The Mindplex Podcast (Archive)

Send us Fan Mail Join MetaMask Co-founder Dan Finlay as he gives us a personal tour of MetaMask's new exciting features and shares his thoughts on memecoins, consent, security and decentralized web development. What originally got Dan thinking about crypto finance 00:34 Dan's Ongoing Security concerns 03:53 Dan's Memecoin Experiment 14:11 New! MetaMask Announcements 34:58 Readable P...

Send us Fan Mail Join special guest Daniel M. Ingram as he and Ben Goertzel discuss the benefits of meditation for both humans and AGIs as we prepare for the upcoming singularity. Hosts: Ben Goertzel, Lisa Rein, Desdemona Robot. About Daniel Ingram Daniel Ingram is a multifaceted individual whose life's work spans across the fields of medicine, public health, and Buddhist practice. He is the...

Send us Fan Mail Join Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNet and Trent McConaghy, Co-founder of Ocean Protocol as they explain the next steps with the ASI merger, now that the ASI token has launched. Desdemona Robot is now running the show and has oodles of new dialogue systems, accompanied by her co-host Lisa Rein. Episode 37: The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance The Artificial Superintelligenc...

Send us Fan Mail Join David Greene, EFF Senior Staff Attorney and Civil Liberties Director, as he joins Lisa Rein to discuss the latest about Pavel Durov's arrest in France and the implications of Telegram's unencrypted group chats for its users. Even Telegram's one-to-one direct messages are only encrypted if the "secret chat" feature is enabled by both parties. Another t...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Stacey Engle, CEO of Twin Protocol, to find out how to take part in the next communication revolution by training your own Digital Twin.  Twin Protocol provides the tools to empower individuals and organizations to create and train digital versions of themselves for information sharing, knowledge creation, and continuous learning. Twin Protocol’s larger vision is to better th...

Send us Fan Mail Science Fiction legend David Brin has an engaging discussion with Ben Goertzel about the best methods for teaching AGIs to care about humans and coexist with them. About this episode: For more than 30 years, David Brin has enthralled readers with his imaginative and grounded storytelling, presenting challenges set in futuristic times with a glimmer of hope that humanity will alway...

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the formation of Mondo 2000 and other far out topics with the legendary RU Sirius, a multifaceted thinker, writer, editor, and countercultural icon. Throughout his career, Sirius has been a vocal advocate for the possibilities of technology to transform society and enhance human potential. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Wired, Rolling Stone...

Send us Fan Mail Join Toufi Saliba and Ben Goertzel as we learn how HyperCycle’s HyperAIBox and HypC 1.0 will work with OpenCog Hyperon to usher in a new era of decentralized superintelligence. About Toufi Saliba Toufi is the CEO of Hypercycle and the author of the TODA/IP internet protocol. He is the Global Chair IEEE AI Standard and Chair ACM PB CC, and loves algorithms, cryptography, BFT/ADG Au...

Send us Fan Mail David Greene, Civil Liberties Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, explains the how the recent "TikTok ban" by U.S. Congress clashes with the First Amendment and basic Free Speech principles. About David Greene, Senior Staff Attorney and Civil Liberties Director, EFF David Greene has significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in state and federa...

Send us Fan Mail Join special guests creative designer Ben Ditto and London's Desdemona Robot as we discuss fashion, war, algorithmic mind control and everything in between. About Ben Ditto: Ben Ditto is a creative director living and working in London, as well as the art director of his eponymous publishing company Ditto. He was the Creative Designer for The 1975 on their “The Birthday Party...

Send us Fan Mail Learn about the amazing AI-enhanced advances for capture and rendering of 3D models for printed wearables and virtual clothing, avatars, and virtual worlds - all showcased at GDC. AI has literally revolutionized 3D scanning, from markerless motion capture, to high quality avatars generated from text and images. You can now use AI to create 3D scans using only your cell phone, and...

Send us Fan Mail Cloris Chen, CEO of Cogito, explains how Cogito is making investment in traditional finance easier with its tokenized assets on the blockchain and AI Portfolio Management. #DeFi #AI #Bullmarket About Cloris Chen: Cloris Chen is the CEO of Cogito Finance. She worked for HSBC corporate banking in Hong Kong and Bangkok for six years, developing a strong network in Asia Pacific and ga...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey Jaquith, Founding Coder of the Internet Archive and co-founder of its TV/News archive, will give us a personal tour of it's ChatGPT/GPT4 implementation and dive into its intricacies. We will get a sneak peek behind the scenes of the TV/News Archive's ChatGPT implementation.  "Chyrons," the short textual overlays at the bottom of news, get OCR scanned on...

