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Intellectual dark matter? A reputation trap? The case of cold fusion, with Jonah Messinger
Season 1 Episode 119
Could the future see the emergence and adoption of a new field of engineering called nucleonics, in which the energy of nuclear fusion is accessed at…
9 months ago
AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts, with Peter Scott
Season 1 Episode 118
This episode of London Futurists Podcast is a special joint production with the AI and You podcast which is hosted by Peter Scott. It features a thre…
9 months, 1 week ago
The remarkable potential of hydrogen cars, with Hugo Spowers
Season 1 Episode 117
The guest in this episode is Hugo Spowers. Hugo has led an adventurous life. In the 1970s and 80s he was an active member of the Dangerous Sports Clu…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
AI and the end of conflict, with Simon Horton
Season 1 Episode 116
Can we use AI to improve how we handle conflict? Or even to end the worst conflicts that are happening all around us? That’s the subject of the new b…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The AI disconnect: understanding vs motivation, with Nate Soares
Season 1 Episode 115
Our guest in this episode is Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, or MIRI.
MIRI was founded in 2000 as the Singulari…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry Shevlin
Season 1 Episode 114
Our guest in this episode is Henry Shevlin. Henry is the Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University…
11 months, 1 week ago
The case for a conditional AI safety treaty, with Otto Barten
Season 1 Episode 113
How can a binding international treaty be agreed and put into practice, when many parties are strongly tempted to break the rules of the agreement, f…
1 year ago
Humanity's final four years? with James Norris
Season 1 Episode 112
In this episode, we return to the subject of existential risks, but with a focus on what actions can be taken to eliminate or reduce these risks.
Our …
1 year ago
Human extinction: thinking the unthinkable, with Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh
Season 1 Episode 111
Our subject in this episode may seem grim – it’s the potential extinction of the human species, either from a natural disaster, like a supervolcano o…
1 year ago
The best of times and the worst of times, updated, with Ramez Naam
Season 1 Episode 110
Our guest in this episode, Ramez Naam, is described on his website as “climate tech investor, clean energy advocate, and award-winning author”. But t…
1 year, 1 month ago