Nick Beckstead – The Importance of the Far Future
Nick Beckstead is the author of the influential paper ‘On the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future‘.
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Previous Conference a Success! Science, Technology & the Future
Science, Technology & the Future was held on Nov 30 – Dec 1 2013, Melbourne Australia What will the future be like? Right now, the technologies that we use to understand the world are in the process of a major transformation. Almost every field of knowledge is generating vast quantities of data, requiring unprecedented computing…
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A Conference on Philosophy of Science & Epistemology
Few could predict just how fast and dramatic the social, economic and political impacts of computer technology have been in out lifetimes. This Summer, leading scientists, inventors and philosophers will gather in Melbourne to discuss philosophy of science & epistemology. Previous conferences 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 each drew over a hundred local, interstate and…
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James Barrat – Our Final Invention – The Risks of Artificial Intelligence
Interview with James Barrat, Author of “Our Final Invention” (Amazon) Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It’s in your smart phone, your car, and it has the run of your house. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls our transportation,…
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Speaker: David Pearce
David Pearce will be speaking at – he is a British utilitarian philosopher who believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. His book-length internet manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how technologies such as genetic engineering, nanotechnology, pharmacology,…
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Richard Carrier – The Intelligence Explosion & Bayesian Reasoning
In a wide-ranging conversation, historian and philosopher Richard Carrier explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence, Bayesian reasoning, and ethical communication. By rethinking concepts like the Singularity and technological resurrection, Carrier offers a fresh lens through which to view our rapidly evolving future. Here is the video link. Intelligence Explosion vs. The Singularity Carrier prefers…
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Why Computers Aren’t Writing Shakespeare Yet: Reflections on Margaret Boden’s AGI12 Talk
Back at the 2012 Oxford Winter Intelligence conference, cognitive scientist Margaret Boden gave a talk on creativity and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). If you’ve been caught up in the modern race to build autonomous systems that can code, paint, or write poetry, Boden’s framing feels remarkably grounded – and quite humbling. Creativity Isn’t Magic Boden…
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Maria Entraigues on Anti-Aging and the SENS Research Foundation
Interview conducted in 2012 with Maria Entraigues at the eXtreme Futurist Festival in Los Angeles 2012. Maria Entraigues is the Global Outreach Coordinator for SENS Research Foundation. As the outreach coordinator for the SENS Research Foundation, Entraigues has represented the Foundation internationally at conferences and in the media, and has explained and promoted the Foundation’s…
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Nick Bostrom on the Simulation Argument
This interview was conduced late 2012 at the offices of the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford University at around the time of the Winter Intelligence conference. The simulation argument is continuing to attract a great deal of attention. I regret that I cannot usually respond to individual queries about the argument. Are you living…
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Margaret Boden – Creativity and Artificial Intelligence – Interview
In this interview, Margaret Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex, explores the intersection of human psychology, creativity, artificial intelligence (AI), and neuroscience. She emphasises the importance of viewing the mind’s functions in computational terms to demystify complex cognitive abilities like creativity, arguing that creativity is not magic, but a process…
