Category: Interviews
Ischa Meijer – Cornelis Verhoeven 1991
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Philosopher Cornelis Verhoeven being interviewed by Ischa Meijer in 1991, together with violinist Vera Beths. They discuss, among others, the similarities between philosophy and music, art, Plato, Heidegger, and success.
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.
Inside the Zeitgeist Revolution | Exclusive Interview with Peter Joseph
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Abby Martin speaks with Peter Joseph, founder to the Zeitgeist Movement about the philosophy behind the organization, the unsustainability of the current economic system and the model proposed by the movement for a su...
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 ...
De Paradox – Ischa Meijer
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Ischa Meijer: 'Ik ben niet a priori geïnteresseerd in mensen, maar ik heb ze nodig om de werkelijkheid gestalte te geven. Dat is wat je doet als journalist, iets anders doe je niet.'
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 ...
Elon Musk warns about AI – Vicarious
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Elon Musk warns about the dangers of AI. Elon Musk is investor in the AI company Vicarious: http://vicarious.com/. Another company in this field: http://www.deepmind.com/ Watch the full interview (AI part starts at 1...
Reverse Aging = Compassion
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Michael Fossel‘s dream is to reverse human aging and since 1996 he has been a strong and vocal advocate of experimenting with telomerase therapy as a potential way of intervention in a wide variety of medical conditio...
Turing Test dismissed – George Dvorsky
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As many reported yesterday, a chatbot has passed the Turing Test, though under some very convenient conditions. The announcement has led some to declare that the age of AI is finally here, but that's nonsense. Here's ...
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...