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London Futurists

London Futurists


London Futurists

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81 episodes
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Anticipating and managing exponential impact - hosts David Wood and Calum ChaceCalum Chace is a sought-after keynote speaker and best-selling writer on artificial intelligence. He focuses on the medium- and long-term impact of AI on all of us, our societies and our economies. He advises companies and governments on AI policy.His non-fiction books on AI are Surviving AI, about superintelligence, and The Economic Singularity, about the future of jobs. Both are now in their third editions.He also wrote Pandora's Brain and Pandora’s Oracle, a pair of techno-thrillers about the first superintelligence. He is a regular contributor to magazines, newspapers, and radio.In the last decade, Calum has given over 150 talks in 20 countries on six continents. Videos of his talks, and lots of other materials are available at https://calumchace.com/.He is co-founder of a think tank focused on the future of jobs, called the Economic Singularity Foundation. The Foundation has published Stories from 2045, a collection of short stories written by its members.Before becoming a full-time writer and speaker, Calum had a 30-year career in journalism and in business, as a marketer, a strategy consultant and a CEO. He studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University, which confirmed his suspicion that science fiction is actually philosophy in fancy dress.David Wood is Chair of London Futurists, and is the author or lead editor of twelve books about the future, including The Singularity Principles, Vital Foresight, The Abolition of Aging, Smartphones and Beyond, and Sustainable Superabundance.He is also principal of the independent futurist consultancy and publisher Delta Wisdom, executive director of the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation, Foresight Advisor at SingularityNET, and a board director at the IEET (Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies). He regularly gives keynote talks around the world on how to prepare for radical disruption. See https://deltawisdom.com/.As a pioneer of the mobile computing and smartphone industry, he co-founded Symbian in 1998. By 2012, software written by his teams had been included as the operating system on 500 million smartphones.From 2010 to 2013, he was Technology Planning Lead (CTO) of Accenture Mobility, where he also co-led Accenture’s Mobility Health business initiative.Has an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge, where he also undertook doctoral research in the Philosophy of Science, and a DSc from the University of Westminster.
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Can AI be conscious? with Nicholas Humphrey

In this episode we return to the subject of whether AIs will become conscious, or, to u...

45 minutes
May 07, 2024

Progress with ending aging, with Aubrey de Grey

Our topic in this episode is progress with ending aging. Our guest is the person who li...

40 minutes
Apr 21, 2024

What’s it like to be an AI, with Anil Seth

As artificial intelligence models become increasingly powerful, they both raise - and m...

44 minutes
Apr 13, 2024

Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich

Our guest in this episode is Adam Kovacevich. Adam is the Founder and CEO of the Chambe...

38 minutes
Apr 04, 2024

The case for brain preservation, with Kenneth Hayworth

In this episode, we are delving into the fascinating topic of mind uploading. We suspec...

42 minutes
Mar 29, 2024

AGI alignment: the case for hope, with Lou de K

Our guest in this episode is Lou de K, Program Director at the Foresight Institute.Davi...

34 minutes
Mar 22, 2024

The Political Singularity and a Worthy Successor, with Daniel Faggella

Calum and David recently attended the BGI24 event in Panama City, that is, the Benefici...

42 minutes
Mar 15, 2024

The Longevity Singularity, with Daniel Ives

In the wide and complex subject of biological aging, one particular kind of biological ...

46 minutes
Mar 07, 2024

Where are all the Dyson spheres? with Paul Sutter

In this episode, we look further into the future than usual. We explore what humanity m...

39 minutes
Feb 21, 2024

Provably safe AGI, with Steve Omohundro

AI systems have become more powerful in the last few years, and are expected to become ...

42 minutes
Feb 13, 2024