Discusses technological progress broadly and its implications for humanity's trajectory. Covers synthetic biology, space exploration, computation, emerging technologies, forecasting, and how science and innovation shape possible futures.
Joscha Bach, Cognitive Scientist and AI researcher, as well as Anthony Aguirre, UCSC Professor of Physics, join us to explore the world through the lens of computation and the difficulties we face on the way to beneficial futures.
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Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist at Caltech, joins us on this episode of the FLI Podcast to comb through the history of human thought, the strengths and weaknesses of various intellectual movements, and how we are to situate ourselves in the 21st century given progress thus far.
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In the contemporary practice of many scientific disciplines, questions of values, norms, and political thought rarely explicitly enter the picture.
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From a young age, humans are capable of developing moral competency and autonomy through experience.
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It's well-established in the AI alignment literature what happens when an AI system learns or is given an objective that doesn't fully capture what we want.
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Over the past several centuries, the human condition has been profoundly changed by the agricultural and industrial revolutions.
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Progress in synthetic biology and genetic engineering promise to bring advancements in human health sciences by curing disease, augmenting human capabilities, and even reversing aging.
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Elon Musk has called it a compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life on Earth and beyond, while Stephen Hawking and Ray Kurzweil have referred to it as an introduction and guide to the most important conversation of our time.
View episodeNo matter your level of experience or seniority, there is something you can do to help us ensure the future of life is positive.
