In an era where artificial intelligence systems are increasingly tasked with decisions that carry ethical weight – from medical triage to autonomous weapons – the question of whether machines can authentically engage with morality has never been more pressing. To explore this issue, we turn to philosopher David Enoch, a leading advocate of moral realism…
Norm-sensitive cooperation might beat brute-force optimisation when aligning AI with the complex layers of human value – and possibly cosmic ones too. Nick Bostrom suggests that AI systems designed with humility and a cooperative orientation are more likely to navigate the complex web of human and potentially cosmic norms than those driven by rigid utility…
In his new book Deep Utopia, Nick Bostrom invites us to imagine a world where the big problems are solved—no hunger, no war, just a quiet hum of existential security and near infinite bliss. But then what? In a recent interview, he offers a poetic twist: “It might be completely appropriate to place more weight…
Nick Bostrom dropped a bombshell that cuts through some of the haze around AI doom-and-gloom: “I think ultimately this transition to the superintelligence era is one we should do.” That’s right—should. Not “might” or “could,” but a firm nudge toward a future where humanity doesn’t just survive AI but thrives with it. Even more striking?…
In short: Satiable values have diminishing returns with more resources, while insatiable values always want more, potentially leading to risky AI behaviour – it seems likely that AI with insatiable values could make existential trades, like gambling the world for a chance to double resources. Therefore potentially design AI with satiable values to ensure stability,…
Do LLMs have metacognition? What happens when machines begin to “think about thinking”? At Future Day 2025, we hosted an in-depth discussion on metacognition in large language models (LLMs) – with insights from researcher Shun Yoshizawa, supervised by neuroscientist Dr Ken Mogi at Sony Computer Science Laboratories. Together, we explored the current state of metacognitive…
About Kristian Rönn will give a presentation at Future Day 2025, discussing his insightful and timely book ‘The Darwinian Trap – The Hidden Evolutionary Forces that Shape Our World (And Threaten Our Future)’ He will discuss macroeconomics & Game theoretic Imagineering: avoiding the minefields of the tragedy of the commons in the hope that we…
For Future Day we hosted an electrifying discussion between two of the most thought-provoking minds in AI and the Singularity: Ben Goertzel and Hugo de Garis. Convened by Adam Ford, this conversation was an exploration into the accelerating trajectory of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the promises and perils of AGI, as well as political and…
About For Future Day 2025, James Barrat discussed his up and coming book ‘The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything’ (Amazon link, Google Book link) which is expected to be released June 10, and also another up and coming book on AI-weapons (see video below). In a thought-provoking discussion, James Barrett, author of…
Discussion between Anders Sandberg & Kristian Rönn on the AI Arms Race & the Darwinian Trap. Kristian Rönn is the CEO and co-founder of Normative, and author of the book ‘The Darwinian Trap’. He has a background in mathematics, philosophy, computer science and artificial intelligence. Anders Sandberg is a researcher at the Mimir Center for…
