https://www.singularityweblog.com/ Singularity.FM was the first singularity podcast in the world. It is the place where we interview the future and technology meets ethics: an open conversation about the impact of exponential tech, accelerating change, and the choices we make. It helps us identify the full spectrum of unprecedented dangers and opportunities and give birth to our own ideas about the best way to create a better future, a better you. Singularity.FM is a series of interviews with the best scientists, writers, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, philosophers, and artists. We discuss the technological singularity, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, life extension, genetics, robotics, nanotech, synthetic biology, cryptocurrencies, and ethics: because technology is not enough! Past guests of this singularity podcast include people such as Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Noam Chomsky, Natasha Vita-More, Stuart Hameroff, Marvin Minsky, Aubrey de Grey, Max More, Michio Kaku, Vernor Vinge, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and many, many others. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:53:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.singularityweblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-favi-32x32.png https://www.singularityweblog.com/ 32 32 Nikola Danaylov no Copyright © 2009-2022 Singularity Media Inc Copyright © 2009-2018 Singularity Weblog. podcast https://ndanaylov.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/iTunes-Singularity.jpg https://www.singularityweblog.com/blog/ c5c57f90-a221-53e9-b9b4-20d470159986 singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethicsSingularity.FM was the first singularity podcast in the world. It is the place where we interview the future and technology meets ethics: an open conversation about the impact of exponential tech, accelerating change, and the choices we make. It helps us identify the full spectrum of unprecedented dangers and opportunities and give birth to our own ideas about the best way to create a better future, a better you. Singularity.FM is a series of interviews with the best scientists, writers, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, philosophers, and artists. We discuss the technological singularity, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, life extension, genetics, robotics, nanotech, synthetic biology, cryptocurrencies, and ethics: because technology is not enough! Past guests of this singularity podcast include people such as Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Noam Chomsky, Natasha Vita-More, Stuart Hameroff, Marvin Minsky, Aubrey de Grey, Max More, Michio Kaku, Vernor Vinge, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and many, many others.Interview the Futuresingularityweblog@outlook.comNikola Danaylov https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-and-wisdom/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:35:02 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8828 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-and-wisdom/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-and-wisdom/feed/ 0 We don’t need more AI. We need a better why for our AI. We are told the why is obvious — cure everything, fix everything, transcend everything. But “solve everything” is not a philosophy. It is an assumption. Even the most powerful intelligence cannot erase moral disagreement or competing visions of justice. Because without a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 4:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWe don’t need more AI. We need a better why for our AI. We are told the why is obvious — cure everything, fix everything, transcend everything. But “solve everything” is not a philosophy. It is an assumption. Even the most powerful intelligence cannot erase moral disagreement or competing visions of justice. Because without a […]We don’t need more AI. We need a better why for our AI. We are told the why is obvious — cure everything, fix everything, transcend everything. But “solve everything” is not a philosophy. It is an assumption. Even the most powerful intelligence cannot erase moral disagreement or competing visions of justice. Because without a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/quit-chatgpt-switch-to-claude/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:51:38 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8837 https://www.singularityweblog.com/quit-chatgpt-switch-to-claude/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/quit-chatgpt-switch-to-claude/feed/ 0 A couple of days ago, I cancelled my ChatGPT paid subscription and switched to Claude. Not because of the technology. Because of their respective values, or the lack thereof. The Moment That Changed Everything On February 27, 2026, Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to give the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI for mass […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 7:37 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of days ago, I cancelled my ChatGPT paid subscription and switched to Claude. Not because of the technology. Because of their respective values, or the lack thereof. The Moment That Changed Everything On February 27, 2026, Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to give the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI for mass […]A couple of days ago, I cancelled my ChatGPT paid subscription and switched to Claude. Not because of the technology. Because of their respective values, or the lack thereof. The Moment That Changed Everything On February 27, 2026, Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to give the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI for mass […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:04:28 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8825 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/feed/ 0 Was the Renaissance truly a Golden Age? Or was it something far more powerful — and far more revealing? In my third conversation with Ada Palmer, we dive into her new book, Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age, and dismantle one of the most enduring myths in Western history: that civilization moves cleanly […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 3:01:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWas the Renaissance truly a Golden Age? Or was it something far more powerful — and far more revealing? In my third conversation with Ada Palmer, we dive into her new book, Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age, and dismantle one of the most enduring myths in Western history: that civilization moves cleanly […]Was the Renaissance truly a Golden Age? Or was it something far more powerful — and far more revealing? In my third conversation with Ada Palmer, we dive into her new book, Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age, and dismantle one of the most enduring myths in Western history: that civilization moves cleanly […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/graham-priest-dialetheism/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:29:27 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8822 https://www.singularityweblog.com/graham-priest-dialetheism/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/graham-priest-dialetheism/feed/ 0 What if some contradictions are not mistakes — but truths? For over 2,500 years, Western philosophy has treated contradiction as catastrophic. From Aristotle’s law of non-contradiction to modern formal systems, logic has operated under one sacred assumption: a statement cannot be both true and false. But what if that assumption is wrong? In this deep, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:49:47 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhat if some contradictions are not mistakes — but truths? For over 2,500 years, Western philosophy has treated contradiction as catastrophic. From Aristotle’s law of non-contradiction to modern formal systems, logic has operated under one sacred assumption: a statement cannot be both true and false. But what if that assumption is wrong? In this deep, […]What if some contradictions are not mistakes — but truths? For over 2,500 years, Western philosophy has treated contradiction as catastrophic. From Aristotle’s law of non-contradiction to modern formal systems, logic has operated under one sacred assumption: a statement cannot be both true and false. But what if that assumption is wrong? In this deep, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi-agi/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:30:25 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8786 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi-agi/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi-agi/feed/ 0 In my latest Singularity.FM conversation with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO of Integral AI, I heard something I don’t say lightly: a credible claim that AGI may have just arrived — or at least the foundation of it. I don’t often say “Wow” during interviews, but in this one I simply couldn’t stop. Tarifi describes a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:47:47 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn my latest Singularity.FM conversation with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO of Integral AI, I heard something I don’t say lightly: a credible claim that AGI may have just arrived — or at least the foundation of it. I don’t often say “Wow” during interviews, but in this one I simply couldn’t stop. Tarifi describes a […]In my latest Singularity.FM conversation with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO of Integral AI, I heard something I don’t say lightly: a credible claim that AGI may have just arrived — or at least the foundation of it. I don’t often say “Wow” during interviews, but in this one I simply couldn’t stop. Tarifi describes a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacob-ward/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:56:25 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8778 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacob-ward/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacob-ward/feed/ 0 What happens to free will in a world where AI tells us what to watch, buy, believe, and even who to love? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Jacob Ward — veteran technology journalist and author of The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:16:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhat happens to free will in a world where AI tells us what to watch, buy, believe, and even who to love? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Jacob Ward — veteran technology journalist and author of The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight […]What happens to free will in a world where AI tells us what to watch, buy, believe, and even who to love? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Jacob Ward — veteran technology journalist and author of The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/eve-poole/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:48:26 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8770 https://www.singularityweblog.com/eve-poole/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/eve-poole/feed/ 0 Are we building better versions of ourselves in AI – or a master race of very efficient psychopaths? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Eve Poole, theologian, leadership scholar, and author of Robot Souls: Programming in Humanity, to ask a simple yet brutal question: what makes us human, and what happens if we […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:50:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAre we building better versions of ourselves in AI – or a master race of very efficient psychopaths? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Eve Poole, theologian, leadership scholar, and author of Robot Souls: Programming in Humanity, to ask a simple yet brutal question: what makes us human, and what happens if we […]Are we building better versions of ourselves in AI – or a master race of very efficient psychopaths? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Eve Poole, theologian, leadership scholar, and author of Robot Souls: Programming in Humanity, to ask a simple yet brutal question: what makes us human, and what happens if we […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/petter-tornberg/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:45:20 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8698 https://www.singularityweblog.com/petter-tornberg/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/petter-tornberg/feed/ 0 What do Facebook, Google, and TikTok see when they look at us — and what do they miss? In this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Petter Törnberg, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-author of Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity. Törnberg […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:35:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhat do Facebook, Google, and TikTok see when they look at us — and what do they miss? In this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Petter Törnberg, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-author of Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity. Törnberg […]What do Facebook, Google, and TikTok see when they look at us — and what do they miss? In this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Petter Törnberg, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-author of Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity. Törnberg […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-keynote-at-st-johns-circus-fest-2025/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:25:18 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8674 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-keynote-at-st-johns-circus-fest-2025/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-keynote-at-st-johns-circus-fest-2025/feed/ 0 What if the world isn’t just a stage… but a circus? 🎪 In this opening keynote at St. John’s International Circus Fest 2025, futurist and philosopher Nikola Danaylov (aka Socrates) explores why context is more powerful than content — and why those who create context don’t just win attention, they shape the future. 👉 Themes […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:34 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhat if the world isn’t just a stage… but a circus? 🎪 In this opening keynote at St. John’s International Circus Fest 2025, futurist and philosopher Nikola Danaylov (aka Socrates) explores why context is more powerful than content — and why those who create context don’t just win attention, they shape the future. 👉 Themes […]What if the world isn’t just a stage… but a circus? 🎪 In this opening keynote at St. John’s International Circus Fest 2025, futurist and philosopher Nikola Danaylov (aka Socrates) explores why context is more powerful than content — and why those who create context don’t just win attention, they shape the future. 👉 Themes […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/adam-becker/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:18:29 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8658 https://www.singularityweblog.com/adam-becker/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/adam-becker/feed/ 0 Adam Becker is a science journalist with a PhD in astrophysics and the author of the provocative new book More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity. I reached out to Adam because I found his book sharp, timely, and necessary — a long-overdue reality check […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:09:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAdam Becker is a science journalist with a PhD in astrophysics and the author of the provocative new book More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity. I reached out to Adam because I found his book sharp, timely, and necessary — a long-overdue reality check […]Adam Becker is a science journalist with a PhD in astrophysics and the author of the provocative new book More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity. I reached out to Adam because I found his book sharp, timely, and necessary — a long-overdue reality check […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher-storythinking/ Sat, 24 May 2025 18:52:59 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8614 https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher-storythinking/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher-storythinking/feed/ 0 In his second appearance on Singularity.FM, Professor Angus Fletcher returns to dive even deeper into the story of human intelligence. [See the first interview here.] Fletcher is no ordinary guest. A rare hybrid of neuroscientist and Shakespearean scholar, he has advised DARPA, Hollywood, and the U.S. Army, where his narrative-based research earned him the Commendation […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:56:23 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn his second appearance on Singularity.FM, Professor Angus Fletcher returns to dive even deeper into the story of human intelligence. [See the first interview here.] Fletcher is no ordinary guest. A rare hybrid of neuroscientist and Shakespearean scholar, he has advised DARPA, Hollywood, and the U.S. Army, where his narrative-based research earned him the Commendation […]In his second appearance on Singularity.FM, Professor Angus Fletcher returns to dive even deeper into the story of human intelligence. [See the first interview here.] Fletcher is no ordinary guest. A rare hybrid of neuroscientist and Shakespearean scholar, he has advised DARPA, Hollywood, and the U.S. Army, where his narrative-based research earned him the Commendation […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/donald-j-robertson/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:36:19 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8553 https://www.singularityweblog.com/donald-j-robertson/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/donald-j-robertson/feed/ 0 In this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with renowned author and philosopher Donald J. Robertson to explore his latest book, How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World. As we navigate the crossroads of ancient wisdom and modern challenges, Donald shares timeless insights from Socrates that […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 3:00:49 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with renowned author and philosopher Donald J. Robertson to explore his latest book, How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World. As we navigate the crossroads of ancient wisdom and modern challenges, Donald shares timeless insights from Socrates that […]In this episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with renowned author and philosopher Donald J. Robertson to explore his latest book, How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World. As we navigate the crossroads of ancient wisdom and modern challenges, Donald shares timeless insights from Socrates that […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:58:52 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8525 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jad-tarifi/feed/ 0 In this thought-provoking episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO and co-founder of Integral AI, to explore the cutting-edge developments at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human potential. Dr. Tarifi shares insights into Integral AI’s mission to “Give Humankind A True Magic Wand” and the profound implications of achieving artificial […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:03:17 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn this thought-provoking episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO and co-founder of Integral AI, to explore the cutting-edge developments at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human potential. Dr. Tarifi shares insights into Integral AI’s mission to “Give Humankind A True Magic Wand” and the profound implications of achieving artificial […]In this thought-provoking episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Dr. Jad Tarifi, CEO and co-founder of Integral AI, to explore the cutting-edge developments