The meaning of human freedom, the perils of ai and the role of VR in our future

Hello listeners! Welcome to a very special episode of the EnterVR podcast. On today's show I speak Manish Gupta, James Blaha, Aaron Frank and Steve Gerhman. Come along as we discuss the future of the human species. 1:00 Catching up with James and Manish from Vivid Vision. 2:40 Catching up with Aaron Frank from Singularity University. 5:00 Why game engines are awesome. 6:00 How far are we away from being able to control thought and memory? Will VR become the human thought control interface? 8:00 Sword Art Online Spoilers start here: 11:30 Where does VR fit in, in the eventuality of us having 1 trillion connected devices? (Read the book "What technology wants" by Kevin Kelly. 21:00 How will we deal with grieving when we can live longer than any other humans that came before us? 24:00 Discussing the universal basic income. 28:00 Finding an economic solution to climate change. 34:00 Why the universal basic income paired with the Metaverse economy will save humanity from the AI economy. 37:00 How long do we have before civilization collapses because of the AI economy? 40:00 Why the rise of AI will be bad for the human species. 46:00 What goals should we give AI? What are we suppose to do with AI once its born? 49:00 Today's recurrent neural networks can give you the ability to do amazing things. 55:00 Ex Machina spoilers begin here. 59:00 What will the first human brain augmentations look like? 1:01:00 Discussing transcranial direct current stimulation devices. 1:05:00 How much do we know about the human brain in 2015? Discussing Opti genetics. 1:10:00 The importance of philosophy in our time. What does it mean to be free? 1:21:00 What is the likelihood of AI not killing us all? 1:26:00 What would you say to your future self of 10 years from now? Being able to record our experiences and reliving our memories in VR. 1:29:00 The business model of the first AI? Using AI for Cybercrime? What is crime? 1:34:00 What will human organization look like in the 21st century? 1:37:00 (as of June 12th 2015, TPP has been blocked by the U.S House of Representatives). How to fight back corporate interests that want suppress a free and open internet. 1:42:00 What does it mean to be a millennial? How will this generation be remembered? What is the purpose of being human? 1:48:00 How will we keep up with the pace of change as the future seems to accelerating towards us? 1:49:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch. Stay in touch with the links below: https://twitter.com/Afrank26 https://twitter.com/jamesblaha https://twitter.com/manishiwa [email protected] http://www.seevividly.com/ http://singularityu.org/