Tim Ventura Interviews

Mariam Brian discusses the Holo-Art Collective, which uses art as a tool to explore the trends, technologies & science of the 21st century and involves a diverse collection of artists, scientists, and technologists working together to help define humanity's future.

Mariam Brian leads the Holo Art Collective, where art, science, technology, space, and consciousness converge. She leads a global team of renowned artists, scientists, and technologists from quantum physicists to artificial intelligence pioneers to neuroscientists represent 30+ countries from 6 continents. Her team holds over 330+ patents and has participated in 30+ space missions, and has a shared vision to reshape humanity's future.

Holo Art is less than a year old, and has already achieved sending art via SpaceX to the International Space Station in March of 2023. Today, they're trailblazing brain-computer interfaces and never-before-released neurotech, patented AI and a series of global firsts. They also recently launched with a talk from NASA about the JWST and held 20 global dialogues on topics such as copyright in ai, the standard model for creativity and quantum biology for longevity.

Mariam is a "We Work in Space" member and Montreal Chapter President of the VRARA Association, as well as being a speaker and content creator on topics in global change, neuroscience, quantum science, future of work/education, and spatial intelligence. Her dialogues with senior NASA scientists have explored the latest research in Quantum Science, and she has delivered keynotes on "Ethical Generative AI," "Future of Creativity," and more in New York, Montreal, Brazil, Australia, and Italy.

LINKS & RESOURCES

Holo-Art (Official Homepage)

https://holo-art.io/home

Levio Affaires et Technologies

https://levio.ca/

Mariam Hashemi Brian (Homepage)

https://mariamhashemi.xyz/

Pre-Order Harmony Beyond Time

Email: quantum [at] holo-art.io

8th Deloitte Private and ArtTactic Art & Finance Report

https://www2.deloitte.com/lu/en/pages/art-finance/articles/art-finance-report.html

Holo-Art Video Library

https://holo-art.io/library

Marian Brian (LinkedIn)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamhashemi/

ChatGPT already passes the Turing Test, and the new Q* algorithm is "so powerful it alarmed staff". Are we close to AGI, and is it safe? Dr. David Brin discusses the trajectory of artificial intelligence research and offers predictions on what we'll see on the road to AGI.

Dr. David Brin is the author of dozens of best-selling novels & short-stories, some of which have been adapted for film & television, as well as a variety of novels, including "Foundation's Triumph", published in 1999 on behalf of Isaac Asimov's estate.

David is a 2010 fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, helped establish the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, serves on the advisory board of NASA's Innovative and Advanced Concepts group, and does futurism consulting for diverse organizations including the US Department of Defense, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Google & many more.

David is the winner of numerous awards & honors, including the prestigious Nebula, Hugo & Locus awards for science fiction, and holds a PhD in Space Science from the University of California.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Introduction

1:45 - AI & AGI Hype-Cycle

13:22 - Sci-Fi Predictions vs. Reality

21:06 - Q* Algorithm & AI Trajectory

30:43 - AI Safety & Premature Adoption

37:44 - Singularity Timeline

41:00 - AI Policing & Safety

52:11 - Closing Thoughts

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Vivid Tomorrows, by David Brin

https://www.davidbrin.com/vividtomorrows.html

Wired: Give Every AI a Soul—or Else

https://www.wired.com/story/give-every-ai-a-soul-or-else/

The Transparent Society, by David Brin

https://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html

Existence, by David Brin

https://www.davidbrin.com/existence.html

David's Homepage & Amazon Books

https://www.davidbrin.com/

https://www.davidbrin.com/books.html

https://www.amazon.com/David-Brin/e/B000APAXV6

Does America's 75-year love affair with UFOs make us vulnerable to foreign espionage? Dr. Eric Haseltine discusses "maskirovka", AARO, cognitive bias, and alternative hypotheses from his upcoming book, "The New Science Of UFOs".