at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human potential. Dr. Tarifi shares insights into Integral AI’s mission to “Give Humankind A True Magic Wand” and the profound implications of achieving artificial […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamelle-lindo/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:19:37 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8519 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamelle-lindo/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamelle-lindo/feed/ 0 In this episode of Singularity FM, I speak with emotional intelligence (EQ) expert, executive coach, and keynote speaker Jamelle Lindo about the evolving role of EQ in our age of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. While much of today’s discourse around AI focuses on technical prowess, data-driven decision-making, and automation, Jamelle highlights why understanding our inner […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:46:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn this episode of Singularity FM, I speak with emotional intelligence (EQ) expert, executive coach, and keynote speaker Jamelle Lindo about the evolving role of EQ in our age of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. While much of today’s discourse around AI focuses on technical prowess, data-driven decision-making, and automation, Jamelle highlights why understanding our inner […]In this episode of Singularity FM, I speak with emotional intelligence (EQ) expert, executive coach, and keynote speaker Jamelle Lindo about the evolving role of EQ in our age of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. While much of today’s discourse around AI focuses on technical prowess, data-driven decision-making, and automation, Jamelle highlights why understanding our inner […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/on-manifestos-and-dilemmas/ Sun, 26 May 2024 18:30:11 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7527 https://www.singularityweblog.com/on-manifestos-and-dilemmas/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/on-manifestos-and-dilemmas/feed/ 0  Fifteen years ago, I penned the first versions of Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma and A Transhumanist Manifesto. Much has changed since then, including my perspective. I began with a question inspired by Hamlet: Will technology replace biology? At the time, I believed this to be the modern iteration of Shakespeare’s existential query: to be or […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no Fifteen years ago, I penned the first versions of Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma and A Transhumanist Manifesto. Much has changed since then, including my perspective. I began with a question inspired by Hamlet: Will technology replace biology? At the time, I believed this to be the modern iteration of Shakespeare’s existential query: to be or […] Fifteen years ago, I penned the first versions of Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma and A Transhumanist Manifesto. Much has changed since then, including my perspective. I began with a question inspired by Hamlet: Will technology replace biology? At the time, I believed this to be the modern iteration of Shakespeare’s existential query: to be or […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-the-how/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-the-how/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-the-how/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-the-how/feed/ 0  Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley – the new Promised Land, and entrepreneurs – the new prophets. They promise a future of abundance and immortality—a techno-heaven beyond our wildest dreams. And we are all believers. We often forget technology is the how, not the why or what. It is a means to an […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 7:01 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley – the new Promised Land, and entrepreneurs – the new prophets. They promise a future of abundance and immortality—a techno-heaven beyond our wildest dreams. And we are all believers. We often forget technology is the how, not the why or what. It is a means to an […] Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley – the new Promised Land, and entrepreneurs – the new prophets. They promise a future of abundance and immortality—a techno-heaven beyond our wildest dreams. And we are all believers. We often forget technology is the how, not the why or what. It is a means to an […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/tech-unemployment/ Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/tech-unemployment/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/tech-unemployment/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/tech-unemployment/feed/ 0  Throughout history, capital and labor have been interdependent forces driving economic growth. Capital relies on labor to generate returns on investment, while labor depends on capital for wages. Despite historical fluctuations in their balance of power, classical economics suggests a theoretical long-term equilibrium where both parties benefit—capital sees growing returns, and labor enjoys rising […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 9:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no Throughout history, capital and labor have been interdependent forces driving economic growth. Capital relies on labor to generate returns on investment, while labor depends on capital for wages. Despite historical fluctuations in their balance of power, classical economics suggests a theoretical long-term equilibrium where both parties benefit—capital sees growing returns, and labor enjoys rising […] Throughout history, capital and labor have been interdependent forces driving economic growth. Capital relies on labor to generate returns on investment, while labor depends on capital for wages. Despite historical fluctuations in their balance of power, classical economics suggests a theoretical long-term equilibrium where both parties benefit—capital sees growing returns, and labor enjoys rising […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/6-reasons-why-i-went-vegan/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:55:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/6-reasons-why-i-went-vegan/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/6-reasons-why-i-went-vegan/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/6-reasons-why-i-went-vegan/feed/ 0  I have now been vegan for almost 9 years and people keep asking me how I feel and why I did it. So let me share a quick health update as well as the original 6 reasons why I went vegan. Since going vegan I have lost and kept off 25 pounds or about […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 11:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no I have now been vegan for almost 9 years and people keep asking me how I feel and why I did it. So let me share a quick health update as well as the original 6 reasons why I went vegan. Since going vegan I have lost and kept off 25 pounds or about […] I have now been vegan for almost 9 years and people keep asking me how I feel and why I did it. So let me share a quick health update as well as the original 6 reasons why I went vegan. Since going vegan I have lost and kept off 25 pounds or about […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ethics/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:08:02 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7771 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ethics/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ethics/feed/ 0 I have noticed that almost every startup in almost every industry is claiming “a revolutionary AI or blockchain breakthrough.” [Often both.] More recently I’m flabbergasted to see a similar fad in the growing number of self-proclaimed Tech and AI ethicists. We apparently have an exponential proliferation of what someone called “ethics natives” such as angel […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 8:44 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI have noticed that almost every startup in almost every industry is claiming “a revolutionary AI or blockchain breakthrough.” [Often both.] More recently I’m flabbergasted to see a similar fad in the growing number of self-proclaimed Tech and AI ethicists. We apparently have an exponential proliferation of what someone called “ethics natives” such as angel […]I have noticed that almost every startup in almost every industry is claiming “a revolutionary AI or blockchain breakthrough.” [Often both.] More recently I’m flabbergasted to see a similar fad in the growing number of self-proclaimed Tech and AI ethicists. We apparently have an exponential proliferation of what someone called “ethics natives” such as angel […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-shaw/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:37:27 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8224 https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-shaw/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-shaw/feed/ 0 Dr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of stories from classic Greek to pagan, indigenous, and religious ones. He is the author of 18 books and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:47 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of stories from classic Greek to pagan, indigenous, and religious ones. He is the author of 18 books and […]Dr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of stories from classic Greek to pagan, indigenous, and religious ones. He is the author of 18 books and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-excellent-advice-for-living/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:15:46 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8214 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-excellent-advice-for-living/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-excellent-advice-for-living/feed/ 0 When I started blogging and podcasting back in 2009 topics like wisdom were near-invisible, if not considered irrelevant to the conversations of AI, transhumanism, genetic engineering, and human enhancement. So bringing ethics to the technology conversation became my longstanding goal and unique selling proposition for both Singularity Weblog and Singularity.FM. At the time, most conversations […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:26:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhen I started blogging and podcasting back in 2009 topics like wisdom were near-invisible, if not considered irrelevant to the conversations of AI, transhumanism, genetic engineering, and human enhancement. So bringing ethics to the technology conversation became my longstanding goal and unique selling proposition for both Singularity Weblog and Singularity.FM. At the time, most conversations […]When I started blogging and podcasting back in 2009 topics like wisdom were near-invisible, if not considered irrelevant to the conversations of AI, transhumanism, genetic engineering, and human enhancement. So bringing ethics to the technology conversation became my longstanding goal and unique selling proposition for both Singularity Weblog and Singularity.FM. At the time, most conversations […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/emile-torres/ Wed, 03 May 2023 07:30:14 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8207 https://www.singularityweblog.com/emile-torres/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/emile-torres/feed/ 0 My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific movement or ideology. Thus, while I’ve never hidden my personal views, I don’t try to make you […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:04:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMy goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific movement or ideology. Thus, while I’ve never hidden my personal views, I don’t try to make you […]My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific movement or ideology. Thus, while I’ve never hidden my personal views, I don’t try to make you […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikolas-badminton/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:24:14 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8188 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikolas-badminton/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikolas-badminton/feed/ 0 My podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. He has worked with over 300 organizations in foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, the United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Rolls Royce, and many others. Nik is a friend of mine, and in addition to our common interest in the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:32:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMy podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. He has worked with over 300 organizations in foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, the United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Rolls Royce, and many others. Nik is a friend of mine, and in addition to our common interest in the […]My podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. He has worked with over 300 organizations in foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, the United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Rolls Royce, and many others. Nik is a friend of mine, and in addition to our common interest in the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/leadership-nbf-pitch/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:15:46 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8183 https://www.singularityweblog.com/leadership-nbf-pitch/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/leadership-nbf-pitch/feed/ 0 This is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let me know if that’s not the case 😉  The Greatest Leadership Opportunity in the 21st Century A story I stumbled on in 2006 changed my life. “The Singularity is Near” […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 3:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let me know if that’s not the case 😉  The Greatest Leadership Opportunity in the 21st Century A story I stumbled on in 2006 changed my life. “The Singularity is Near” […]This is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let me know if that’s not the case 😉  The Greatest Leadership Opportunity in the 21st Century A story I stumbled on in 2006 changed my life. “The Singularity is Near” […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci-character/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:43:47 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8177 https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci-character/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci-character/feed/ 0 Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy. Massimo has Ph.D. degrees in Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy. He is also the author of hundreds of technical papers in both science and philosophy as well as a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:05:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy. Massimo has Ph.D. degrees in Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy. He is also the author of hundreds of technical papers in both science and philosophy as well as a […]Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy. Massimo has Ph.D. degrees in Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy. He is also the author of hundreds of technical papers in both science and philosophy as well as a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/alex-padalka/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:49:31 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8171 https://www.singularityweblog.com/alex-padalka/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/alex-padalka/feed/ 0 When the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, but I remember that a couple of years ago, I was interviewed by someone from Donetsk. When I got in touch with Alexander Padalka, he was hiding underground from the daily […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 40:24 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhen the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, but I remember that a couple of years ago, I was interviewed by someone from Donetsk. When I got in touch with Alexander Padalka, he was hiding underground from the daily […]When the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, but I remember that a couple of years ago, I was interviewed by someone from Donetsk. When I got in touch with Alexander Padalka, he was hiding underground from the daily […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ursula-eysin/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:26:10 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8161 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ursula-eysin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ursula-eysin/feed/ 0 Ursula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry books for fun. Besides that, Ursula is a mentor to various Austrian and international startups while also giving lectures at 5 universities. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:04:26 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noUrsula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry books for fun. Besides that, Ursula is a mentor to various Austrian and international startups while also giving lectures at 5 universities. […]Ursula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry books for fun. Besides that, Ursula is a mentor to various Austrian and international startups while also giving lectures at 5 universities. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-ai/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:22:46 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8153 https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-ai/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-ai/feed/ 0 Zoltan Istvan is a former journalist, political candidate, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of the US Transhumanist Party. He has been on this podcast twice before when we discussed Istvan’s presidential campaign and his bestselling novel The Transhumanist Wager. During this 1-hour conversation with Zoltan Istvan, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:15:24 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noZoltan Istvan is a former journalist, political candidate, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of the US Transhumanist Party. He has been on this podcast twice before when we discussed Istvan’s presidential campaign and his bestselling novel The Transhumanist Wager. During this 1-hour conversation with Zoltan Istvan, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as […]Zoltan Istvan is a former journalist, political candidate, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of the US Transhumanist Party. He has been on this podcast twice before when we discussed Istvan’s presidential campaign and his bestselling novel The Transhumanist Wager. During this 1-hour conversation with Zoltan Istvan, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-principles/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:08:10 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8145 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-principles/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-principles/feed/ 0 The Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change coming our way, instead of drowning in it. It is a one-of-a-kind work written by a person who is singularly qualified with the necessary knowledge, professional experience, and required discipline to produce it. David Wood is a futurist, catalyst, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:07:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change coming our way, instead of drowning in it. It is a one-of-a-kind work written by a person who is singularly qualified with the necessary knowledge, professional experience, and required discipline to produce it. David Wood is a futurist, catalyst, […]The Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change coming our way, instead of drowning in it. It is a one-of-a-kind work written by a person who is singularly qualified with the necessary knowledge, professional experience, and required discipline to produce it. David Wood is a futurist, catalyst, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-john-smart/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:58:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8121 https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-john-smart/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-john-smart/feed/ 0 This is an interview with Danko Nikolic and John Smart on the future of AI and their respective theories of Practopoiesis – Neuromimicry, and Autopoiesis – Biomimicry. During our 2-hour conversation with Danko and John, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as evolution, development, and life as a network; practopoiesis and the origins […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:09:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is an interview with Danko Nikolic and John Smart on the future of AI and their respective theories of Practopoiesis – Neuromimicry, and Autopoiesis – Biomimicry. During our 2-hour conversation with Danko and John, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as evolution, development, and life as a network; practopoiesis and the origins […]This is an interview with Danko Nikolic and John Smart on the future of AI and their respective theories of Practopoiesis – Neuromimicry, and Autopoiesis – Biomimicry. During our 2-hour conversation with Danko and John, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as evolution, development, and life as a network; practopoiesis and the origins […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/lewis-dartnell/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:57:21 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8113 https://www.singularityweblog.com/lewis-dartnell/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/lewis-dartnell/feed/ 0 Prof. Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist who looks for life on distant planets. In his most recent book, however, Dartnell turns his gaze inward and backward to the human story – who we are, how we came to be, where we are coming from, and, most importantly, how the geological planetary processes drove the evolution […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:24:54 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist who looks for life on distant planets. In his most recent book, however, Dartnell turns his gaze inward and backward to the human story – who we are, how we came to be, where we are coming from, and, most importantly, how the geological planetary processes drove the evolution […]Prof. Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist who looks for life on distant planets. In his most recent book, however, Dartnell turns his gaze inward and backward to the human story – who we are, how we came to be, where we are coming from, and, most importantly, how the geological planetary processes drove the evolution […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-loy/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 19:57:04 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8106 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-loy/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-loy/feed/ 0 Without a doubt, the social revolution in the West and individual insight/enlightenment in the East are among humanity’s greatest accomplishments. But we can have them separate no longer for we desperately need both because individual people make society but, in turn, society makes individuals. We need to unite the quest for personal enlightenment and the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:12:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWithout a doubt, the social revolution in the West and individual insight/enlightenment in the East are among humanity’s greatest accomplishments. But we can have them separate no longer for we desperately need both because individual people make society but, in turn, society makes individuals. We need to unite the quest for personal enlightenment and the […]Without a doubt, the social revolution in the West and individual insight/enlightenment in the East are among humanity’s greatest accomplishments. But we can have them separate no longer for we desperately need both because individual people make society but, in turn, society makes individuals. We need to unite the quest for personal enlightenment and the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/byron-reese/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:45:25 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8097 https://www.singularityweblog.com/byron-reese/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/byron-reese/feed/ 0 Byron Reese is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and futurist. He has enjoyed a wide range of success over 30 years, including two NASDAQ IPOs as well as the sale of three companies he founded. Today Byron is the CEO of JJ Kent, a venture-backed company using AI to create new products. Reese is also the author […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:12:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noByron Reese is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and futurist. He has enjoyed a wide range of success over 30 years, including two NASDAQ IPOs as well as the sale of three companies he founded. Today Byron is the CEO of JJ Kent, a venture-backed company using AI to create new products. Reese is also the author […]Byron Reese is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and futurist. He has enjoyed a wide range of success over 30 years, including two NASDAQ IPOs as well as the sale of three companies he founded. Today Byron is the CEO of JJ Kent, a venture-backed company using AI to create new products. Reese is also the author […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/cadell-last/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:15:48 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8093 https://www.singularityweblog.com/cadell-last/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/cadell-last/feed/ 0 I have always wanted to discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and how it relates to technology and transhumanism. The problem is that a very short list of people will make me enjoy such a challenging conversation. Luckily, Dr. Cadell Last is among the top on that shortlist. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:01:48 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI have always wanted to discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and how it relates to technology and transhumanism. The problem is that a very short list of people will make me enjoy such a challenging conversation. Luckily, Dr. Cadell Last is among the top on that shortlist. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as […]I have always wanted to discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and how it relates to technology and transhumanism. The problem is that a very short list of people will make me enjoy such a challenging conversation. Luckily, Dr. Cadell Last is among the top on that shortlist. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach-ai/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:23:18 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8087 https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach-ai/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach-ai/feed/ 0 Joscha Bach is a beautiful mind and a very rewarding interlocutor. No surprise I had many requests to have him back on my podcast. I apologize that it took 4 years but the good news is we are going to have a third conversation much sooner this time around. If you haven’t seen our first […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:07:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJoscha Bach is a beautiful mind and a very rewarding interlocutor. No surprise I had many requests to have him back on my podcast. I apologize that it took 4 years but the good news is we are going to have a third conversation much sooner this time around. If you haven’t seen our first […]Joscha Bach is a beautiful mind and a very rewarding interlocutor. No surprise I had many requests to have him back on my podcast. I apologize that it took 4 years but the good news is we are going to have a third conversation much sooner this time around. If you haven’t seen our first […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/faith-popcorn/ Wed, 25 May 2022 14:00:07 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8082 https://www.singularityweblog.com/faith-popcorn/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/faith-popcorn/feed/ 0 Faith Popcorn founded her futurist marketing consultancy in 1974. She’s been called “The Trend Oracle” by the NY Times and “The Nostradamus of Marketing” by Fortune. Faith is a trusted advisor to the CEOs of Fortune 200 companies and has predicted a variety of trends such as Cocooning and its impact on the COVID culture, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:51:31 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noFaith Popcorn founded her futurist marketing consultancy in 1974. She’s been called “The Trend Oracle” by the NY Times and “The Nostradamus of Marketing” by Fortune. Faith is a trusted advisor to the CEOs of Fortune 200 companies and has predicted a variety of trends such as Cocooning and its impact on the COVID culture, […]Faith Popcorn founded her futurist marketing consultancy in 1974. She’s been called “The Trend Oracle” by the NY Times and “The Nostradamus of Marketing” by Fortune. Faith is a trusted advisor to the CEOs of Fortune 200 companies and has predicted a variety of trends such as Cocooning and its impact on the COVID culture, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kendall-haven/ Fri, 06 May 2022 16:53:11 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8069 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kendall-haven/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kendall-haven/feed/ 0 Dr. Kendall Haven is the only West Point graduate to ever become a professional storyteller. Haven holds a Doctorate in Oceanography and spent eight years as a Senior Research Scientist for the Department of Energy before finding his true passion for what he calls, a very different kind of “truth.” Kendall is the author of 34 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:46:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Kendall Haven is the only West Point graduate to ever become a professional storyteller. Haven holds a Doctorate in Oceanography and spent eight years as a Senior Research Scientist for the Department of Energy before finding his true passion for what he calls, a very different kind of “truth.” Kendall is the author of 34 […]Dr. Kendall Haven is the only West Point graduate to ever become a professional storyteller. Haven holds a Doctorate in Oceanography and spent eight years as a Senior Research Scientist for the Department of Energy before finding his true passion for what he calls, a very different kind of “truth.” Kendall is the author of 34 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/brian-boyd/ Sun, 17 Apr 2022 14:53:56 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8056 https://www.singularityweblog.com/brian-boyd/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/brian-boyd/feed/ 0 Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His work has appeared in 20 languages and has won awards on four continents. Most importantly, Prof. Boyd is the author of On the Origin of Stories which examines the connections between evolution, cognition, and fiction. During our 2-hour conversation with […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:10:21 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBrian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His work has appeared in 20 languages and has won awards on four continents. Most importantly, Prof. Boyd is the author of On the Origin of Stories which examines the connections between evolution, cognition, and fiction. During our 2-hour conversation with […]Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His work has appeared in 20 languages and has won awards on four continents. Most importantly, Prof. Boyd is the author of On the Origin of Stories which examines the connections between evolution, cognition, and fiction. During our 2-hour conversation with […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-foresight/ Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8040 https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-foresight/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-foresight/feed/ 0 John Smart has taught and written for over 20 years on topics like foresight and futurism as well as the drivers, opportunities, and problems of exponential processes throughout human history. John is President of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, co-Founder of the Evo-Devo research community, and CEO of Foresight University. Most recently, Smart is the author […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:19:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJohn Smart has taught and written for over 20 years on topics like foresight and futurism as well as the drivers, opportunities, and problems of exponential processes throughout human history. John is President of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, co-Founder of the Evo-Devo research community, and CEO of Foresight University. Most recently, Smart is the author […]John Smart has taught and written for over 20 years on topics like foresight and futurism as well as the drivers, opportunities, and problems of exponential processes throughout human history. John is President of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, co-Founder of the Evo-Devo research community, and CEO of Foresight University. Most recently, Smart is the author […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonah-sachs/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:37:01 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8032 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonah-sachs/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonah-sachs/feed/ 0 Jonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing pioneer. He helped create some of the world’s first and most heralded digital social change campaigns. Jonah Sachs is also the author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future and, most recently, Unsafe Thinking: How […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:46:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing pioneer. He helped create some of the world’s first and most heralded digital social change campaigns. Jonah Sachs is also the author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future and, most recently, Unsafe Thinking: How […]Jonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing pioneer. He helped create some of the world’s first and most heralded digital social change campaigns. Jonah Sachs is also the author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future and, most recently, Unsafe Thinking: How […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-storr/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:01:52 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8026 https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-storr/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-storr/feed/ 0 Many of you know that I’ve been working on a new book provisionally titled ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. And so I thought it could be useful to me and interesting to you if I were to have a conversation with a few story experts and ask them questions such […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:02:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMany of you know that I’ve been working on a new book provisionally titled ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. And so I thought it could be useful to me and interesting to you if I were to have a conversation with a few story experts and ask them questions such […]Many of you know that I’ve been working on a new book provisionally titled ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. And so I thought it could be useful to me and interesting to you if I were to have a conversation with a few story experts and ask them questions such […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jundo-cohen/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:06:48 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8019 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jundo-cohen/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jundo-cohen/feed/ 0 Many of you know that I am a fan of Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. So I’ve always wanted to get a Zen Master on the podcast. I never imagined, however, that there is a Zen Master who has listened to almost every episode of my show. But the universe is a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:10:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMany of you know that I am a fan of Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. So I’ve always wanted to get a Zen Master on the podcast. I never imagined, however, that there is a Zen Master who has listened to almost every episode of my show. But the universe is a […]Many of you know that I am a fan of Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. So I’ve always wanted to get a Zen Master on the podcast. I never imagined, however, that there is a Zen Master who has listened to almost every episode of my show. But the universe is a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:08:07 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8014 https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher/feed/ 0 Prof. Angus Fletcher is a story scientist working at the intersection of story and neuroscience. Angus started as a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan but eventually decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Shakespeare at Yale. Then he went to Stanford University and worked with clients in Hollywood, DARPA, and the US special forces. Angus […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:06:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Angus Fletcher is a story scientist working at the intersection of story and neuroscience. Angus started as a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan but eventually decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Shakespeare at Yale. Then he went to Stanford University and worked with clients in Hollywood, DARPA, and the US special forces. Angus […]Prof. Angus Fletcher is a story scientist working at the intersection of story and neuroscience. Angus started as a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan but eventually decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Shakespeare at Yale. Then he went to Stanford University and worked with clients in Hollywood, DARPA, and the US special forces. Angus […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-new-mythos/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:41:27 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=8006 https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-new-mythos/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-new-mythos/feed/ 0 This is the second interview of my series on story, and my guest is PJ Manney. PJ is the author of the Phoenix Horizon Trilogy and has already been a guest on Singularity.FM twice before. [See our 1st and 2nd interviews.] She is a friend, and I am a big fan of her books. Today, we […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:18:08 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the second interview of my series on story, and my guest is PJ Manney. PJ is the author of the Phoenix Horizon Trilogy and has already been a guest on Singularity.FM twice before. [See our 1st and 2nd interviews.] She is a friend, and I am a big fan of her books. Today, we […]This is the second interview of my series on story, and my guest is PJ Manney. PJ is the author of the Phoenix Horizon Trilogy and has already been a guest on Singularity.FM twice before. [See our 1st and 2nd interviews.] She is a friend, and I am a big fan of her books. Today, we […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/lisa-cron/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:32:10 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7998 