Daniel Faggella

The Trajectory

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What should be the trajectory of intelligence beyond humanity? The Trajectory pull covers realpolitik on artificial general intelligence and the posthuman transition - by asking tech, policy, and AI research leaders the hard questions about what's after man, and how we should define and create a worthy successor (danfaggella.com/worthy). Hosted by Daniel Faggella.

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Daniel Faggella

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Jeff Hawkins - Building a Knowledge-Preserving AGI to Live Beyond Us (Worthy Successor, Episode 5) 11.10.2024 1:14:18

This is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Numenta and author of “A Thousand Brains." This is the fifth installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity. Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/pfqsbT0cW0o This episode referred to the following...

Scott Aaronson - AGI That Evolves Our Values Without Replacing Them (Worthy Successor, Episode 4) 13.09.2024 1:17:47

This is an interview with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. This is the fourth episode in the "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity. This episode referred to the following other essays and res...

Anders Sandberg - Blooming the Space of Intelligence and Value (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 3) 23.08.2024 1:29:32

This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research. --- This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode referred to the following other essays and resources: -- A Worthy Successor - The Purpos...

Richard Sutton - Humanity Never Had Control in the First Place (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 2) 09.08.2024 1:19:22

This week Dr. Richard Sutton. Known for his breakthroughs in reinforcement learning, Richard serves as a Professor at The University of Alberta and Research Scientist at Keen Technologies (an artificial general intelligence lab he started with John Carmack). This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might stri...

Nick Bostrom - AGI That Saves Room for Us (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 1) 26.07.2024 38:14

This is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford. This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode referred to the following other essays and resources: -- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella...

Dan Hendrycks - Avoiding an AGI Arms Race (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 5) 21.06.2024 54:15

This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai). This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023. Read more of Dan's ideas and...

Dileep George - Keep Strong AI as a Tool, Not a Successor (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 4) 11.05.2024 1:11:54

This is an interview with Dileep George, AI Researcher at Google DeepMind, previously CTO and Co-founder of Vicarious AI. This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. Watch Dileep's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nmsuHz4...

Ben Goertzel - Regulating AGI May Do More Harm Than Good (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 3) 26.04.2024 1:05:55

This is an interview with Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, and AGI researcher for many decades. This is the third episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. Watch Ben's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/faU0EdQHDpY See the full article...

Jaan Tallinn - The Case for a Pause Before We Birth AGI (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 2) 09.04.2024 20:54

This is an interview with Jaan Tallinn, billionaire tech mogul (Kazaa, Skype), brilliant thinker, and long-time funder for AI safety causes. This is the second episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. Watch Jaan's full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gnIKpsqr...

Yoshua Bengio - Why We Shouldn't Blast Off to AGI Just Yet (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 1) 09.03.2024 1:03:15

This is an interview with Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award Winner and Scientific Director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms. This is the first episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. Watch Yoshua's full episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: ht...

Welcome to The Trajectory - Realpolitik on AGI and the Posthuman Future 07.03.2024 5:29

There three main questions we'll be covering on the Trajectory: 1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives? 2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards? 3. What should we do about it? If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here. Connect: danfaggella.com/trajectory twitter.com/danfaggella li...