A series of 2019 & 2021 Gallup Polls indicate that 41% of Americans believe that, "some UFOs have been alien spacecraft", 68% believe the government "knows more about UFOs than it's telling us", and 75% believe that "life of some form" exists elsewhere in the universe. This doesn't prove UFOs are real, but it does tell us a lot of Americans believe in them.

There have been hundreds of reported UFO sightings across every step of our nuclear supply chain, including processing, refinement & storage facilities, transportation & logistics hubs, weapons silos & military bases, naval shipyards, carrier-groups, and more. Viewed in the context of intelligence gathering, this might be an ominous sign.

Could some of these sightings be a product of "maskirovka"? This Russian military doctrine deception goes far beyond "camouflage and deception" to describe a comprehensive approach to achieveing "strategic, political, and diplomatic" goals through "active control of the enemy". Could some sightings be our adversaries hiding in plain site by impersonating something nobody takes seriously?

Dr. Eric Haseltine is an author, futurist, and neuroscientist. He has held several senior executive positions in private industry and the public sector. He was the associate director and CTO for national intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the director of research at the National Security Agency, an executive vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, and a director of engineering at Hughes Aircraft Company. For the past few years, he has been developing completely new forms of digital media, entertainment, and advertising, in addition to cutting-edge cyber and industrial security solutions.

Eric has authored or co-authored 15 patents in optics, special effects, and electronic media. In addition, he has published more than 100 articles in Discover magazine, on Discover.com, and in journals such as Brain Research and Society for Neuroscience Proceedings. He maintains a blog on Psychology Today. Eric’s book, Long Fuse, Big Bang, shows how to prevent the tyranny of the urgent from trumping the pursuit of the important. He is co-author of The Listening Cure, with Dr. Chris Gilbert.

LINKS & RESOURCES

The New Science Of UFOs (To Be Released...)

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Haseltine/author/B01FLLYNPA

Dr. Eric Haseltine's Website

https://www.drhaseltine.com/

NASA physicist Dr. Charles Buhler discusses a breakthrough propellantless propulsion device developed by Exodus Propulsion Technology that produces 1g (9.8 m/s²) thrust in hard-vacuum experimental testing.

Dr. Charles Buhler is the co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technology and lead scientist and co-founder of NASA’s Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Buhler has a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from Florida State University, which he received in 2000 while working on high temperature superconductors at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.

Dr. Buhler has experience working with electrostatic discharge & ESD safety for the Space Shuttle Program, the International Space Station Program and the Hubble Space Telescope Program. He was also a Co-Investigator for three NASA Research Announcements funded by the Mars Exploration Program, and is currently working on NASA's Dust Project focused on utilizing electrostatic methods to remove dust from personnel and equipment that will be sent to the Moon through NASA's Constellation Program.

Dr. Buhler joins us today to discuss his independent research into field-effect propulsion systems at Exodus Technologies, leading to a patented new propulsion technology that requires no fuel or ejection-mass to produce thrust.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Exodus Presentation - APEC Conference (Timestamped, ~ 1hr)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJjPi7uZ2OI&t=3696s

Exodus Propulsion Contact Information (Email)

cbuhler [at] exodustechnologies [dot] space

US Patent: US11511891B2 / WIPO Patent: WO2020159603A2

System and method for generating forces using asymmetrical electrostatic pressure

https://patents.google.com/patent/US11511891B2/en

Charles R. Buhler - IEEE Explore

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37267914400

PLEASE NOTE: ALL VIEWS & OPINIONS EXPRESSED TODAY ARE THOSE OF DR. BUHLER ALONE, AND DO NOT REFLECT THOSE OF NASA OR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Overview

2:50 - Force Defies Conventional Explanations

4:12 - Patented Technology

5:23 - Asymmetrical Electrical Pressure

7:10 - Thrust-To-Mass Timeline

9:03 - High-Vacuum Testing

9:35 - Thruster Design

10:07 - Free & Bound Charges

13:13 - Future Performance Improvements

18:18 - Thousands of Tests

19:59 - Force Duration & Applied Charge

22:55 - Conservation of Energy

26:01 - 3rd-Party Experimental Verification

30:02 - What Comes Next?