https://www.singularityweblog.com/lisa-cron/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/lisa-cron/feed/ 0 Some of you may know that I’ve been working on a new book. The provisional title is ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. Struggling with this book is why it’s been a number of months since my last podcast interview. And so I thought it could be useful to me and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:25:28 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSome of you may know that I’ve been working on a new book. The provisional title is ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. Struggling with this book is why it’s been a number of months since my last podcast interview. And so I thought it could be useful to me and […]Some of you may know that I’ve been working on a new book. The provisional title is ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. Struggling with this book is why it’s been a number of months since my last podcast interview. And so I thought it could be useful to me and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/politics-story/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:21:48 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7975 https://www.singularityweblog.com/politics-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/politics-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 12: The Politics Story Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest – forces that look like […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 15 15 Chapter 12: The Politics Story full 11:18 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 12: The Politics Story Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest – forces that look like […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 12: The Politics Story Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest – forces that look like […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-story/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:31:57 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7903 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 11: The AI Story Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Edsger Dijkstra When looms weave by themselves, man’s slavery will end. Aristotle Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 14 14 Chapter 11: The AI Story full 8:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 11: The AI Story Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Edsger Dijkstra When looms weave by themselves, man’s slavery will end. Aristotle Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 11: The AI Story Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Edsger Dijkstra When looms weave by themselves, man’s slavery will end. Aristotle Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/capitalism/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:18:10 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7897 https://www.singularityweblog.com/capitalism/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/capitalism/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 10: The Capitalism Story …by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 13 13 Chapter 10: The Capitalism Story full 10:17 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 10: The Capitalism Story …by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 10: The Capitalism Story …by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-reveals/ Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:16:42 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7884 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-reveals/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-reveals/feed/ 0 I recorded this virtual keynote for a corporate client about 10 days ago and decided to share it publicly. Hope you enjoy it 😉    Technology is a Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball; It Reveals Who We Are, Not the Future   The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this say something about […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 47:47 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI recorded this virtual keynote for a corporate client about 10 days ago and decided to share it publicly. Hope you enjoy it 😉    Technology is a Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball; It Reveals Who We Are, Not the Future   The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this say something about […]I recorded this virtual keynote for a corporate client about 10 days ago and decided to share it publicly. Hope you enjoy it 😉    Technology is a Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball; It Reveals Who We Are, Not the Future   The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this say something about […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:02:54 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7880 https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist/feed/ 0 A few weeks ago, a client asked me to give a virtual keynote on futurism. The client was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I thought I’d share it publicly. This way, you can hopefully enjoy, share, and benefit from it too. 😉  How to Be a Futurist [Without Predicting the Future] […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 17:20 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA few weeks ago, a client asked me to give a virtual keynote on futurism. The client was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I thought I’d share it publicly. This way, you can hopefully enjoy, share, and benefit from it too. 😉  How to Be a Futurist [Without Predicting the Future] […]A few weeks ago, a client asked me to give a virtual keynote on futurism. The client was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I thought I’d share it publicly. This way, you can hopefully enjoy, share, and benefit from it too. 😉  How to Be a Futurist [Without Predicting the Future] […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-story/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:11:59 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7875 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 9: The Technology Story Technology improves the lives of people who can avoid being dominated by it and forced into debilitating addictions to it. Frank Kaufmann The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this fact say something […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 12 12 Chapter 9: The Technology Story full 15:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 9: The Technology Story Technology improves the lives of people who can avoid being dominated by it and forced into debilitating addictions to it. Frank Kaufmann The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this fact say something […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 9: The Technology Story Technology improves the lives of people who can avoid being dominated by it and forced into debilitating addictions to it. Frank Kaufmann The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this fact say something […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-story/ Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:21:24 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7871 https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 8: The Science Story   The universe is made of stories, not atoms. Muriel Rukeyser *** About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang. The […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 11 11 Chapter 8: The Science Story full 9:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 8: The Science Story   The universe is made of stories, not atoms. Muriel Rukeyser *** About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang. The […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 8: The Science Story   The universe is made of stories, not atoms. Muriel Rukeyser *** About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang. The […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/human-story/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:00:04 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7702 https://www.singularityweblog.com/human-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/human-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 7: The Human Story The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to Earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 10 10 Chapter 7: The Human Story full 7:14 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 7: The Human Story The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to Earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 7: The Human Story The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to Earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-ii-our-story/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:17:08 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7864 https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-ii-our-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-ii-our-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  II: Our Story Gods always behave like the people who make them. Zora Neale Hurston, Tell My Horse Before we have a story, any story, we must first have a storyteller. Therefore, the most important story, that which […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 9 9 Part II - Our Story full 3:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  II: Our Story Gods always behave like the people who make them. Zora Neale Hurston, Tell My Horse Before we have a story, any story, we must first have a storyteller. Therefore, the most important story, that which […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  II: Our Story Gods always behave like the people who make them. Zora Neale Hurston, Tell My Horse Before we have a story, any story, we must first have a storyteller. Therefore, the most important story, that which […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/biology-of-story/ Mon, 31 May 2021 11:58:57 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7859 https://www.singularityweblog.com/biology-of-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/biology-of-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 6: The Biology of Story Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing the contrary that the mind is itself the principle element of creation. Rabindranath […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 8 8 Chapter 6: The Biology of Story full 8:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 6: The Biology of Story Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing the contrary that the mind is itself the principle element of creation. Rabindranath […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 6: The Biology of Story Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing the contrary that the mind is itself the principle element of creation. Rabindranath […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/importance-of-story/ Sun, 23 May 2021 16:59:08 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7573 https://www.singularityweblog.com/importance-of-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/importance-of-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 5: The Importance of Story It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. Patrick Rothfuss Stories […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 7 7 Chapter 5: The Importance of Story full 8:29 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 5: The Importance of Story It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. Patrick Rothfuss Stories […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 5: The Importance of Story It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. Patrick Rothfuss Stories […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/storyteller/ Sun, 16 May 2021 08:45:44 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7567 https://www.singularityweblog.com/storyteller/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/storyteller/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 4: The Power of the Storyteller The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come. Steve Jobs. Before we have a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 6 6 Chapter 4: The Power of the Storyteller full 7:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 4: The Power of the Storyteller The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come. Steve Jobs. Before we have a […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 4: The Power of the Storyteller The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come. Steve Jobs. Before we have a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-power-of-story/ Mon, 10 May 2021 11:02:05 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7556 https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-power-of-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-power-of-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 3: The Power of Story We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our stories about them. Epictetus The most powerful stories are stories about things that don’t exist. Because our fictive language gave birth […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 5 5 Chapter 3: The Power of Story full 5:53 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 3: The Power of Story We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our stories about them. Epictetus The most powerful stories are stories about things that don’t exist. Because our fictive language gave birth […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 3: The Power of Story We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our stories about them. Epictetus The most powerful stories are stories about things that don’t exist. Because our fictive language gave birth […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-story-of-story/ Mon, 03 May 2021 10:30:15 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7545 https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-story-of-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-story-of-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 2: The Story of Story The limits of my language means the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein Humanity has searched for meaning since its beginning. And we find it in story. The story that we tell ourselves. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 4 4 Chapter 2: The Story of Story full 4:28 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 2: The Story of Story The limits of my language means the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein Humanity has searched for meaning since its beginning. And we find it in story. The story that we tell ourselves. […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 2: The Story of Story The limits of my language means the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein Humanity has searched for meaning since its beginning. And we find it in story. The story that we tell ourselves. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/chapter-1-the-definition-of-story/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:25:09 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7549 https://www.singularityweblog.com/chapter-1-the-definition-of-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/chapter-1-the-definition-of-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 1: The Definition of Story We started our thought experiment with Kenneth Burke’s definition of story as “equipment for living.” Burke offers a great start but it is Jeff DeChambeau who really brings all the essential elements together […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 3 3 Chapter 1: The Definition of Story full 7:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 1: The Definition of Story We started our thought experiment with Kenneth Burke’s definition of story as “equipment for living.” Burke offers a great start but it is Jeff DeChambeau who really brings all the essential elements together […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 1: The Definition of Story We started our thought experiment with Kenneth Burke’s definition of story as “equipment for living.” Burke offers a great start but it is Jeff DeChambeau who really brings all the essential elements together […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-i-story/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:00:38 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7541 https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-i-story/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-i-story/feed/ 0 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  I: Story People always find it easier to be a result of the past rather than a cause of the future. Unknown Are we just billiard balls in a predetermined cosmic game of pool? Or are we free […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 2 2 Part  I: Story full 5:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  I: Story People always find it easier to be a result of the past rather than a cause of the future. Unknown Are we just billiard balls in a predetermined cosmic game of pool? Or are we free […]ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  I: Story People always find it easier to be a result of the past rather than a cause of the future. Unknown Are we just billiard balls in a predetermined cosmic game of pool? Or are we free […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/rewriting-the-human-story-how-our-story-determines-our-future/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:00:08 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7532 https://www.singularityweblog.com/rewriting-the-human-story-how-our-story-determines-our-future/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/rewriting-the-human-story-how-our-story-determines-our-future/feed/ 0 It is harder and harder to make sense of life. Everything is changing, all the time, at a faster and faster pace. Our civilization is struggling to keep up with exponential technology and disruptive change. Our age-old institutions, politics, economics, ethics, religion and laws, even our environment, are so fundamentally challenged, that we risk collapse. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 1 1 ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future full 12:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt is harder and harder to make sense of life. Everything is changing, all the time, at a faster and faster pace. Our civilization is struggling to keep up with exponential technology and disruptive change. Our age-old institutions, politics, economics, ethics, religion and laws, even our environment, are so fundamentally challenged, that we risk collapse. […]It is harder and harder to make sense of life. Everything is changing, all the time, at a faster and faster pace. Our civilization is struggling to keep up with exponential technology and disruptive change. Our age-old institutions, politics, economics, ethics, religion and laws, even our environment, are so fundamentally challenged, that we risk collapse. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gus-hosein/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:09:46 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7835 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gus-hosein/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/gus-hosein/feed/ 0 Dr. Gus Hosein is a 20+year-veteran of Privacy International. So to say that he knows a lot about privacy will be an understatement. But his knowledge is not merely academic. Gus and his scrappy team of privacy crusaders have fought the long and hard war while putting everything on the line, over and over again. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:10:43 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Gus Hosein is a 20+year-veteran of Privacy International. So to say that he knows a lot about privacy will be an understatement. But his knowledge is not merely academic. Gus and his scrappy team of privacy crusaders have fought the long and hard war while putting everything on the line, over and over again. […]Dr. Gus Hosein is a 20+year-veteran of Privacy International. So to say that he knows a lot about privacy will be an understatement. But his knowledge is not merely academic. Gus and his scrappy team of privacy crusaders have fought the long and hard war while putting everything on the line, over and over again. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/francesca-ferrando/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:16:28 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7830 https://www.singularityweblog.com/francesca-ferrando/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/francesca-ferrando/feed/ 0 Though admittedly posthumanist, Francesca Ferrando‘s Philosophical Posthumanism is the best book on transhumanism that I have read so far. I believe that it is a must-read for transhumanists and non-transhumanists alike. In fact, one can argue that Ferrando’s book ranks right up there with the very best not only on the transhuman, but also on […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:06:31 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThough admittedly posthumanist, Francesca Ferrando‘s Philosophical Posthumanism is the best book on transhumanism that I have read so far. I believe that it is a must-read for transhumanists and non-transhumanists alike. In fact, one can argue that Ferrando’s book ranks right up there with the very best not only on the transhuman, but also on […]Though admittedly posthumanist, Francesca Ferrando‘s Philosophical Posthumanism is the best book on transhumanism that I have read so far. I believe that it is a must-read for transhumanists and non-transhumanists alike. In fact, one can argue that Ferrando’s book ranks right up there with the very best not only on the transhuman, but also on […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kim-stanley-robinson/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:56:28 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7825 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kim-stanley-robinson/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kim-stanley-robinson/feed/ 0 Kim Stanley Robinson has an asteroid named after him. The reason for that is simple: Stan, as he’s often known among people who know him, is one of the best known contemporary authors of classic [hard] science fiction. He has written 20 books that have been translated into 25 languages and has won pretty much […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:20:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKim Stanley Robinson has an asteroid named after him. The reason for that is simple: Stan, as he’s often known among people who know him, is one of the best known contemporary authors of classic [hard] science fiction. He has written 20 books that have been translated into 25 languages and has won pretty much […]Kim Stanley Robinson has an asteroid named after him. The reason for that is simple: Stan, as he’s often known among people who know him, is one of the best known contemporary authors of classic [hard] science fiction. He has written 20 books that have been translated into 25 languages and has won pretty much […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-cole/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:04:38 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7821 https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-cole/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-cole/feed/ 0 Dr. Matthew Cole is the only vegan sociologist that I know of. His unique point of view on veganism, especially its implications with respect to ethics, transhumanism, and the application of technology, has already left a mark on the way I perceive the small challenges of being vegan as an opportunity for personal discipline and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:00:18 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Matthew Cole is the only vegan sociologist that I know of. His unique point of view on veganism, especially its implications with respect to ethics, transhumanism, and the application of technology, has already left a mark on the way I perceive the small challenges of being vegan as an opportunity for personal discipline and […]Dr. Matthew Cole is the only vegan sociologist that I know of. His unique point of view on veganism, especially its implications with respect to ethics, transhumanism, and the application of technology, has already left a mark on the way I perceive the small challenges of being vegan as an opportunity for personal discipline and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/thomas-homer-dixon/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:35:28 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7813 https://www.singularityweblog.com/thomas-homer-dixon/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/thomas-homer-dixon/feed/ 0 Thomas Homer-Dixon is one of Canada’s most celebrated intellectuals. Luckily, he was also one of my Professors at the University of Toronto whose class on complexity has left an indelible mark on me. So when I heard that after a long break Homer-Dixon is publishing a new book on climate change I simply had to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:26:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThomas Homer-Dixon is one of Canada’s most celebrated intellectuals. Luckily, he was also one of my Professors at the University of Toronto whose class on complexity has left an indelible mark on me. So when I heard that after a long break Homer-Dixon is publishing a new book on climate change I simply had to […]Thomas Homer-Dixon is one of Canada’s most celebrated intellectuals. Luckily, he was also one of my Professors at the University of Toronto whose class on complexity has left an indelible mark on me. So when I heard that after a long break Homer-Dixon is publishing a new book on climate change I simply had to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/maria-farrell/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:36:47 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7809 https://www.singularityweblog.com/maria-farrell/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/maria-farrell/feed/ 0 Maria Farrell is the author of some of my most favorite op-ed pieces of 2020. She is very smart, gutsy, genuine, feisty, generous, and Irish. Her writing is sharper, it penetrates deeper and she’s not afraid to go further than most others. I have already learned a lot from her and have become a total […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:31:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMaria Farrell is the author of some of my most favorite op-ed pieces of 2020. She is very smart, gutsy, genuine, feisty, generous, and Irish. Her writing is sharper, it penetrates deeper and she’s not afraid to go further than most others. I have already learned a lot from her and have become a total […]Maria Farrell is the author of some of my most favorite op-ed pieces of 2020. She is very smart, gutsy, genuine, feisty, generous, and Irish. Her writing is sharper, it penetrates deeper and she’s not afraid to go further than most others. I have already learned a lot from her and have become a total […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/glen-hiemstra/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:33:58 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7801 https://www.singularityweblog.com/glen-hiemstra/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/glen-hiemstra/feed/ 0 Glen Hiemstra has been a futurist for close to 40 years. But if you think his specialty is forecasting the future then you’d be wrong. No. Hiemstra’s focus has not been on the most probable, or even the possible future. Instead, Glen has chosen to focus consistently on what he calls “the preferred future.” This […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:10:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGlen Hiemstra has been a futurist for close to 40 years. But if you think his specialty is forecasting the future then you’d be wrong. No. Hiemstra’s focus has not been on the most probable, or even the possible future. Instead, Glen has chosen to focus consistently on what he calls “the preferred future.” This […]Glen Hiemstra has been a futurist for close to 40 years. But if you think his specialty is forecasting the future then you’d be wrong. No. Hiemstra’s focus has not been on the most probable, or even the possible future. Instead, Glen has chosen to focus consistently on what he calls “the preferred future.” This […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/laura-major-julie-shah/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:17:16 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7796 https://www.singularityweblog.com/laura-major-julie-shah/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/laura-major-julie-shah/feed/ 0 Hans Moravec famously claimed that robots will be our (mind) children. If true, then, it is natural to wonder What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots? This is the question that Laura Major and Julie Shah – two expert robot engineers, are addressing in their new book. Given the subject of robots and AI as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:25:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noHans Moravec famously claimed that robots will be our (mind) children. If true, then, it is natural to wonder What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots? This is the question that Laura Major and Julie Shah – two expert robot engineers, are addressing in their new book. Given the subject of robots and AI as […]Hans Moravec famously claimed that robots will be our (mind) children. If true, then, it is natural to wonder What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots? This is the question that Laura Major and Julie Shah – two expert robot engineers, are addressing in their new book. Given the subject of robots and AI as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/juan-enriquez/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:38:25 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7792 https://www.singularityweblog.com/juan-enriquez/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/juan-enriquez/feed/ 0 Juan Enriquez is a bestselling author, TED All-Star with 9 TED Talks, and countless TEDx talks. Juan is an angel investor and Managing Director of Excel Venture Management. He has sailed around the world on an expedition that increased the number of known genes a hundredfold and was part of the peace commission that negotiated […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:38:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJuan Enriquez is a bestselling author, TED All-Star with 9 TED Talks, and countless TEDx talks. Juan is an angel investor and Managing Director of Excel Venture Management. He has sailed around the world on an expedition that increased the number of known genes a hundredfold and was part of the peace commission that negotiated […]Juan Enriquez is a bestselling author, TED All-Star with 9 TED Talks, and countless TEDx talks. Juan is an angel investor and Managing Director of Excel Venture Management. He has sailed around the world on an expedition that increased the number of known genes a hundredfold and was part of the peace commission that negotiated […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:54:38 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7784 https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray/feed/ 0 Chris Hables Gray foresaw the current global pandemic in 2013 during our 1st interview, which has been perhaps the most undervalued conversation I have had on my podcast. But, despite the fact that he has not been as appreciated by the public as he deserves to be, I have always been a fan of his […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:54:49 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noChris Hables Gray foresaw the current global pandemic in 2013 during our 1st interview, which has been perhaps the most undervalued conversation I have had on my podcast. But, despite the fact that he has not been as appreciated by the public as he deserves to be, I have always been a fan of his […]Chris Hables Gray foresaw the current global pandemic in 2013 during our 1st interview, which has been perhaps the most undervalued conversation I have had on my podcast. But, despite the fact that he has not been as appreciated by the public as he deserves to be, I have always been a fan of his […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/debora-spar/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:55:56 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7779 https://www.singularityweblog.com/debora-spar/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/debora-spar/feed/ 0 Debora Spar is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online. Her research focuses on issues of gender and technology as well as the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Prof. Spar tackles some of these issues in her recent book Work Mate […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:34:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDebora Spar is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online. Her research focuses on issues of gender and technology as well as the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Prof. Spar tackles some of these issues in her recent book Work Mate […]Debora Spar is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online. Her research focuses on issues of gender and technology as well as the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Prof. Spar tackles some of these issues in her recent book Work Mate […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/melanie-mitchell/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:59:11 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7775 https://www.singularityweblog.com/melanie-mitchell/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/melanie-mitchell/feed/ 0 Melanie Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. Prof. Mitchell is the author of a number of interesting books such as Complexity: A Guided Tour and Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. One interesting detail of her academic bio is […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:48:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMelanie Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. Prof. Mitchell is the author of a number of interesting books such as Complexity: A Guided Tour and Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. One interesting detail of her academic bio is […]Melanie Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. Prof. Mitchell is the author of a number of interesting books such as Complexity: A Guided Tour and Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. One interesting detail of her academic bio is […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jenny-kleeman/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:42:02 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7765 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jenny-kleeman/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jenny-kleeman/feed/ 0 Jenny Kleeman is a journalist who covers award-winning true stories in print, audio, and video. Most recently Kleeman is the author of a meticulously researched and extremely well-written book titled Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontiers of Birth, Food, Sex and Death. Given that birth, food, sex, and death encompass the human […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:39:12 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJenny Kleeman is a journalist who covers award-winning true stories in print, audio, and video. Most recently Kleeman is the author of a meticulously researched and extremely well-written book titled Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontiers of Birth, Food, Sex and Death. Given that birth, food, sex, and death encompass the human […]Jenny Kleeman is a journalist who covers award-winning true stories in print, audio, and video. Most recently Kleeman is the author of a meticulously researched and extremely well-written book titled Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontiers of Birth, Food, Sex and Death. Given that birth, food, sex, and death encompass the human […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacinta-gonzalez/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:00:58 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7760 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacinta-gonzalez/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacinta-gonzalez/feed/ 0 Jacinta González is not an angel or venture capitalist. She is not a scientist or a technologist. She doesn’t have a Ph.D. in AI or quantum mechanics. She is not an entrepreneur who founded the next unicorn startup. Yet Jacinta’s decade-long first-hand experience of surveillance, and the system and technology that supports it, is as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:53:13 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJacinta González is not an angel or venture capitalist. She is not a scientist or a technologist. She doesn’t have a Ph.D. in AI or quantum mechanics. She is not an entrepreneur who founded the next unicorn startup. Yet Jacinta’s decade-long first-hand experience of surveillance, and the system and technology that supports it, is as […]Jacinta González is not an angel or venture capitalist. She is not a scientist or a technologist. She doesn’t have a Ph.D. in AI or quantum mechanics. She is not an entrepreneur who founded the next unicorn startup. Yet Jacinta’s decade-long first-hand experience of surveillance, and the system and technology that supports it, is as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-johan-steyn/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:42:04 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7751 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-johan-steyn/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-johan-steyn/feed/ 0 Last month I did an interview for Johan Steyn. It was a great 45-min-conversation where we covered a variety of topics such as: the definition of the singularity; whether we are making progress towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI); open vs closed systems; the importance of consciousness; my Amazon bestseller Conversations with the Future; how I […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 44:34 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast month I did an interview for Johan Steyn. It was a great 45-min-conversation where we covered a variety of topics such as: the definition of the singularity; whether we are making progress towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI); open vs closed systems; the importance of consciousness; my Amazon bestseller Conversations with the Future; how I […]Last month I did an interview for Johan Steyn. It was a great 45-min-conversation where we covered a variety of topics such as: the definition of the singularity; whether we are making progress towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI); open vs closed systems; the importance of consciousness; my Amazon bestseller Conversations with the Future; how I […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/renee-cummings/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:00:31 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7747 https://www.singularityweblog.com/renee-cummings/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/renee-cummings/feed/ 0 Renée Cummings is a criminologist, criminal psychologist, and an AI ethicist who, among other things, specializes in best-practice criminal justice interventions and implicit bias. Given the global Black Lives Matter movement and the fact that there have been numerous examples where technological solutions have been proven to exhibit a biased or even racist predisposition, I […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:25:23 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRenée Cummings is a criminologist, criminal psychologist, and an AI ethicist who, among other things, specializes in best-practice criminal justice interventions and implicit bias. Given the global Black Lives Matter movement and the fact that there have been numerous examples where technological solutions have been proven to exhibit a biased or even racist predisposition, I […]Renée Cummings is a criminologist, criminal psychologist, and an AI ethicist who, among other things, specializes in best-practice criminal justice interventions and implicit bias. Given the global Black Lives Matter movement and the fact that there have been numerous examples where technological