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Quantum Consciousness and Spiritual Machines with Karthik Iyer | MCP Episode 15
Blockchain visionary Karthik Iyer teams up with Dr. Mihaela Ulieru to explore the disruptive potential of open sourced intelligence and wisdom, offering insights from ancient scriptures and modern perspectives.
Humanity is a Virus
In a world where ideas spread like viruses, our beliefs can turn toxic, driving humanity into continual conflicts. Is this inherent or rather viral: cancerous memes embedded in our cultures?
Pioneer's Dilemma, Altruism, and AI
Redefining game theory through altruistic AI design, Sharon Gal-Or's "Pioneer's Dilemma" encourages global collaboration over competition, setting the stage for a future where AI and humanity thrive together.
What Is Truth and Its Importance in the Age of Singularity: With Michael Shermer | MCP Episode 14
In this episode, Dr. Mihaela Ulieuru interviews Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and renowned science writer, discussing his work on skepticism and his bestselling books.
Knowledge, the most powerful thing you can know!
Alex Fitzgerald, an enthusiast of all things good, discusses how the concept knowledge can be a powerful, if not the most powerful, thing that humans can understand in this world.
Conscious AI: Five options
Is conscious AI desirable? The next 18 months may see this become one of the biggest debates in the world of technology.
TESCREALism. Has The Silicon Valley Ruling Class Gone To Crazy Town? Émile Torres in conversation with R.U. Sirius
Émile Torres and R.U. Sirius scrutinize the eccentricities and extremities that have become associated with Rationalism. They delve into the meanings, practices, ethics, and applications within Transhumanism and Singularitarianism.
Bursting out of Confinement
Could a powerful AI superintelligence escape from confinement imposed by its human creators? Related question: Could humans escape from our own universe to meet the “simulators” who created us?
Universal Human Values and Artificial General Intelligence
What are the unresolved issues in the value alignment of AGI? Join the upcoming Beneficial AGI Summit and explore moral relativism, hierarchy of values, and consciousness in the 'AGI question'.
Against Contractionism: Enabling and encouraging open minds, rather than constricting understanding with blunt labels
Have you been alarmed by the recent description in Mindplex of TESCREALism? You’ve been taken for a ride. TESCREALism is a lazy concept which dangerously contracts the possibilities of thought.