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London Futurists — 131 episodes
The Discontinuity Thesis, with Ben Luong
The AI Automation Layoff Trap, with Gerry Tsoukalas and Brett Falk
Post-labour economics and the future of capitalism, with Ted Shelton
Windfall Trust and the Economic Singularity, with Adrian Brown
Anticipating 2026
The puzzle pieces that can defuse the US-China AI race dynamic, with Kayla Blomquist
Jensen Huang and the zero billion dollar market, with Stephen Witt
What's your p(Pause)? with Holly Elmore
Real-life superheroes and troubled institutions, with Tom Ough
Safe superintelligence via a community of AIs and humans, with Craig Kaplan
How progress ends: the fate of nations, with Carl Benedikt Frey
Tsetlin Machines, Literal Labs, and the future of AI, with Noel Hurley
Intellectual dark matter? A reputation trap? The case of cold fusion, with Jonah Messinger
AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts, with Peter Scott
The remarkable potential of hydrogen cars, with Hugo Spowers
AI and the end of conflict, with Simon Horton
The AI disconnect: understanding vs motivation, with Nate Soares
Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry Shevlin
The case for a conditional AI safety treaty, with Otto Barten
Humanity's final four years? with James Norris
Human extinction: thinking the unthinkable, with Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh
The best of times and the worst of times, updated, with Ramez Naam
PAI at Paris: the global AI ecosystem evolves, with Rebecca Finlay
AI agents: challenges ahead of mainstream adoption, with Tom Davenport
Post-labour economics, with David Shapiro
Longevity activism at 82, 86, and beyond, with Kenneth Scott and Helga Sands
Models for society when humans have zero economic value, with Jeff LaPorte
From ineffective altruism to effective altruism? with Stefan Schubert
The global energy transition: an optimistic assessment, with Amory Lovins
Building brain-like AIs, with Alexander Ororbia
To sidestep death, preserve your connectome, with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
Insights from 15 years leading the self-driving vehicle industry, with Sterling Anderson
The race for AI supremacy, with Parmy Olson
A narrow path to a good future with AI, with Andrea Miotti
Gen AI cuts costs by 30%: lessons from a leading law firm, with David Wakeling
Climate change and populism: Grounds for optimism? with Matt Burgess
Rejuvenation biotech - progress and potential, with Karl Pfleger
ChatGPT runs for president, with Pedro Domingos
The rise of digital pandemics, with James Ball
Thinking more athletically about the future, with Brett King and Rob Tercek
The low-cost future of preserving brains, with Jordan Sparks
Surveillance and diversity: surprising insights from the Gulf, with Holly Joint
The double-edged sword of technology, with Wendell Wallach
Stop cryocrastinating! with Emil Kendziorra
Introducing Conscium, with Daniel Hulme and Ted Lappas
Taming the Machine, with Nell Watson
AI Impacts Survey - The key implications, with Katja Grace
Cryonics, cryocrastination, and the future: changing minds, with Max More
Stem cells, lab-grown meat, and potential new medical treatments, with Mark Kotter
The economic case for a second longevity revolution, with Andrew Scott
Can AI be conscious? with Nicholas Humphrey
Progress with ending aging, with Aubrey de Grey
What’s it like to be an AI, with Anil Seth
Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich
The case for brain preservation, with Kenneth Hayworth
AGI alignment: the case for hope, with Lou de K
The Political Singularity and a Worthy Successor, with Daniel Faggella
The Longevity Singularity, with Daniel Ives
Where are all the Dyson spheres? with Paul Sutter
Provably safe AGI, with Steve Omohundro
Robots and the people who love them, with Eve Herold
Education and work - past, present, and future, with Riaz Shah
What is your p(doom)? with Darren McKee
Climate Change: There’s good news and bad news, with Nick Mabey
Meet the electrome! with Sally Adee
Don't try to make AI safe; instead, make safe AI, with Stuart Russell
Aligning AI, before it's too late, with Rebecca Gorman
Shazam! with Dhiraj Mukherjee
The Politics of Transhumanism, with James Hughes
How to make AI safe, according to the tech giants, with Rebecca Finlay, CEO of PAI
The shocking problem of superintelligence, with Connor Leahy
Preparing for Bletchley Park: behind the scenes, with Ollie Buckley
The future of space-based solar power, with John Bucknell
Whatever happened to self-driving cars, with Timothy Lee
Generative AI, cybercrime, and scamability, with Stacey Edmonds
The Economic Singularity, Bletchley Park, and the Future of AI
Longevity Summit Dublin: four new mini-interviews
A triple debrief from the Longevity Summit Dublin
The Legal Singularity, with Benjamin Alarie
Innovation as a mindset, with Aidan McCullen
What's new in longevity, with Martin O'Dea
Investing in AI, with John Cassidy
Transformational transformers, with Jeremy Kahn
The Death of Death, with José Cordeiro
AI transforming professional services, with Shamus Rae
Innovating in education: the Codam experience, with David Giron
Generative AI drug discovery breakthrough, with Alex Zhavoronkov
Catastrophe and consent
The 4 Cs of Superintelligence
GPT-4 transforming education, with Donald Clark
GPT-4 and the EU’s AI Act, with John Higgins
Longevity, the 56 trillion dollar opportunity, with Andrew Scott
The key workforce skills for 2026, with Mike Howells
How to use GPT-4 yourself, with Ted Lappas
GPT: To ban or not to ban, that is the question
The AI suicide race, with Jaan Tallinn
A defence of human uniqueness against AI encroachment, with Kenn Cukier
Against pausing AI research, with Pedro Domingos
Facing our Futures, with Nikolas Badminton
GPT-4 and the Two Singularities
Creating Benevolent Decentralized AGI, with Ben Goertzel
What the good future could look like, with Gerd Leonhard
ChatGPT raises old and new concerns about AI, with Francesca Rossi
ChatGPT has woken up the House of Commons, with Tim Clement-Jones
Assessing the AI duopoly, with Jeff Ding
Peter James, best-selling crime-writer and transhumanist
Curing aging: $100B? with Andrew Steele
Overcoming limitations, with Natasha Vita-More
Presenting gedanken experiments, with David Brin
Inventing the future of computing, with Alessandro Curioni
Assessing Quantum Computing, with Ignacio Cirac
Questioning the Fermi Paradox, with Anders Sandberg
Enabling Extended Reality, with Steve Dann
Governing the transition to AGI, with Jerome Glenn
Introducing Decision Intelligence, with Steven Coates
Developing responsible AI, with Ray Eitel-Porter
Anticipating Longevity Escape Velocity, with Aubrey de Grey
Expanding humanity's moral circle, with Jacy Reese Anthis
Hacking the simulation, with Roman Yampolskiy
Pioneering AI drug development, with Alex Zhavoronkov
The Singularity Principles
Collapsing AGI timelines, with Ross Nordby
The terabrain is near, with Simon Thorpe
AI for organisations, with Daniel Hulme
A tale of two cities: Riyadh and Dublin
Stability and combinations, with Aleksa Gordić
AI Transformers in context, with Aleksa Gordić
AI overview: 3. Recent developments
AI overview: 2. The Big Bang and the years that followed
AI overview: 1. From the Greeks to the Big Bang
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