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The Trajectory pull covers realpolitik on artificial general intelligence and the posthuman transition – by asking tech, policy, and AI research leaders the hard questions about what’s after man, and how we should define and create a worthy successor (danfaggella.com/worthy). Hosted by Daniel Faggella.
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This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research.
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This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8yq2Q4Tc8
Read Anders Sandberg's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sandberg1/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
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-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This week Dr. Richard Sutton. Known for his breakthroughs in reinforcement learning, Richard serves as a Professor at The University of Alberta and Research Scientist at Keen Technologies (an artificial general intelligence lab he started with John Carmack).
This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fRzL5Mt0c8A
Read Richard Sutton's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sutton1/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford.
This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/_ZCE4XZ9doc?si=RXptg0y6JcxelXkF
Read the Nick Bostrom's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bostrom1/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai).
This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023.
Read more of Dan's ideas and https://www.safe.ai/work/research
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqYqHX13eM
Read the Dan Hendrycks episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hendrycks1
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Dileep George, AI Researcher at Google DeepMind, previously CTO and Co-founder of Vicarious AI.
This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
Watch Dileep's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nmsuHz43X24
See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/dileep1
See more of Dileep's ideas - and his humorous AGI comics - at: https://dileeplearning.github.io/
Some of the resources referenced in this episode:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, and AGI researcher for many decades.
This is the third episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
Watch Ben's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/faU0EdQHDpY
See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/goertzel1
Read more from Ben on X: https://twitter.com/bengoertzel
I often recommend Ben's "Cosmist Manifesto" as a relatively frank and honest take on posthuman / AGI futures: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmist-Manifesto-Practical-Philosophy-Posthuman/dp/0984609709
Some of the resources referenced in this episode:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Jaan Tallinn, billionaire tech mogul (Kazaa, Skype), brilliant thinker, and long-time funder for AI safety causes.
This is the second episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
Watch Jaan's full episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gnIKpsqrtsE
See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tallinn1
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
This is an interview with Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award Winner and Scientific Director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms.
This is the first episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.
Watch Yoshua's full episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Z5lgtH7_I
See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/bengio1
Read more of Yoshua's work at: https://yoshuabengio.org/
Some of the resources referenced in this episode:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: https://danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
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About The Trajectory:
AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?
From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.
Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle
Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai
There three main questions we'll be covering on the Trajectory:
1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?
If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.
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