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Anders Sandberg on Exploratory Engineering Value Diversity and Grand Futures EAGxCambridge 2023


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Hear This Idea is a podcast about new thinking in effective altruism, hosted by Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti. In this episode, recorded live at EAGxCambridge 2023, they interview Anders Sandberg, who is a researcher, futurist, transhumanist and author. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. His research covers human enhancement, exploratory engineering, and 'grand futures' for humanity. They talk about:

- What is exploratory engineering and what is it good for?
- Progress on whole brain emulation
- Are we near the end of humanity's tech tree?
- Is diversity intrinsically valuable in grand futures?
- How Anders does research
- Virtue ethics for civilisations
- Anders' takes on AI risk and whether LLMs are close to general intelligence
And much more.
Find out more about Hear This Idea and discover more episodes: https://hearthisidea.com/

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