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LFP 137: Perspectives on Machine Consciousness

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LFP 136: Steve Keen - Will economists destroy capitalism?

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LFP 135: Pat Kane & Indra Adnan - If politics is broken, what's the alternative?

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LFP 134: Ewan McMillan - AI overhang and economics impact

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LFP 133: Oliver Ritchie - Waking up Economists

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LFP 132: Matteo Rossi MacDermant - Technoprogressive Worldbuilding

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LFP 131: Ben Luong - The Discontinuity Thesis

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LFP 130: Gerry Tsoukalas and Brett Falk - The AI Automation Layoff Trap

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LFP 129: Ted Shelton - Post-labour economics and the future of capitalism

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LFP 128: Adrian Brown - Windfall Trust and the Economic Singularity

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LFP 127: Anticipating 2026

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The puzzle pieces that can defuse the US-China AI race dynamic, with Kayla Blomquist

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Jensen Huang and the zero billion dollar market, with Stephen Witt

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What's your p(Pause)? with Holly Elmore

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Real-life superheroes and troubled institutions, with Tom Ough

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Safe superintelligence via a community of AIs and humans, with Craig Kaplan

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How progress ends: the fate of nations, with Carl Benedikt Frey

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Tsetlin Machines, Literal Labs, and the future of AI, with Noel Hurley

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Intellectual dark matter? A reputation trap? The case of cold fusion, with Jonah Messinger

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AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts, with Peter Scott

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The remarkable potential of hydrogen cars, with Hugo Spowers

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AI and the end of conflict, with Simon Horton

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The AI disconnect: understanding vs motivation, with Nate Soares

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Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry Shevlin

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The case for a conditional AI safety treaty, with Otto Barten

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Humanity's final four years? with James Norris

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Human extinction: thinking the unthinkable, with Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh

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The best of times and the worst of times, updated, with Ramez Naam

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PAI at Paris: the global AI ecosystem evolves, with Rebecca Finlay

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AI agents: challenges ahead of mainstream adoption, with Tom Davenport

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Post-labour economics, with David Shapiro

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Longevity activism at 82, 86, and beyond, with Kenneth Scott and Helga Sands

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Models for society when humans have zero economic value, with Jeff LaPorte

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From ineffective altruism to effective altruism? with Stefan Schubert

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The global energy transition: an optimistic assessment, with Amory Lovins

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Building brain-like AIs, with Alexander Ororbia

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To sidestep death, preserve your connectome, with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

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Insights from 15 years leading the self-driving vehicle industry, with Sterling Anderson

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The race for AI supremacy, with Parmy Olson

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A narrow path to a good future with AI, with Andrea Miotti

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Gen AI cuts costs by 30%: lessons from a leading law firm, with David Wakeling

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Climate change and populism: Grounds for optimism? with Matt Burgess

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Rejuvenation biotech - progress and potential, with Karl Pfleger

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ChatGPT runs for president, with Pedro Domingos

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The rise of digital pandemics, with James Ball

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Thinking more athletically about the future, with Brett King and Rob Tercek

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The low-cost future of preserving brains, with Jordan Sparks

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Surveillance and diversity: surprising insights from the Gulf, with Holly Joint

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The double-edged sword of technology, with Wendell Wallach

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Stop cryocrastinating! with Emil Kendziorra

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Introducing Conscium, with Daniel Hulme and Ted Lappas

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Taming the Machine, with Nell Watson

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AI Impacts Survey - The key implications, with Katja Grace

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Cryonics, cryocrastination, and the future: changing minds, with Max More

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Stem cells, lab-grown meat, and potential new medical treatments, with Mark Kotter

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The economic case for a second longevity revolution, with Andrew Scott

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Can AI be conscious? with Nicholas Humphrey

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Progress with ending aging, with Aubrey de Grey

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What’s it like to be an AI, with Anil Seth

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Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich

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The case for brain preservation, with Kenneth Hayworth

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AGI alignment: the case for hope, with Lou de K

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The Political Singularity and a Worthy Successor, with Daniel Faggella

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The Longevity Singularity, with Daniel Ives

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Where are all the Dyson spheres? with Paul Sutter

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Provably safe AGI, with Steve Omohundro

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Robots and the people who love them, with Eve Herold

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Education and work - past, present, and future, with Riaz Shah

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What is your p(doom)? with Darren McKee

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Climate Change: There’s good news and bad news, with Nick Mabey

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Meet the electrome! with Sally Adee

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Don't try to make AI safe; instead, make safe AI, with Stuart Russell

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Aligning AI, before it's too late, with Rebecca Gorman

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Shazam! with Dhiraj Mukherjee

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The Politics of Transhumanism, with James Hughes

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How to make AI safe, according to the tech giants, with Rebecca Finlay, CEO of PAI

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The shocking problem of superintelligence, with Connor Leahy

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Preparing for Bletchley Park: behind the scenes, with Ollie Buckley

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The future of space-based solar power, with John Bucknell

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Whatever happened to self-driving cars, with Timothy Lee

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Generative AI, cybercrime, and scamability, with Stacey Edmonds

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The Economic Singularity, Bletchley Park, and the Future of AI

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Longevity Summit Dublin: four new mini-interviews

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A triple debrief from the Longevity Summit Dublin

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The Legal Singularity, with Benjamin Alarie

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Innovation as a mindset, with Aidan McCullen

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What's new in longevity, with Martin O'Dea

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Investing in AI, with John Cassidy

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Transformational transformers, with Jeremy Kahn

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The Death of Death, with José Cordeiro

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AI transforming professional services, with Shamus Rae

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Innovating in education: the Codam experience, with David Giron

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Generative AI drug discovery breakthrough, with Alex Zhavoronkov

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Catastrophe and consent

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The 4 Cs of Superintelligence

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GPT-4 transforming education, with Donald Clark

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GPT-4 and the EU’s AI Act, with John Higgins

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Longevity, the 56 trillion dollar opportunity, with Andrew Scott

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The key workforce skills for 2026, with Mike Howells

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How to use GPT-4 yourself, with Ted Lappas