Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.02

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 2, 2012. Topics for this week's episode: J. Hughes on democratic transhumanism, personhood theory, and AI; making brains: reverse engineering the human brain to achieve AI; Ben Goertzel and Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity and timelines for AI; could a computer virus merge with a human virus?; and transhumanism meets the 'intelligence principle.' Tracks used in this episode: Meshuggah: "Behind the Sun" Modeselektor: "Green Light Go" Boards of Canada: "Aquarius" Grimes: "Eight" Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes