MeaningofLife.tv
114 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsConversations about philosophy, science, religion and spirituality
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To Be a Machine (Robert Wright & Mark O'Connell)
November 08, 2017 01:09 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBWhy transhumanists want to escape their biological prisons ... The “singularity” and the culture of Silicon Valley ... How biohackers turn technology into performance art ... How do you upload an immaterial mind? ... Over-the-counter life extension: does it work? ...
Existential threats (Robert Wright & Phil Torres)
September 01, 2017 23:04Nick Bostrom: there’s a 25% chance of 'existential catastrophe' by 2100 ... Reasons to fear superintelligent machines… ... …and the growing accessibility of biotechnology ... Why space colonization probably won’t save us ... Did climate change nurture ISIS? ... Technological progress as a bug, not a feature ...
Raising good robots (James Hughes & Regina Rini)
July 13, 2017 23:09 - 2 hours - 59.5 MBHow to raise a good robot ... The moral development of machines ... The trouble with robots who can reason ... Will AI have feelings? ... Is it wrong to hurt a zombie? ... How AI could shape human morality ...
The Rise of Addictive Technology (Robert Wright & Adam Alter)
May 02, 2017 23:13 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBThe bad effects of addictive tech ... How much time do you spend on your phone? ... You might be addicted if... ... The World of Warcraft as a case study in tech addiction ... The tricks Silicon Valley uses to get you hooked ... Adam’s advice for breaking your screen addiction ...
Dangerous machines (Robert Wright & Wendell Wallach)
April 07, 2017 22:10 - 2 hours - 57.4 MBWhen technology takes people’s jobs ... Asking your iPhone for medical advice ... Killer robots! ... Letting machines decide whether to push the nuclear button ... The growing threat of bioterrorism ... How to stop bioterrorists ... Is it all happening too fast? ...
Biotechnology (Robert Wright & S. Matthew Liao)
March 20, 2017 21:11 - 1 hour - 49 MBChanging the human genome to combat climate change ... Will new technologies stratify society genetically? ... Military and civilian uses of memory-changing technology ... The army’s plans for deep brain simulation ... Matthew's book The Right to Be Loved ...
Christian Transhumanism (Robert Wright & Micah Redding)
February 22, 2017 21:42 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBTranshumanism and the singularity ... Teilhard de Chardin’s "Omega Point" ... The (theoretical) physics of immortality and resurrection ... The theism of the simulation theory ... Any word on transhumanist Islam or Judaism? ... Christianity and globalization ...
Transhumanism as a religion (Robert Wright & Giulio Prisco)
December 21, 2016 00:52 - 2 hours - 71.1 MBWhat is transhumanism? ... Is immortality possible? ... Using wormholes to resurrect the dead ... Could you rewind the universe? ... Transhumanism as a religion ... Why Giulio calls himself a theist ...
Ethics and artificial intelligence (Robin Hanson & James Hughes)
December 20, 2016 01:57 - 2 hours - 57 MBShould we really worry about robots taking our jobs? ... Fighting racism with algorithms ... Are AI advances mostly hype? ... Using AI to make technology more secure ... The robot economy is coming ... Do robots have moral value? ...
The meduso-anthropic principle (Robert Wright & Louis Crane)
October 24, 2016 22:06 - 2 hours - 56.9 MBLouis’s “meduso-anthropic” theory and the meaning of life ... Creating new universes (literally) ... Using black holes to power starships ... How black-hole starships could unite humanity ... Reality as a simulation and the wise alien scenario ...
The Inevitable (Robert Wright & Kevin Kelly)
October 17, 2016 22:10 - 2 hours - 57.8 MBKevin Kelly's new book The Inevitable ... Technology as an extension of evolution ... Will Google monopolize AI? ... How to foster an ethical AI ... People of the screen ... The importance of seeing the glass as half-full ...
(Robert Wright & Michael Lynch)
September 05, 2016 18:56 - 1 hour - 51 MBMichael’s book, The Internet of Us, and “neuromedia” ... How Google short circuits our critical faculties ... Dangers of the “hive mind” ... The echo chamber effect and how to combat it ... How tech has—and has not—changed the way we learn ... Privacy in the age of big data ...
(Robin Hanson & James Hughes)
August 17, 2016 21:35 - 2 hours - 57.9 MBLosing your job to a robot ... Can we prepare for a future with "brain emulations" and AI? ... Robot “zombies" vs. conscious AI ... Will AI lead to greater inequality? ... The future of social organization ... Will the robots rebel? ...
(Robert Wright & Susan Schneider)
August 08, 2016 16:30 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBThe most intelligent life in outer space may be artificial ... Should we be worried about AI? ... Shopping for a scientific path to eternal life ... “Protomentality,” matter’s (hypothesized) latent sentience ... Would your self survive uploading to a computer? ... What if we never understand consciousness? ...