The Trajectory

This is an interview with Joscha Bach, cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and AI Strategist at Liquid AI.

This is the sixth and final installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/dP4VlkSa87c

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Read Joscha's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bach1

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Numenta and author of “A Thousand Brains."

This is the fifth installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/pfqsbT0cW0o

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Read Jeff's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hawkins1

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.

This is the fourth episode in the "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
-- Scott's TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCHZ1G93iA

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/aZS4Plmx4_o

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/aaronson1

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research.

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This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8yq2Q4Tc8

Read Anders Sandberg's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sandberg1/

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This week Dr. Richard Sutton. Known for his breakthroughs in reinforcement learning, Richard serves as a Professor at The University of Alberta and Research Scientist at Keen Technologies (an artificial general intelligence lab he started with John Carmack).

This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fRzL5Mt0c8A

Read Richard Sutton's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sutton1/

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford.

This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm 

-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200

-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/_ZCE4XZ9doc?si=RXptg0y6JcxelXkF

Read the Nick Bostrom's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bostrom1/

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai).

This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023.

Read more of Dan's ideas and https://www.safe.ai/work/research

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqYqHX13eM

Read the Dan Hendrycks episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hendrycks1

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Dileep George, AI Researcher at Google DeepMind, previously CTO and Co-founder of Vicarious AI.

This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Dileep's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nmsuHz43X24

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/dileep1

See more of Dileep's ideas - and his humorous AGI comics - at: https://dileeplearning.github.io/

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, and AGI researcher for many decades.

This is the third episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Ben's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/faU0EdQHDpY

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/goertzel1

Read more from Ben on X: https://twitter.com/bengoertzel

I often recommend Ben's "Cosmist Manifesto" as a relatively frank and honest take on posthuman / AGI futures: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmist-Manifesto-Practical-Philosophy-Posthuman/dp/0984609709

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Jaan Tallinn, billionaire tech mogul (Kazaa, Skype), brilliant thinker, and long-time funder for AI safety causes.

This is the second episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Jaan's full episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gnIKpsqrtsE

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tallinn1

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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About The Trajectory:

AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?

From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.

Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:
https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircle

Stay in touch:
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai