Interstellar Travel, Artificial Intelligence, and Immortality with Michio Kaku

Mining asteroids, traveling on laser beams, and developing self-aware robots: science fiction or science fact? World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku says that these milestones are not only in humanity's future, but are beginning to occur right now. Dr. Kaku joins the Curiosity Podcast for a fascinating inside look at interstellar travel, artificial intelligence, human immortality, and alien contact. 

More reading from Curiosity:
We'll Say Goodbye To Our Planet In 1,000 Years, Says Stephen Hawking
Two Countries Have Made Space Mining Legal. But Is That, Well, Legal?
Astronomers Have Found 7 Earth-Sized Planets Around The Same Star
String Theory Says We Have at Least 10 Dimensions, but That's Not the Weirdest Thing About It
The Kardashev Scale Is A Tool To Measure A Civilization's Advancement
Why the Three Laws of Robotics Wouldn't Work — and What Would Instead
A Ban on Killer Robots is a No-Brainer, Right? Not So Fast...
What's Elon Musk's Plan For Life On Mars?
People Are More Comfortable Around Robots When They're Programmed To Do One Very Human Thing
Learn About Life, The Universe, And Everything From A Theoretical Physicist

Additional links from Dr. Michio Kaku:
Official Website of Dr. Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku on Twitter @MichioKaku
"The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth"
"Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel"
"The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind"

Other resources discussed:
How Elon Musk Names His Inventions | Inverse
New technology is forcing us to confront the ethics of bringing people back from the dead | Quartz
Eternime wants you to live forever as a digital ghost | CNET
Augmented Eternity and Swappable Identities | MIT
When you have an itch, what is happening under your skin? | HowStuffWorks
Cody Gough on Twitter @ProducerCody
Ashley Hamer on Twitter @SmashleyHamer

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Mining asteroids, traveling on laser beams, and developing self-aware robots: science fiction or science fact? World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku says that these milestones are not only in humanity's future, but are beginning to occur right now. Dr. Kaku joins the Curiosity Podcast for a fascinating inside look at interstellar travel, artificial intelligence, human immortality, and alien contact. 

More reading from Curiosity:

We'll Say Goodbye To Our Planet In 1,000 Years, Says Stephen Hawking
Two Countries Have Made Space Mining Legal. But Is That, Well, Legal?
Astronomers Have Found 7 Earth-Sized Planets Around The Same Star
String Theory Says We Have at Least 10 Dimensions, but That's Not the Weirdest Thing About It
The Kardashev Scale Is A Tool To Measure A Civilization's Advancement
Why the Three Laws of Robotics Wouldn't Work — and What Would Instead
A Ban on Killer Robots is a No-Brainer, Right? Not So Fast...
What's Elon Musk's Plan For Life On Mars?
People Are More Comfortable Around Robots When They're Programmed To Do One Very Human Thing
Learn About Life, The Universe, And Everything From A Theoretical Physicist

Additional links from Dr. Michio Kaku:

Official Website of Dr. Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku on Twitter @MichioKaku
"The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth"
"Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel"
"The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind"

Other resources discussed:

How Elon Musk Names His Inventions | Inverse
New technology is forcing us to confront the ethics of bringing people back from the dead | Quartz
Eternime wants you to live forever as a digital ghost | CNET
Augmented Eternity and Swappable Identities | MIT
When you have an itch, what is happening under your skin? | HowStuffWorks
Cody Gough on Twitter @ProducerCody
Ashley Hamer on Twitter @SmashleyHamer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.