Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg discusses ideas & values and where we get them…
September 28, 2016/by Adam Ford
Longevity Day with Aubrey de Grey!
“Longevity Day” (based on the UN International Day of Older…
September 27, 2016/by Adam FordLongevity Day Melbourne 2016
“Longevity Day” (based on the UN International Day of Older…
September 27, 2016/by Adam Ford
Elon Musk on the Future of AI
Elon Musk discusses possible best of alternative AI futures -…
September 19, 2016/by Adam Ford
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…
September 18, 2016/by Adam Ford
Anders Sandberg -The Technological Singularity
Anders gives a short tutorial on the Singularity - clearing up…
September 16, 2016/by Adam Ford
Heavy-Tailed Distributions: What Lurks Beyond Our Intuitions?
Understanding heavy-tailed distributions are important to assessing…
September 16, 2016/by Adam Ford
Zombie Rights
Andrew Dun provides an interesting discussion on the rights of…
September 15, 2016/by Adam Ford
Extending Life is Not Enough
Dr Randal Koene covers the motivation for human technological…
September 15, 2016/by Adam Ford
Sam Harris on AI Implications -The Ruben Report
A transcription of Sam Harris' discussion on the Implications…
September 14, 2016/by Adam Ford
Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence with Aubrey de Grey
Projects at SENS Foundation
Sens Foundation has a lot of projects…
September 13, 2016/by Adam Ford
The Quantified Self with Anders Sandberg (in under 2 mins)
The Quantified Self movement is usefully encouraging loads of…
September 6, 2016/by Adam Ford
AI: The Story So Far – Stuart Russell
Awesome to have Stuart Russell discussing AI Safety - a very…
September 6, 2016/by Adam Ford
Suffering, and Progress in Ethics – Peter Singer
Suffering is generally bad - Peter Singer (who is a Hedonistic…
August 31, 2016/by Adam Ford
A Non-trivial Pursuit of Happiness – Paradise Engineering with David Pearce 🙂
It is non-trivial for a couple of reasons:
a) the pursuit of…
August 29, 2016/by Adam Ford
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…
August 26, 2016/by Adam Ford
NASA Provides Free Access to All Published Research
NASA recently announced that it is providing free open access…
August 19, 2016/by Adam Ford
‘Wake Enhancement’: Is sleep better than medicine?
'Wake Enhancement': Is sleep better than medicine?
Are well…
August 13, 2016/by Adam Ford
Lawrence Krauss, Ben Goertzel and Steve Omohundro on the Perils of Prediction
Panel on the Perils of Prediction where Lawrence Krauss , Steve…
August 11, 2016/by Adam FordBuddhism, and the Enlightenment values of discovering What Is?
David Pearce and I recently discussed relating Buddhism to the…
August 4, 2016/by Adam Ford
Is Infinity Real?
There is an interesting discussion at Quanta "Solution: ‘Is…
July 9, 2016/by Adam Ford
Singularity Skepticism or Advocacy – to what extent is it warranted?
Why are some people so skeptical of the possibility of Super-intelligent…
July 8, 2016/by Adam Ford
Grand Unifying Theories in Physics with Sundance
Sundance describes particle physics and covers two grand unifying…
June 30, 2016/by Adam Ford
Finding Value & Beauty in Fundamental Physics – Interview with Physicist Sundance
In this interview, Sundance covers his background in physics,…
June 30, 2016/by Adam Ford
Nick Bostrom: Why Focus on Existential Risk related to Machine Intelligence?
One can think of Existential Risk as a subcategory of a Global…
June 14, 2016/by Adam Ford
Conference: Thinking Machines in the Physical World
"Thinking Machines in the Physical World” invites cross-disciplinary…
June 8, 2016/by Adam Ford
Application Driven Science vs Curiosity Inspired Science
Given that it's hard to know what will be found through scientific…
May 29, 2016/by Adam Ford
Should We Re-Engineer Ourselves to Phase Out our Violent Nature?
David Pearce reflects on the motivation for human enhancement…
April 12, 2016/by Adam Ford
Materialism vs Physicalism (and Strawsonian Physicalism) with David Pearce
David Pearce (interviewed by Adam Ford) discusses the difference…
April 10, 2016/by Adam Ford
Global Catastrophic Risks – Jamais Cascio
Part of the 2015 interview Jamais Cascio focused on the Global…
April 6, 2016/by Adam Ford
Peter Singer & David Pearce on Utilitarianism, Bliss & Suffering
Moral philosophers Peter Singer & David Pearce discuss some…
April 4, 2016/by Adam Ford
Is there a Meaningful Future for Non-Optimal Moral Agents?
In an interview last year, I had a discussion with John Danaher…
April 1, 2016/by Adam Ford
The long-term future of AI (and what we can do about it) : Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
This has been…
March 20, 2016/by Adam Ford
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…
March 14, 2016/by Adam FordRandom Quote
The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature’s transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued.
— Thomas Kuhn
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