Future Day Singularity Salon with Ben Goertzel & Hugo de Garis
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Join us on Future Day (March 1st) for an electrifying discussion between two of the most thought-provoking minds in AI and the Singularity: Ben Goertzel and Hugo de Garis. Hosted by Adam Ford, this conversation will explore the accelerating trajectory of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the promises and perils of superintelligent systems, and the grand question: Will the future be a utopia, a dystopia, or something beyond our imagination?
Goertzel and de Garis—long-time friends and former colleagues—have spent decades at the frontier of AI research, grappling with deep philosophical and technical questions about intelligence, consciousness, and the fate of humanity in a world shaped by exponentially advancing technology. While Goertzel champions a decentralized, open-ended approach to AGI development, de Garis has warned of a future where an intelligence explosion could divide humanity into those who embrace godlike machine minds and those who resist.
Expect a lively, insightful, and sometimes contentious dialogue as these two visionaries dissect the latest advancements, revisit old debates, and offer their perspectives on the road ahead. How close are we to AGI? What role should ethics and alignment play? Is the Singularity an inevitable destiny or a preventable risk?
Don’t miss this special Future Day 2025 event—where the future isn’t just discussed, but actively shaped.
Start time
| JST UTC+09 | AEDT UTC+10 | PST UTC-08 | EST UTC-05 | GMT UTC+0 |
| March 1st 11:00 | March 1st 13:00 | Feb 28th 18:00 | Feb 28th 21:00 | March 1st 02:00 |
How to join
For active participation (asking questions etc) join via these links: day 1 & day 2 to get the appropriate link. Also see the Facebook event. If just lurking, you can tune in via this Riverside streaming link, or try YouTube (unstable).
I’ve been pondering the anticipated future singularity and wanted to offer a comment: How might it transform our ability to tackle past accidents—perhaps by enabling time travel or sending critical information back in time to prevent or soften harmful consequences? Could it even open a path to restoring the presence of loved ones we’ve lost? How would an artificial superintelligence (ASI) manage the potential paradoxes of time travel? What level of human intelligence equivalent (H)—such as 1,000H, 10,000H, or higher—would an ASI need to master these capabilities? And, while predictions are inherently uncertain, is there any rough timeline for these breakthroughs? Are they relegated to a distant future, or could exponential, super-exponential, or even hyperbolic progress bring them closer than we expect?