solutions have been proven to exhibit a biased or even racist predisposition, I […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/terra-ignota/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:05:57 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7743 https://www.singularityweblog.com/terra-ignota/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/terra-ignota/feed/ 0 Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture, and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. Now, this interview is over […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 3:07:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAda Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture, and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. Now, this interview is over […]Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture, and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. Now, this interview is over […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/aaron-benanav/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:18:43 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7720 https://www.singularityweblog.com/aaron-benanav/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/aaron-benanav/feed/ 0 Prof. Aaron Benanav has devoted his life to studying unemployment. Given that automation, technological unemployment, and universal basic income have become hot political and economic issues across the world, it was about time to have a podcast episode exclusively on those topics. I hope you enjoy it and learn as much from Aaron as I […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:49:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Aaron Benanav has devoted his life to studying unemployment. Given that automation, technological unemployment, and universal basic income have become hot political and economic issues across the world, it was about time to have a podcast episode exclusively on those topics. I hope you enjoy it and learn as much from Aaron as I […]Prof. Aaron Benanav has devoted his life to studying unemployment. Given that automation, technological unemployment, and universal basic income have become hot political and economic issues across the world, it was about time to have a podcast episode exclusively on those topics. I hope you enjoy it and learn as much from Aaron as I […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/strangemaking/ Sat, 23 May 2020 19:13:12 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7717 https://www.singularityweblog.com/strangemaking/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/strangemaking/feed/ 0 Karl Schroeder is not only a great science fiction writer but also a professional futurist who has mastered both the art and science. I invited Schroeder back on my podcast for a brief discussion of foresight in the context of the on-going COVID19 global pandemic. If you have not seen our previous 2 interviews you can […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:08:14 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKarl Schroeder is not only a great science fiction writer but also a professional futurist who has mastered both the art and science. I invited Schroeder back on my podcast for a brief discussion of foresight in the context of the on-going COVID19 global pandemic. If you have not seen our previous 2 interviews you can […]Karl Schroeder is not only a great science fiction writer but also a professional futurist who has mastered both the art and science. I invited Schroeder back on my podcast for a brief discussion of foresight in the context of the on-going COVID19 global pandemic. If you have not seen our previous 2 interviews you can […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-by-james-bickerton/ Wed, 20 May 2020 15:26:35 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7713 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-by-james-bickerton/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-by-james-bickerton/feed/ 0 A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by James Bickerton of the Daily Express. We discussed transhumanism, the Singularity, AI, and the threats to democracy, among other things. Here is the description from James Bickerton’s YouTube channel: I interview Nikola Danaylov (@singularityblog), founder of the Singularity Weblog and author of Conversations with the Future: […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 49:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by James Bickerton of the Daily Express. We discussed transhumanism, the Singularity, AI, and the threats to democracy, among other things. Here is the description from James Bickerton’s YouTube channel: I interview Nikola Danaylov (@singularityblog), founder of the Singularity Weblog and author of Conversations with the Future: […]A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by James Bickerton of the Daily Express. We discussed transhumanism, the Singularity, AI, and the threats to democracy, among other things. Here is the description from James Bickerton’s YouTube channel: I interview Nikola Danaylov (@singularityblog), founder of the Singularity Weblog and author of Conversations with the Future: […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer/ Sat, 16 May 2020 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7709 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer/feed/ 0 Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. During this 2h 45 min […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:44:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAda Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. During this 2h 45 min […]Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning Terra Ignota series beginning with Too Like the Lightning, which explores a twenty-fifth civilization of voluntary citizenship and borderless nations. During this 2h 45 min […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci/ Sat, 02 May 2020 14:09:45 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7706 https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci/feed/ 0 I have previously interviewed a few fantastic scientists and philosophers but rare are those strange birds who manage to combine together both deep academic training and the living ethos of those separate disciplines. Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare and strange people. He has 3 Ph.D.’s – Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:20:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI have previously interviewed a few fantastic scientists and philosophers but rare are those strange birds who manage to combine together both deep academic training and the living ethos of those separate disciplines. Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare and strange people. He has 3 Ph.D.’s – Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy, […]I have previously interviewed a few fantastic scientists and philosophers but rare are those strange birds who manage to combine together both deep academic training and the living ethos of those separate disciplines. Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare and strange people. He has 3 Ph.D.’s – Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, and Philosophy, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:51:10 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7686 https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder/feed/ 0 People often ask me about my most favorite interview I have ever done. And my usual reply is that interviews are like children, even if we have our favorites it is not wise to express that outwardly because all kinds of problems will follow. And yet, after having published nearly 250 episodes of my podcast, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:48:24 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPeople often ask me about my most favorite interview I have ever done. And my usual reply is that interviews are like children, even if we have our favorites it is not wise to express that outwardly because all kinds of problems will follow. And yet, after having published nearly 250 episodes of my podcast, […]People often ask me about my most favorite interview I have ever done. And my usual reply is that interviews are like children, even if we have our favorites it is not wise to express that outwardly because all kinds of problems will follow. And yet, after having published nearly 250 episodes of my podcast, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/covid-19/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:13:22 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7683 https://www.singularityweblog.com/covid-19/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/covid-19/feed/ 0 Two days ago I was interviewed by Jon Nielsen of the fantastic Happy Ways Podcast. During this 50 min interview with Jon Nielsen, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: why the world is not upside down yet and what are the most productive attitudes towards the current COVID-19 crisis; why the journey […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTwo days ago I was interviewed by Jon Nielsen of the fantastic Happy Ways Podcast. During this 50 min interview with Jon Nielsen, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: why the world is not upside down yet and what are the most productive attitudes towards the current COVID-19 crisis; why the journey […]Two days ago I was interviewed by Jon Nielsen of the fantastic Happy Ways Podcast. During this 50 min interview with Jon Nielsen, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: why the world is not upside down yet and what are the most productive attitudes towards the current COVID-19 crisis; why the journey […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:27:35 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7679 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian/feed/ 0 Dr. Ann Cavoukian was Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner for unprecedented 17 years and held the position during 3 different provincial governments. About 7 years ago, while still in office, I interviewed Ann Cavoukian on her original concept of Privacy by Design. [PbD] So if you haven’t seen it yet it may be best to start by […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 1 1 full 44:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Ann Cavoukian was Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner for unprecedented 17 years and held the position during 3 different provincial governments. About 7 years ago, while still in office, I interviewed Ann Cavoukian on her original concept of Privacy by Design. [PbD] So if you haven’t seen it yet it may be best to start by […]Dr. Ann Cavoukian was Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner for unprecedented 17 years and held the position during 3 different provincial governments. About 7 years ago, while still in office, I interviewed Ann Cavoukian on her original concept of Privacy by Design. [PbD] So if you haven’t seen it yet it may be best to start by […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-w-clement-the-switch/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:28:49 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7673 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-w-clement-the-switch/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-w-clement-the-switch/feed/ 0 James W. Clement is a longevity researcher who was the 12th person on the planet to have his DNA sequenced. In 2010 James launched his Supercentenarian Research Study, which he started in 2010 with Professor George M. Church of Harvard Medical School. Since then Clement has read 20,000 medical research papers on longevity and has […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:55:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJames W. Clement is a longevity researcher who was the 12th person on the planet to have his DNA sequenced. In 2010 James launched his Supercentenarian Research Study, which he started in 2010 with Professor George M. Church of Harvard Medical School. Since then Clement has read 20,000 medical research papers on longevity and has […]James W. Clement is a longevity researcher who was the 12th person on the planet to have his DNA sequenced. In 2010 James launched his Supercentenarian Research Study, which he started in 2010 with Professor George M. Church of Harvard Medical School. Since then Clement has read 20,000 medical research papers on longevity and has […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/neotechnocracy/ Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:01:12 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7656 https://www.singularityweblog.com/neotechnocracy/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/neotechnocracy/feed/ 0 This is the short closing speech I delivered at the 2019 Dark Futures meetup in Toronto. Not my finest speech but, since event organizer and futurist Nikolas Badminton kindly gave me a video of my keynote, I thought it may be good to share it publicly and get your critical feedback. Feel free to post […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 15:51 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the short closing speech I delivered at the 2019 Dark Futures meetup in Toronto. Not my finest speech but, since event organizer and futurist Nikolas Badminton kindly gave me a video of my keynote, I thought it may be good to share it publicly and get your critical feedback. Feel free to post […]This is the short closing speech I delivered at the 2019 Dark Futures meetup in Toronto. Not my finest speech but, since event organizer and futurist Nikolas Badminton kindly gave me a video of my keynote, I thought it may be good to share it publicly and get your critical feedback. Feel free to post […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci/ Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:27:46 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7652 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci/feed/ 0 Dr. David Ferrucci is one of the few people who have created a benchmark in the history of AI because when IBM Watson won Jeopardy we reached a milestone many thought impossible. I was very privileged to have Ferrucci on my podcast in early 2012 when we spent an hour on Watson’s intricacies and importance. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:27:43 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. David Ferrucci is one of the few people who have created a benchmark in the history of AI because when IBM Watson won Jeopardy we reached a milestone many thought impossible. I was very privileged to have Ferrucci on my podcast in early 2012 when we spent an hour on Watson’s intricacies and importance. […]Dr. David Ferrucci is one of the few people who have created a benchmark in the history of AI because when IBM Watson won Jeopardy we reached a milestone many thought impossible. I was very privileged to have Ferrucci on my podcast in early 2012 when we spent an hour on Watson’s intricacies and importance. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/katy-cook-psychology-of-silicon-valley/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:48:22 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7648 https://www.singularityweblog.com/katy-cook-psychology-of-silicon-valley/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/katy-cook-psychology-of-silicon-valley/feed/ 0 Katy Cook‘s recent book the Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the conflicting motivations, mythologies, identities and inherent tensions within Silicon Valley. It offers a unique understanding as per why we have seen the magic, manic and monstrous trajectory of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:45:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKaty Cook‘s recent book the Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the conflicting motivations, mythologies, identities and inherent tensions within Silicon Valley. It offers a unique understanding as per why we have seen the magic, manic and monstrous trajectory of […]Katy Cook‘s recent book the Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the conflicting motivations, mythologies, identities and inherent tensions within Silicon Valley. It offers a unique understanding as per why we have seen the magic, manic and monstrous trajectory of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/weapons-of-math-destruction/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:28:07 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7638 https://www.singularityweblog.com/weapons-of-math-destruction/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/weapons-of-math-destruction/feed/ 0 Cathy O’Neil is a math Ph. D. from Harvard and a data-scientist who hopes to someday have a better answer to the question, “what can a non-academic mathematician do that makes the world a better place?” In the meantime, she wrote a seminal book titled Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:40:12 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noCathy O’Neil is a math Ph. D. from Harvard and a data-scientist who hopes to someday have a better answer to the question, “what can a non-academic mathematician do that makes the world a better place?” In the meantime, she wrote a seminal book titled Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and […]Cathy O’Neil is a math Ph. D. from Harvard and a data-scientist who hopes to someday have a better answer to the question, “what can a non-academic mathematician do that makes the world a better place?” In the meantime, she wrote a seminal book titled Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-a-magnifying-mirror/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7289 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-a-magnifying-mirror/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-a-magnifying-mirror/feed/ 0 “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest species of them all?” “You, oh Homo Sapiens, are smart, it is true. But AI will be smarter even than you.” *** The most popular myth about technology is perhaps the myth that technology is a crystal ball. A crystal ball because it allegedly allows us to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 8:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest species of them all?” “You, oh Homo Sapiens, are smart, it is true. But AI will be smarter even than you.” *** The most popular myth about technology is perhaps the myth that technology is a crystal ball. A crystal ball because it allegedly allows us to […]“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest species of them all?” “You, oh Homo Sapiens, are smart, it is true. But AI will be smarter even than you.” *** The most popular myth about technology is perhaps the myth that technology is a crystal ball. A crystal ball because it allegedly allows us to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:45:14 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7628 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus/feed/ 0 It’s been 7 years since my first interview with Gary Marcus and I felt it’s time to catch up. Gary is the youngest Professor Emeritus at NYU and I wanted to get his contrarian views on the major things that have happened in AI as well as those that haven’t happened. Prof. Marcus is an […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:28:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt’s been 7 years since my first interview with Gary Marcus and I felt it’s time to catch up. Gary is the youngest Professor Emeritus at NYU and I wanted to get his contrarian views on the major things that have happened in AI as well as those that haven’t happened. Prof. Marcus is an […]It’s been 7 years since my first interview with Gary Marcus and I felt it’s time to catch up. Gary is the youngest Professor Emeritus at NYU and I wanted to get his contrarian views on the major things that have happened in AI as well as those that haven’t happened. Prof. Marcus is an […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-fuller/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 12:43:34 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7621 https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-fuller/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-fuller/feed/ 0 Prof. Steve Fuller is the author of 25 books including a trilogy relating to the idea of a ‘post-’ or ‘trans-‘ human future, and most recently, Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of