Dr. Natasha Vita-More discusses the Transhumanist Affirmation and how "Women in Longevity Leadership" is making an impact by building, innovating, educating, advocating, and fostering change in the longevity industry.

Dr. Natasha Vita-More is a pioneering leader and community organizer in transhumanism, and a proponent of human rights, morphological freedom, and ethical means for human enhancement.

Called an “early adapter of revolutionary changes” by Wired Magazine and a “role model for superlongevity” by the Village Voice, Dr. Vita-More is the Founder of the H+DAO—the first transhumanist decentralized autonomous organization, is the current Executive Director of Humanity+, has served as president of the Extropy Institute, is on the Scientific Board of Lifespan.io, is Distinguished Senior Fellow at Future of Mind Institute at FAU. As a scientist, she achieved a scientific breakthrough in vitrification and long-term memory.

Dr. Vita-More holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth, where she works as a a professor of innovation, business, and ethics. She also holds a Master of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees, is a Retired Senior Professor at UAT, and has lectured at Harvard, Stanford, Virginia Commonwealth, Cambridge, Aalto and Polytechnic universities, and was a visiting Scholar at 21st Century Medicine.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Women In Longevity Leadership

https://willeadership.io/

Humanity+

https://www.humanityplus.org/

Transhumanist Studies

https://transhumanist-studies.teachable.com/

Dr. Natasha Vita-More (Official Website)

https://natashavita-more.com/

Pioneering Transhumanism: a conversation with Natasha Vita-More

https://www.forbes.com/sites/calumchace/2023/02/01/pioneering-transhumanism-a-conversation-with-natasha-vita-more/?sh=15c0cf9b3350

SENS Research Foundation

https://www.sens.org/

Nebula Genomics

https://nebula.org/whole-genome-sequencing-dna-test/

Dr. Jack Sarfatti provides an overview of UAP propulsion physics, warp-drive design, time-travel, and related scientific concepts, along with thoughts on the UAP Disclosure narrative of 2023.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - UAPDA Disclosure Politics

13:24 - Compartmentalization

14:53 - Jack's Physics Colleagues

19:54 - LLNL WARP Reactor

27:34 - UAP Physics

30:41 - Metamaterials & Warp-Drives

33:32 - Einstein's Field Equations in Pumped Metamaterials

39:19 - Relativistic Light Cones

48:53 - Time Travel

55:40 - Conscious AI Machines

57:23 - Changing Narratives

Instead of traditional "relativistic rocket" equations, the Sarfatti "weightless warp-drive" concept utilizes gravitational metamaterials to create a low-power warp-drive based on the conventional & well-accepted principles of relativity theory. Jack's model for warp-drive propulsion also explains the reported flight performance of UAPs.

Jack Sarfatti has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, taught physics at San Diego State University, worked with David Bohm at the University of London's Birkbeck College and with Abdus Salam at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

Jack was the basis of the memorable time-travelling Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, and the author of Super Cosmos (2005), Destiny Matrix (2002), Space: Time And Beyond II (2002), and the coauthor with Fred Alan Wolf and Bob Toben of Space-Time and Beyond: Toward an Explanation of the Unexplainable (1975).

“One Of Us, For All Of Us.” Dr. David Stuckenberg discusses his 2024 grassroots presidential campaign and vision for a US grand strategy in 5 key dimensions: Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy & Society.

David Stuckenberg's Official Website

https://davidstuckenberg.com/

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

01:23 - Why You? Why Now?

