Category: Interviews
Turing Test passed? (about Eugene Goostman)
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Ben Goertzel's in depth assessment of the reality behind the Eugene Goostman Turing Test results. @ 18:00 min: "I don't think there is any way anyone will consider this a real milestone in the path toward making huma...
Ray Kurzweil – Futurist
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Ray Kurzweil is a 21st century polymath. He is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, visionary and futurist. As a scientist and inventor he has pioneered work in optical character recognition (OCR), speech reco...
Radical life extension and biological immortality – The Immortalist – Jason Silva
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A MEDITATION ON THE WILL TO BECOME IMMORTAL... a love letter to science and philosophy that explores the idea of engineered radical life extension and biological immortality featuring Ray Kurzweil among others... by J...
Interview with Greg Bear on Science Fiction, Singularity
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Quote: “…The people who are changing the world read science fiction.” “In a sense, science fiction is history in reverse…” Greg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 ...
Geschiedenis Silicon Valley 3 – Alexander Klöpping, DWDD University
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Internetjournalist Alexander Klöpping reisde naar Silicon Valley en doceert over z'n bevindingen in het mekka van de IT industrie. Aandacht voor de toekomst van de digitale wereld en ons moderne leven.
Foresight and the Singularity – Vernor Vinge – Interview
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Interview with renowned author Vernor Vinge - about the Technological Singularity, ways to think about it, strategic forecasting, future studies and risk. Specific Topics: The Beginnings of the Term: 'Technological Si...
Does Humanity Need an AI Nanny?
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At 9:33 Dr. Ben Goertzel explores the desirably of creating an artificial intelligence to watch over the species. He proposes to build an "AI Nanny" system "whose job it is to protect us from ourselves and our technol...
Are We Building Gods or Terminators? – Hugo de Garis
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Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on S...
Seth Godin on Failing Until You Succeed
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Author Seth Godin shares his views on taking risks, challenging the status quo and starting a business with Bryan Elliott for 'Behind the Brand.'
Pim Fortuyn Ik kom er aan
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Laatste grote interview met Pim Fortuyn, een talentvol debater.
Tegenlicht – De noodzaak van een utopie
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We zijn rijk, veilig en gezond maar leven toch in een tijd van onbehagen. Steeds meer mensen verlangen naar vroeger, naar een Gouden Tijdperk dat eigenlijk nooit heeft bestaan. Waar komt die nostalgie vandaan? En hoe ...
Panel: Hugo de Garis, Ben Goertzel, Steve Omohundro – Transcendent Man Premiere
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This was filmed at Nova Cinema at the Transcendent Man premiere in Australia, the night before the Singularity Summit Australia. There was an adhoc poll on the issue of Species Dominance. - Melbourne Australia ...