Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it? Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/px9RyIK...

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, April 24, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Register for for the International Space Development Conference in May 2022: https://isdc2022.nss.org Catch the audio-only show on Soundcloud: @isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GA...

In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/OjR2HrJ3sA4 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur...

In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/OjR2HrJ3sA4 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur...

Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/bZDbrayj5O0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthu...

Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/bZDbrayj5O0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthu...

Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations likely or would we instead see conquest and xenocide? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/jdsZn41x9aY V...

Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations likely or would we instead see conquest and xenocide? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/jdsZn41x9aY V...

In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Check out the Namibia Bio-Hab Project: https://www.bio-hab.org/ and Redhouse Studio's myco-blocks: ht...

In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Check out the Namibia Bio-Hab Project: https://www.bio-hab.org/ and Redhouse Studio's myco-blocks: ht...

The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job - possibly even taking on human form itself. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: http...

The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job - possibly even taking on human form itself. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: http...

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, March 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Catch the audio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https://www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur F...

The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not just over the surface, but deep below too. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Supp...

The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not just over the surface, but deep below too. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Supp...

Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would covert alien activity look like? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://w...

Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would covert alien activity look like? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://w...

We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/vN43BTjxB-w Visit our Website: htt...

We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/vN43BTjxB-w Visit our Website: htt...

In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of deep time. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...

In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of deep time. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...

All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn true alchemy and mass manufacture those materials ourselves, and even others not found in nature? Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur Registration link for RAND US-Japan Space Conference: US-Japan Space Conference:...

All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn true alchemy and mass manufacture those materials ourselves, and even others not found in nature? Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur Registration link for RAND US-Japan Space Conference: US-Japan Space Conference:...

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, February 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Registration link for RAND US-Japan Space Conference: US-Japan Space Conference: https://www.rand.org/events/2022/03/7-8.html Catch the audio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https:/...

In the future humanity will look to build new lives out among the stars, forging new worlds and megastructures for us to live on. But what about deep sea ecologies and aquatic life? What sort of habitats might we design for them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. US-Japan Spac...