Foresight Institute Radio

Vadim Gladyshev is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Redox Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute. Mahdi Moqri is an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in Aging Research at the Sebastiano Lab at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford, and a visiting scholar at the Gladyshev Lab a...

This Neurotech Special: Whole Brain Emulation and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Virtual Meeting Seminar brings together leading researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs to discuss the latest advances in whole brain emulation (WBE) and its implications for AGI. This seminar aims to explore the technical, ethical, and societal challenges that emerge as we venture into the realm of replicati...

In this episode of the Existential Hope Podcast , we have the pleasure of interviewing Anders Sandberg , a Swedish philosopher, and researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. During our conversation with Anders, we explore the concept of grand futures and what it means to strive for them as a society. We discuss the potential benefits and risks of emerging technologies su...

How can #shieldedtransactions / #privacy -protecting initiatives change the way we interact in society? What can we do to safeguard our identities in the future of this #crypto economy? Are there certain utopias and dystopias to embrace or to avoid? Marta Belcher, Filecoin Foundation - Shielded Transaction Special Marta Belcher is president and chair of the Filecoin Foundation and head of policy a...

Bryan Johnson, Kernel Bryan Johnson is founder & CEO of Kernel, creator of the world’s first mainstream non-invasive neuroimaging system; OS Fund, where he invested $100M in the predictable engineering of atoms, molecules, and organisms into companies now collectively valued over $6B; and Blueprint, an endeavor to achieve humanity and earth scale cooperation starting within Self.  Bryan Johnso...

Robin Dale Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known as an expert on idea futures and markets, and he was involved in the creation of the Foresight Exchange and DARPA’s FutureMAP project. He invented market scoring rules like LMSR (Logarithmic Market Scoring Rule) used by p...

Lee Cronin is a Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, with a passion for science and technology since childhood. In this thrilling episode of the podcast, we sit down with the brilliant Lee Cronin, an acclaimed scientist, and researcher in the field of chemical synthesis and molecular self-assembly. With his groundbreaking work at the forefront of synthetic chemistry, Lee Cro...

Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute Alison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Groups, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She shares Foresight’s work with the public, for instance at the Wall Street Journal, SXSW, O’Reilly AI, WEF, The Partnership on AI, Eff...

Mark Miller, Agoric Mark S. Miller is a Chief Scientist at Agoric. He is a pioneer of agoric (market-based secure distributed) computing and smart contracts, the main designer of the E and Dr. SES distributed persistent object-capability programming languages, inventor of Miller Columns, and an architect of the Xanadu hypertext publishing system. Humans cooperate through institutions to solve prob...

What types of crypto tools can help enable paretotopian futures? Listen to Juan Benet present on what he considers to be the most promising tools. This video was recorded at the Foresight Crypto, Security & AI Workshop,  October 4-5 @50 Years in San Francisco. Juan Benet is the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a new protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open, and F...

David Leigh is a scientist who designs and synthesizes artificial molecular motors and machines from first principles. In this episode, we sit down with special guest David Leigh, a molecular scientist at the University of Manchester and a pioneer in the field of Nanotechnology. David shares his journey in the field, from his expertise to his time mentoring junior scientists. He also shares his vi...

Adam Brown is a theoretical physicist at Stanford, interested in early universe cosmology, inflation, black holes, and assorted other topics. His academic papers can be found on the arXiv. In this episode of the Existential Hope podcast, renowned theoretical physicist Adam Brown shares his insights on the future of physics and cosmology. From his work on black holes and the early universe to his t...

Sonia Arrison, 100+ Capital Sonia Arrison is a longevity investor via her company 100+ Capital, a women’s investor group called Portfolia, and advises BioVerge here in Silicon Valley. She also spends time helping the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI). She is helping A4LI streamline the political processes for advancing longevity research and therapies. When Sonia first moved to California...

Is Robin Hanson feeling hopeful about the future? What future does he want to see? How big can the future be? In this episode of the Existential Hope podcast, we ask Robin Hanson about his reflections on the future, and we also collect his best career advice. Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxf...

Should cryonics be our plan A for life extension?  If so, how do you sign up to cryonics? In this episode of the podcast Emil Kendziorra and Max More answers all the most common (and uncommon) questions about signing up for cryonics.   Emil Kendziorra received his doctoral degree in translational cancer research. Between 2009 and 2019 he founded, grew, and then sold multiple medical- and tech star...

Why is cryptography so important today? And why are so many missing out on its importance? This episode feature Balaji Srinivasan. Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the co-founder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), Teleport (acquired by Topia), and Coin Center....

Are we alone in the universe? What could a future for humans in space look like? And what would Creon's advise to Elon Musk be if he wants to make a self-sufficient mass colony there?   Creon Levit is the chief technologist at Planet Labs, where he works to move the world toward existential hope via novel satellite technologies. He also hosts Foresight Institute's Space Group . Creon spe...

What happened to the idea of progress? How do we regain our sense of agency? And how do we move forward, in the 21st century and beyond? Jason Crawford I am the founder of The Roots of Progress , a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. I write and speak about the history and philosophy of progress, especially in technology and industry. I am also th...

What could the world be if we managed to get aligned AI? And are we able to make such a future happen? This episode of the Existential Hope podcast features Richard Mallah, Director of AI Projects at the Future of Life Institute, where he works to support the robust, safe, beneficent development and deployment of advanced artificial intelligence.  Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece:...

How private is too private when we're talking about #privacy? Is it moral for our private identities to exist in a grey area system? What does a future with machine privacy like #ZeroKnowledgeProofs hold? In this episode of #ShieldedTransactions, we chat with Whyrusleeping, an engineer at Protocol Labs and #Zcash advocate, about what the future will look like in a post zksnarks world and how...

Tom Kalil is Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures. In this role, Tom leads initiatives to harness technology for societal challenges, improve science policy, and identify and pursue 21st-century moonshots. Session summary: Tom Kalil | Foresight Fellows Career Counseling - Foresight Institute The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial devel...

"What does the history of #cryptography look like? What's the connection between #Bitcoin and #privacy coin #Zcash? In this episode of Shielded Transactions, we talk to privacy coin advocate, #Zcash founder, and Electric Coin Company CEO Zooko Wilcox, who discusses his early days as part of the cypherpunk movement, and the real threats to democracy our society's lack of privacy pose...

What could our future be like if we could significantly slow down aging? Morgan Levine is a ladder-rank Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Yale School of Medicine and a member of both the Yale Combined Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and the Yale Center for Research on Aging. ‍ In this episode of the Existential Hope podcast, Morgan speaks on what she thi...

Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation Stuart Armstrong is the co-founder of Aligned AI, a deeptech company for solving artificial intelligence alignment and ensuring human flourishing throughout the future. He is also a mentor for the Foresight Institute, an Advisor of the AI Safety Camp, and has appeared in several documentaries (“Alien Worlds”, “The Future of Life...

Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation Trent McConaghy: I’m working on Ocean Protocol. Ocean is a public utility network to safely & securely share AI data while preserving privacy. It has applications to data marketplaces and digital sovereignty.  Steve Omohundro: Steve has been a scientist, professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur. He is a Resear...