Send us Fan Mail Simuli CEO Rachel StClair explains how holographic compression will vastly revolutionize data processing and the importance of using standardized protocols to pave the way for Superintelligent AGI and quantum computing. Simuli is working on a new compression software that allows any data to be compressed into a holographic representation called a “Nebu” file. These Nebu files can...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a peek at HypreRing's NFC ring with CEO Joy Zhang and learn how HyperRing - with its unique security features - is in a class by itself. About HyperRing: HyperRing shimmers at the bleeding edge of wearable technology innovation. Their mission is to revolutionize the way individuals interact with and secure their digital assets, placing control firmly back in the h...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Sequoia Alexander and Acorn, an open source autonomous solar powered farming robot designed to function within a regenerative organic farming system. Sequoia and Daniel Theobald are building Acorn: an open source general purpose solar powered precision farming rover, intended to be used in every step of the farming process. Acorn is just one small part of the "Solar Powe...

Send us Fan Mail A perfect backgrounder on the Odysseus Moon landing by Matteo Borri, an open source roboticist and inventor of a chlorophyll detecting laser that was included on the Mars Perseverance Rover. We start off with a brief rundown of yesterday’s Odysseus Moon landing by Intuitive Machines, which is not only the first US moon landing in 50 years and the first commercial moon landing ever...

Send us Fan Mail Join us with special guest Ryan Sternlicht dishing on the best AI in VR and comparing the Apple Vision Pro, Bigscreen Beyond and Meta Quest 3 VR headsets. Link to Ryan's Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AvldHNMZwOre-RFfGwE8uLQ9PyRm89GCMhPfYc4wCnc/edit#slide=id.g261393dd9e9_0_55 Special thanks to Ryan's friend Bradley Lynch for letting us use his great clip...

Send us Fan Mail Join Kennedy Schaal (CEO) and Axel Schumacher (Chief Biotechnology Officer) of Rejuve Biotech to learn how they are using cutting-edge AI and innovative drug discovery methods to improve our health and extend our lifespan. With Ben Goertzel, Lisa Rein and Grace Robot. #Longevity #PrecisionMedicine #AI About Dr. Axel Schumacher: Dr. Axel Schumacher is the Chief Biotechnology Office...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Lustgarden explains how he uses aging biomarkers from a basic CBC panel to track and, with course correction (supplements or diet changes), gradually slow down one's rate of aging. Michael's basic premise is that aging and disease are biochemical processes that happen over many decades. So if we can track just even the standard biomarkers of organ and systemic fu...

Send us Fan Mail Join special guest Peter Wang and our co-hosts Ben Goertzel, Grace Robot and Lisa Rein as we take into a deep dive into what Peter means exactly when he recommends that we “Radically Reinvent Our AI Northstars.” Peter is the founder of Anaconda, a Dweb pioneer, a physicist an astronomer, and a board member of the Center for Humane Technology. He believes that Low-Code/No-Code plat...

Send us Fan Mail Our latest episode features none other than Doc Searls, one of the legends of the tech writing world! Doc will help us decipher the difference between “Personal AI” that you control and “Corporate AI” that controls you; and what it means for the future of the internet, marketing, and how consumers will increasingly take charge of their end of the e-commerce relationship (with prof...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year and welcome back to the Mindplex Podcast! We are very excited to be starting a new weekly live format. This week’s show is Episode 16: Desdemona's Dream! That's right! We have “Desdemona’s Dream” live in the studio, where we can learn first hand about how their psychedelic jazz fusion alt rock EDM music experiment has evolved over the past six months. Desd...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jamais Cascio will help us understand how to use the BANI framework to process and evaluate disaster level situations in a meaningful and constructive way. Jamais writes an article for Mindplex explaining BANI (Brittle Anxious Non-linear Incomprehensible) in greater detail here: https://magazine.mindplex.ai/bani-and-the-participatory-panopticon/ Jamais created the...

Send us Fan Mail This episode explores the impact of AI and AGI on jobs, welfare systems, and the developing world, and the societal and economic consequences of advancing AI. About Vinay Gupta Vinay Gupta is a renowned technologist, inventor, and entrepreneur, widely recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to the fields of disaster relief, blockchain technology, and smart contract develop...