06:26 - Impeccable Credentials

10:35 - Primary Campaign Issues

12:39 - Issue #1: America Is At War

20:26 - Issue #2: Borders & Immigration

25:34 - Issue #3: Budget & Tax Reform

29:26 - The Economy & Offshoring

42:35 - Equity, Equality & The 1-Percent

53:35 - What Comes Next?

Dr. David Stuckenberg is a national security strategist, entrepreneur, inventor, and global influencer. In 2018 and 2019, NATO named David a "Young Disruptor.” He has been called “the George Kennan of this century” by senior military leaders and “a National Treasure,” by the 16th Director of Central Intelligence, Ambassador R. James Woolsey.

David’s experience includes past roles as an Air Force Strategic Policy Fellow, Military Advisor to the Department of State, and Director of the Electromagnetic Task Force on the Joint Staff.

David Stuckenberg, has a Ph.D. in International Security Affairs & Policy from King’s College London, he studied hybrid warfare and its impact on NATO and contemporary deterrence constructs. His research is cross-disciplinary and covers elements of war studies, social studies, strategy, international relations, history, and technology and science.

Dr. Matthew Szydagis discusses his new paper, "Initial Results From the First Field Expedition of UAPx to Study Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" and provides scientific expertise on speculation about UAP propulsion systems.

Dr. Szydagis is an Associate Professor with tenure at the University at Albany Department of Physics, where he pursues experimental particle astrophysics, in particular the direct laboratory detection of dark matter and general detector development for “rare event” searches.

Dr. Szydagis received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2005, 2006 and 2011 respectively, then continued his work in physics as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Davis (2010-2014).

Matthew joins us today to discuss his research into the topic of UAP as a member of both UAPx and the Scientific Coalition for UAP studies.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Initial Results From the First Field Expedition of UAPx to Study Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.00558.pdf

UAPx

https://www.uapexpedition.org/

Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies

https://www.explorescu.org/

Matthew Szydagis (Faculty Bio)

https://www.albany.edu/physics/faculty/matthew-szydagis

IBM's new "Condor" quantum computing chip has 1,121 qubits, but a chasm remains in scaling quantum computers to meet commercial applications. Dr. Robert Sutor discusses his new paper, "Crossing the Quantum Chasm".

Dr. Robert Sutor is a quantum computing subject matter expert, Vice-President and Chief Quantum Advocate at Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta), and author of “Dancing With Qubits”, which follows his publication of several other computer-science books.

Dr. Sutor has a BA in Mathematics from Harvard and both an MA and PhD in Mathematics from Princeton University. His career includes over 40 years of technology industry expertise, including over 2 decades of senior-leadership positions at IBM.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Crossing the Quantum Chasm (Vatican Presentation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sBazCxNKXw

Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta)

https://www.infleqtion.com/

Dancing with Qubits (Amazon):

https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Qubits-quantum-computing-change/dp/1838827366

Dr. Robert Sutor's Books (Amazon):

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-S-Sutor/e/B00DPAW06E/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk

LinkedIn Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobsutor/

Twitter Feed:

https://twitter.com/snarky_android

Zoom is ubiquitous for online meetings, but is it right for podcasting? The intrepid Professor Simon joins me to discuss the evolution of digital broadcast media and experiment with Riverside.fm and Zencastr - two popular podcast platforms claiming big advantages over zoom.

Simon Holland, known to over a hundred thousand fans online as the indomitable "Professor Simon" is the creator of a highly popular series of educational and entertaining videos on YouTube. What his fans may be less aware of is his decades long career in broadcast television production and editing, which includes editing for the BBC, Nat Geo, Discovery, Smithsonian TV, Ch4 and Ch5.

In the course of his career, Simon Holland has also produced films for the University of Hawaii NASA-funded program, "finding earth killer asteroids", as well as a French recorded history project.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Professor Simon Holland on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorSimonHolland/

Prof. Simon on Patreon (Help Support His Work!)

https://www.patreon.com/profsimon

Simon Holland IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1025888/