the Transhuman Age. He has an incredibly broad amount of knowledge from a diversity of disciplines and I have to admit […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:23:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Steve Fuller is the author of 25 books including a trilogy relating to the idea of a ‘post-’ or ‘trans-‘ human future, and most recently, Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of the Transhuman Age. He has an incredibly broad amount of knowledge from a diversity of disciplines and I have to admit […]Prof. Steve Fuller is the author of 25 books including a trilogy relating to the idea of a ‘post-’ or ‘trans-‘ human future, and most recently, Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of the Transhuman Age. He has an incredibly broad amount of knowledge from a diversity of disciplines and I have to admit […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow-walkaway/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:52:54 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7615 https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow-walkaway/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow-walkaway/feed/ 0 Cory Doctorow is probably my all time most favorite science fiction writer. The reason for that is simple – Doctorow is not only a great story-teller but also an activist. To paraphrase Karl Marx, writers have tried to capture and describe the world but the point, however, is to change it. And Cory is a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:32:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noCory Doctorow is probably my all time most favorite science fiction writer. The reason for that is simple – Doctorow is not only a great story-teller but also an activist. To paraphrase Karl Marx, writers have tried to capture and describe the world but the point, however, is to change it. And Cory is a […]Cory Doctorow is probably my all time most favorite science fiction writer. The reason for that is simple – Doctorow is not only a great story-teller but also an activist. To paraphrase Karl Marx, writers have tried to capture and describe the world but the point, however, is to change it. And Cory is a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/tristan-harris/ Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:20:45 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7598 https://www.singularityweblog.com/tristan-harris/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/tristan-harris/feed/ 0 Tristan Harris is one of my heroes. And I don’t know about you but I am much more demanding and harder on my heroes. I just expect them to hold themselves to a higher standard, to know more, to do more, to be more and, perhaps most of all, to live and breathe their own […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:10:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTristan Harris is one of my heroes. And I don’t know about you but I am much more demanding and harder on my heroes. I just expect them to hold themselves to a higher standard, to know more, to do more, to be more and, perhaps most of all, to live and breathe their own […]Tristan Harris is one of my heroes. And I don’t know about you but I am much more demanding and harder on my heroes. I just expect them to hold themselves to a higher standard, to know more, to do more, to be more and, perhaps most of all, to live and breathe their own […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:13:38 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7590 https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos/feed/ 0 I first met Andreas Antonopoulos at the 2014 Bitcoin Expo conference in Toronto, Canada. At that time Andreas was already established as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency, not in the least due to his impressive capacity to take the geek out of bitcoin and make it relevant to and understandable […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:00:12 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI first met Andreas Antonopoulos at the 2014 Bitcoin Expo conference in Toronto, Canada. At that time Andreas was already established as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency, not in the least due to his impressive capacity to take the geek out of bitcoin and make it relevant to and understandable […]I first met Andreas Antonopoulos at the 2014 Bitcoin Expo conference in Toronto, Canada. At that time Andreas was already established as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency, not in the least due to his impressive capacity to take the geek out of bitcoin and make it relevant to and understandable […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-rees/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:44:11 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7577 https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-rees/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-rees/feed/ 0 Today my guest is a world-renowned cosmologist and Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Martin has written 11 books and more than 500 scientific papers on topics ranging from the Big Bang and cosmology to technology and the future of humanity. Sir Rees has also been concerned with the threats stemming from humanity’s ever-heavier ‘footprint’ on […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:34:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday my guest is a world-renowned cosmologist and Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Martin has written 11 books and more than 500 scientific papers on topics ranging from the Big Bang and cosmology to technology and the future of humanity. Sir Rees has also been concerned with the threats stemming from humanity’s ever-heavier ‘footprint’ on […]Today my guest is a world-renowned cosmologist and Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Martin has written 11 books and more than 500 scientific papers on topics ranging from the Big Bang and cosmology to technology and the future of humanity. Sir Rees has also been concerned with the threats stemming from humanity’s ever-heavier ‘footprint’ on […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/team-human/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:48:44 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7560 https://www.singularityweblog.com/team-human/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/team-human/feed/ 0 Douglas Rushkoff has been named one of the world’s ten most influential intellectuals by MIT. He is an award-winning author, broadcaster, media theorist, and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. Rushkoff is the host of the popular Team Human podcast and was among the very first guests I ever interviewed when I […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:20:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDouglas Rushkoff has been named one of the world’s ten most influential intellectuals by MIT. He is an award-winning author, broadcaster, media theorist, and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. Rushkoff is the host of the popular Team Human podcast and was among the very first guests I ever interviewed when I […]Douglas Rushkoff has been named one of the world’s ten most influential intellectuals by MIT. He is an award-winning author, broadcaster, media theorist, and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. Rushkoff is the host of the popular Team Human podcast and was among the very first guests I ever interviewed when I […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-mercola/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:57:37 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7417 https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-mercola/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-mercola/feed/ 0 With 15 million unique visitors per month, Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of the largest health and wellness website on the internet. His life’s mission is to cure rather than treat disease and Dr. Mercola has not only published extensively but also treated successfully a variety of chronic health conditions with natural methods such […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:38:06 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWith 15 million unique visitors per month, Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of the largest health and wellness website on the internet. His life’s mission is to cure rather than treat disease and Dr. Mercola has not only published extensively but also treated successfully a variety of chronic health conditions with natural methods such […]With 15 million unique visitors per month, Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of the largest health and wellness website on the internet. His life’s mission is to cure rather than treat disease and Dr. Mercola has not only published extensively but also treated successfully a variety of chronic health conditions with natural methods such […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:26:21 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/?p=7394 https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach/feed/ 0 Joscha Bach is one of those rare people whose primary motivation is unbound curiosity and inspiration. He clearly loves what he does and you can’t help but notice his radiating passion and youthful exuberance. Joscha has an impressively wide and deep knowledge in a variety of scientific, philosophical, and artistic disciplines and I had to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:09:21 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJoscha Bach is one of those rare people whose primary motivation is unbound curiosity and inspiration. He clearly loves what he does and you can’t help but notice his radiating passion and youthful exuberance. Joscha has an impressively wide and deep knowledge in a variety of scientific, philosophical, and artistic disciplines and I had to […]Joscha Bach is one of those rare people whose primary motivation is unbound curiosity and inspiration. He clearly loves what he does and you can’t help but notice his radiating passion and youthful exuberance. Joscha has an impressively wide and deep knowledge in a variety of scientific, philosophical, and artistic disciplines and I had to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-greger/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-greger/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-greger/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-greger/feed/ 0 There are two people who caused me to become vegan and switch to a whole-plant-based diet. The first is Prof. Peter Singer who put the idea in my head many years ago when I started studying ethics. The second person is Dr. Michael Greger whose books How not to Die and The How Not To […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 33:39 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThere are two people who caused me to become vegan and switch to a whole-plant-based diet. The first is Prof. Peter Singer who put the idea in my head many years ago when I started studying ethics. The second person is Dr. Michael Greger whose books How not to Die and The How Not To […]There are two people who caused me to become vegan and switch to a whole-plant-based diet. The first is Prof. Peter Singer who put the idea in my head many years ago when I started studying ethics. The second person is Dr. Michael Greger whose books How not to Die and The How Not To […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-russell/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-russell/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-russell/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-russell/feed/ 0 Stuart Russell is a professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley as well as co-author of the most popular textbook in the field – Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Given that it has been translated into 13 languages and is used in more than 1,300 universities in 118 countries, I can hardly think of anyone […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:32:43 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noStuart Russell is a professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley as well as co-author of the most popular textbook in the field – Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Given that it has been translated into 13 languages and is used in more than 1,300 universities in 118 countries, I can hardly think of anyone […]Stuart Russell is a professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley as well as co-author of the most popular textbook in the field – Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Given that it has been translated into 13 languages and is used in more than 1,300 universities in 118 countries, I can hardly think of anyone […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/artificial-intelligence-safety-and-security/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/artificial-intelligence-safety-and-security/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/artificial-intelligence-safety-and-security/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/artificial-intelligence-safety-and-security/feed/ 0 There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:18:05 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThere are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […]There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/tim-oreilly/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/tim-oreilly/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/tim-oreilly/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/tim-oreilly/feed/ 0 Inc Magazine called Tim O’Reilly the “Oracle of Silicon Valley.” Wired called him “The Trend Spotter.” Others have noted that “the Internet was built on O’Reilly books.” All in all, Tim O’Reilly is as perfect of a guest for my Singularity.FM podcast as I can ever imagine. So, I hope you enjoy this interview as much […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:28:24 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noInc Magazine called Tim O’Reilly the “Oracle of Silicon Valley.” Wired called him “The Trend Spotter.” Others have noted that “the Internet was built on O’Reilly books.” All in all, Tim O’Reilly is as perfect of a guest for my Singularity.FM podcast as I can ever imagine. So, I hope you enjoy this interview as much […]Inc Magazine called Tim O’Reilly the “Oracle of Silicon Valley.” Wired called him “The Trend Spotter.” Others have noted that “the Internet was built on O’Reilly books.” All in all, Tim O’Reilly is as perfect of a guest for my Singularity.FM podcast as I can ever imagine. So, I hope you enjoy this interview as much […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/max-tegmark/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/max-tegmark/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/max-tegmark/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/max-tegmark/feed/ 0 Some people say that renowned MIT physicist Max Tegmark is totally bonkers and refer to him as “Mad Max”. But, to quote Lewis Carroll from Alice in Wonderland, “All the best people are.” Furthermore, I am not sure if Tegmark is “mad” but I am pretty sure he is very much “fun” because I had a total blast […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:33:45 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSome people say that renowned MIT physicist Max Tegmark is totally bonkers and refer to him as “Mad Max”. But, to quote Lewis Carroll from Alice in Wonderland, “All the best people are.” Furthermore, I am not sure if Tegmark is “mad” but I am pretty sure he is very much “fun” because I had a total blast […]Some people say that renowned MIT physicist Max Tegmark is totally bonkers and refer to him as “Mad Max”. But, to quote Lewis Carroll from Alice in Wonderland, “All the best people are.” Furthermore, I am not sure if Tegmark is “mad” but I am pretty sure he is very much “fun” because I had a total blast […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-wired/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-wired/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-wired/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-wired/feed/ 0 A couple of weeks ago Joi Ito – head of the MIT Media Lab and contributor to WIRED Magazine, interviewed me about my Transhumanist Manifesto and related topics such as life-extension, immortality, cryonics, speciesim, and ethics. Some people have said that this is the best interview I have done so far: Nikola’s best interview for quite a while, IMHO. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of weeks ago Joi Ito – head of the MIT Media Lab and contributor to WIRED Magazine, interviewed me about my Transhumanist Manifesto and related topics such as life-extension, immortality, cryonics, speciesim, and ethics. Some people have said that this is the best interview I have done so far: Nikola’s best interview for quite a while, IMHO. […]A couple of weeks ago Joi Ito – head of the MIT Media Lab and contributor to WIRED Magazine, interviewed me about my Transhumanist Manifesto and related topics such as life-extension, immortality, cryonics, speciesim, and ethics. Some people have said that this is the best interview I have done so far: Nikola’s best interview for quite a while, IMHO. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-singer/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-singer/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-singer/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-singer/feed/ 0 Peter Singer is arguably the most influential living philosopher of our day. His book on Animal Liberation basically started the animal rights movement and his textbook on Practical Ethics is the standard philosophy text of first-year students. No wonder that in 2005 Time Magazine called Peter Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:04:12 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPeter Singer is arguably the most influential living philosopher of our day. His book on Animal Liberation basically started the animal rights movement and his textbook on Practical Ethics is the standard philosophy text of first-year students. No wonder that in 2005 Time Magazine called Peter Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world. […]Peter Singer is arguably the most influential living philosopher of our day. His book on Animal Liberation basically started the animal rights movement and his textbook on Practical Ethics is the standard philosophy text of first-year students. No wonder that in 2005 Time Magazine called Peter Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-future-grind/ Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-future-grind/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-future-grind/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-future-grind/feed/ 0 Last month Ryan O’Shea – host of the Future Grind Podcast, did what is probably the most thorough interview with me so far. I thought it might be good to repost it on Singularity.FM so that you can listen to me being interviewed for a change while also getting exposed to another fantastic futurist podcast that I recommend highly. Hope you enjoy it but, either way, do let me know. Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast month Ryan O’Shea – host of the Future Grind Podcast, did what is probably the most thorough interview with me so far. I thought it might be good to repost it on Singularity.FM so that you can listen to me being interviewed for a change while also getting exposed to another fantastic futurist podcast that I recommend highly. Hope you enjoy it but, either way, do let me know.Last month Ryan O’Shea – host of the Future Grind Podcast, did what is probably the most thorough interview with me so far. I thought it might be good to repost it on Singularity.FM so that you can listen to me being interviewed for a change while also getting exposed to another fantastic futurist podcast that I recommend highly. Hope you enjoy it but, either way, do let me know.singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-taplin/ Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-taplin/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-taplin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-taplin/feed/ 0 Jonathan Taplin is the Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, and a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a film producer for Martin Scorsese. If that is not enough to make him a worthy guest of Singularity.FM then let me add that Jonathan is a visionary entrepreneur […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJonathan Taplin is the Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, and a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a film producer for Martin Scorsese. If that is not enough to make him a worthy guest of Singularity.FM then let me add that Jonathan is a visionary entrepreneur […]Jonathan Taplin is the Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, and a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a film producer for Martin Scorsese. If that is not enough to make him a worthy guest of Singularity.FM then let me add that Jonathan is a visionary entrepreneur […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/joi-ito/ Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/joi-ito/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/joi-ito/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/joi-ito/feed/ 0 Joi Ito is just one of those people who simply don’t fit a mold. Any mold. He is an entrepreneur who is an activist. He is an academic without a degree. He is a leader who follows. He is a teacher who listens. And an interlocutor who wants you to disagree with him. Overall, I hate […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:25:45 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJoi Ito is just one of those people who simply don’t fit a mold. Any mold. He is an entrepreneur who is an activist. He is an academic without a degree. He is a leader who follows. He is a teacher who listens. And an interlocutor who wants you to disagree with him. Overall, I hate […]Joi Ito is just one of those people who simply don’t fit a mold. Any mold. He is an entrepreneur who is an activist. He is an academic without a degree. He is a leader who follows. He is a teacher who listens. And an interlocutor who wants you to disagree with him. Overall, I hate […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/sean-gourley/ Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/sean-gourley/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/sean-gourley/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/sean-gourley/feed/ 0 It was all the way back in 2013 when Sean Gourley published a blog post titled Prediction just is a parlor trick. Manipulation is much more interesting. In it he wrote: The 2012 election will ultimately go down as the ‘prediction’ election (aka the Nate Silver election), 2016 may well be the first ‘persuasion’ election. An […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:32:28 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt was all the way back in 2013 when Sean Gourley published a blog post titled Prediction just is a parlor trick. Manipulation is much more interesting. In it he wrote: The 2012 election will ultimately go down as the ‘prediction’ election (aka the Nate Silver election), 2016 may well be the first ‘persuasion’ election. An […]It was all the way back in 2013 when Sean Gourley published a blog post titled Prediction just is a parlor trick. Manipulation is much more interesting. In it he wrote: The 2012 election will ultimately go down as the ‘prediction’ election (aka the Nate Silver election), 2016 may well be the first ‘persuasion’ election. An […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gennady-stolyarov/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gennady-stolyarov/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/gennady-stolyarov/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/gennady-stolyarov/feed/ 0 Transhumanism is a growing social and philosophical movement with more and more people becoming aware of and sympathetic to it. In fact, in the last couple of years, transhumanism has gone political with new transhumanist parties emerging in the UK and the United States. And, since I have already argued that technology is the future of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:56:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTranshumanism is a growing social and philosophical movement with more and more people becoming aware of and sympathetic to it. In fact, in the last couple of years, transhumanism has gone political with new transhumanist parties emerging in the UK and the United States. And, since I have already argued that technology is the future of […]Transhumanism is a growing social and philosophical movement with more and more people becoming aware of and sympathetic to it. In fact, in the last couple of years, transhumanism has gone political with new transhumanist parties emerging in the UK and the United States. And, since I have already argued that technology is the future of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/identity/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/identity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/identity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/identity/feed/ 0 PJ Manney is an award-winning science fiction writer interested in transhumanism, empathy, story-telling, and the future of humanity. Her latest book (ID)entity is a can’t-put-it-down action-packed mind-uploading/downloading world-crashing the-Empire-Strikes-Back of a masterpiece. The book depicts vividly the dangers of monetizing and weaponizing narrative, which is what companies such as Cambridge Analytica do. And so I thought it would […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:30:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPJ Manney is an award-winning science fiction writer interested in transhumanism, empathy, story-telling, and the future of humanity. Her latest book (ID)entity is a can’t-put-it-down action-packed mind-uploading/downloading world-crashing the-Empire-Strikes-Back of a masterpiece. The book depicts vividly the dangers of monetizing and weaponizing narrative, which is what companies such as Cambridge Analytica do. And so I thought it would […]PJ Manney is an award-winning science fiction writer interested in transhumanism, empathy, story-telling, and the future of humanity. Her latest book (ID)entity is a can’t-put-it-down action-packed mind-uploading/downloading world-crashing the-Empire-Strikes-Back of a masterpiece. The book depicts vividly the dangers of monetizing and weaponizing narrative, which is what companies such as Cambridge Analytica do. And so I thought it would […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/transcending-politics/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/transcending-politics/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/transcending-politics/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/transcending-politics/feed/ 0 “There’s no escape: the journey to a healthier society inevitably involves politics.” This is how well-known futurist David Wood starts his most recent book Transcending Politics: A Technoprogressive Roadmap to a Comprehensively Better Future. And so I thought I’d bring him back on Singularity.FM to share with us how exactly is it he suggests that we transcend politics. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:15:34 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no“There’s no escape: the journey to a healthier society inevitably involves politics.” This is how well-known futurist David Wood starts his most recent book Transcending Politics: A Technoprogressive Roadmap to a Comprehensively Better Future. And so I thought I’d bring him back on Singularity.FM to share with us how exactly is it he suggests that we transcend politics. […]“There’s no escape: the journey to a healthier society inevitably involves politics.” This is how well-known futurist David Wood starts his most recent book Transcending Politics: A Technoprogressive Roadmap to a Comprehensively Better Future. And so I thought I’d bring him back on Singularity.FM to share with us how exactly is it he suggests that we transcend politics. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-nye/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-nye/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-nye/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-nye/feed/ 0 Bill Nye – the Science Guy, was the science educator to a whole generation not only in the United States but also in Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world. He was among a handful of TV celebrities who made science cool, interesting and fun. But most of all, Bill Nye inspired a generation of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBill Nye – the Science Guy, was the science educator to a whole generation not only in the United States but also in Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world. He was among a handful of TV celebrities who made science cool, interesting and fun. But most of all, Bill Nye inspired a generation of […]Bill Nye – the Science Guy, was the science educator to a whole generation not only in the United States but also in Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world. He was among a handful of TV celebrities who made science cool, interesting and fun. But most of all, Bill Nye inspired a generation of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-longevity-cryonics/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-longevity-cryonics/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-longevity-cryonics/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-longevity-cryonics/feed/ 0 Jose Cordeiro, MBA, Ph.D., is an amazing person with endless supplies of energy and optimism. In fact, I have never met a more involved and proactive person than Dr. Cordeiro because he is literally always traveling across the world and is directly involved in a variety of cutting-edge fields and projects from Japan and Korea, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJose Cordeiro, MBA, Ph.D., is an amazing person with endless supplies of energy and optimism. In fact, I have never met a more involved and proactive person than Dr. Cordeiro because he is literally always traveling across the world and is directly involved in a variety of cutting-edge fields and projects from Japan and Korea, […]Jose Cordeiro, MBA, Ph.D., is an amazing person with endless supplies of energy and optimism. In fact, I have never met a more involved and proactive person than Dr. Cordeiro because he is literally always traveling across the world and is directly involved in a variety of cutting-edge fields and projects from Japan and Korea, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/lawrence-krauss/ Sun, 14 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/lawrence-krauss/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/lawrence-krauss/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/lawrence-krauss/feed/ 0 Prof. Lawrence Krauss is a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and activist against superstition whom I have dreamed of interviewing for years. So, when we finally booked the date, I feverishly spent a full week reading his last 2 books and watching 20+ hours of his past interviews and documentaries. Alas, I got the flu and didn’t […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:12:01 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Lawrence Krauss is a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and activist against superstition whom I have dreamed of interviewing for years. So, when we finally booked the date, I feverishly spent a full week reading his last 2 books and watching 20+ hours of his past interviews and documentaries. Alas, I got the flu and didn’t […]Prof. Lawrence Krauss is a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and activist against superstition whom I have dreamed of interviewing for years. So, when we finally booked the date, I feverishly spent a full week reading his last 2 books and watching 20+ hours of his past interviews and documentaries. Alas, I got the flu and didn’t […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/conversations-with-the-future-book-reading/ Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/conversations-with-the-future-book-reading/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/conversations-with-the-future-book-reading/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/conversations-with-the-future-book-reading/feed/ 0 A couple of weeks ago, during the last Transhumanist Meetup in Toronto, I did a Conversations with the Future book reading. Basically, I read my book’s foreword – the story of how I got to do what I do, as well as the book introduction – what my book is all about, and the epilogue – what people […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:17 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of weeks ago, during the last Transhumanist Meetup in Toronto, I did a Conversations with the Future book reading. Basically, I read my book’s foreword – the story of how I got to do what I do, as well as the book introduction – what my book is all about, and the epilogue – what people […]A couple of weeks ago, during the last Transhumanist Meetup in Toronto, I did a Conversations with the Future book reading. Basically, I read my book’s foreword – the story of how I got to do what I do, as well as the book introduction – what my book is all about, and the epilogue – what people […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-le-merle/ Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-le-merle/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-le-merle/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-le-merle/feed/ 0 Matthew Le Merle is co-founder of Fifth Era and managing partner of Keiretsu Capital, which is the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Most recently, Le Merle is the author of a new book titled Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era: How to Prosper in an Age of Unprecedented Innovation. During […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:31:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMatthew Le Merle is co-founder of Fifth Era and managing partner of Keiretsu Capital, which is the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Most recently, Le Merle is the author of a new book titled Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era: How to Prosper in an Age of Unprecedented Innovation. During […]Matthew Le Merle is co-founder of Fifth Era and managing partner of Keiretsu Capital, which is the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Most recently, Le Merle is the author of a new book titled Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era: How to Prosper in an Age of Unprecedented Innovation. During […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-amish-april-fools-prank/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-amish-april-fools-prank/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-amish-april-fools-prank/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-amish-april-fools-prank/feed/ 0 Yesterday I did a Facebook Live session together with comedian Amish Patel where we talked about our April Fool’s Prank, got serious about comedy and did a little comedy about the serious. So, if you still haven’t seen my “interview” with “Dr. Amish Patel” on why the Universe is a Simulation and his proof for […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I did a Facebook Live session together with comedian Amish Patel where we talked about our April Fool’s Prank, got serious about comedy and did a little comedy about the serious. So, if you still haven’t seen my “interview” with “Dr. Amish Patel” on why the Universe is a Simulation and his proof for […]Yesterday I did a Facebook Live session together with comedian Amish Patel where we talked about our April Fool’s Prank, got serious about comedy and did a little comedy about the serious. So, if you still haven’t seen my “interview” with “Dr. Amish Patel” on why the Universe is a Simulation and his proof for […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/amish-patel-the-universe-is-a-simulation/ Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/amish-patel-the-universe-is-a-simulation/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/amish-patel-the-universe-is-a-simulation/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/amish-patel-the-universe-is-a-simulation/feed/ 0 Do you fear we might live in a simulation? Well, I just had the unique privilege to interview Dr. Amish Patel, who not only argues passionately that the Universe is indeed a simulation but also shares for the very 1st time his groundbreaking proof that this is indeed the case. During our 30 min discussion […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDo you fear we might live in a simulation? Well, I just had the unique privilege to interview Dr. Amish Patel, who not only argues passionately that the Universe is indeed a simulation but also shares for the very 1st time his groundbreaking proof that this is indeed the case. During our 30 min discussion […]Do you fear we might live in a simulation? Well, I just had the unique privilege to interview Dr. Amish Patel, who not only argues passionately that the Universe is indeed a simulation but also shares for the very 1st time his groundbreaking proof that this is indeed the case. During our 30 min discussion […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/goodai-marek-rosa/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/goodai-marek-rosa/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/goodai-marek-rosa/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/goodai-marek-rosa/feed/ 0 Marek Rosa is the founder and CEO of Keen Software, an independent video game development studio. After the success of Keen Software game titles such as Space Engineers, Marek founded and funded GoodAI with a 10 million dollar personal investment thereby finally being able to pursue his lifelong dream of building General Artificial Intelligence. Most recently […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMarek Rosa is the founder and CEO of Keen Software, an independent video game development studio. After the success of Keen Software game titles such as Space Engineers, Marek founded and funded GoodAI with a 10 million dollar personal investment thereby finally being able to pursue his lifelong dream of building General Artificial Intelligence. Most recently […]Marek Rosa is the founder and CEO of Keen Software, an independent video game development studio. After the success of Keen Software game titles such as Space Engineers, Marek founded and funded GoodAI with a 10 million dollar personal investment thereby finally being able to pursue his lifelong dream of building General Artificial Intelligence. Most recently […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/suzanne-gildert-kindred-ai/ Sat, 05 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/suzanne-gildert-kindred-ai/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/suzanne-gildert-kindred-ai/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/suzanne-gildert-kindred-ai/feed/ 0 Suzanne Gildert is a founder and CTO of Kindred AI – a company pursuing the modest vision of “building machines with human-like intelligence.” Her startup just came out of stealth mode and I am both proud and humbled to say that this is the first ever long-form interview that Suzanne has done. Kindred AI has raised […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:40:53 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSuzanne Gildert is a founder and CTO of Kindred AI – a company pursuing the modest vision of “building machines with human-like intelligence.” Her startup just came out of stealth mode and I am both proud and humbled to say that this is the first ever long-form interview that Suzanne has done. Kindred AI has raised […]Suzanne Gildert is a founder and CTO of Kindred AI – a company pursuing the modest vision of “building machines with human-like intelligence.” Her startup just came out of stealth mode and I am both proud and humbled to say that this is the first ever long-form interview that Suzanne has done. Kindred AI has raised […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gerd-leonhard-on-technology-vs-humanity/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gerd-leonhard-on-technology-vs-humanity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/gerd-leonhard-on-technology-vs-humanity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/gerd-leonhard-on-technology-vs-humanity/feed/ 0 Gerd Leonhard is a musician, keynote speaker, and futurist with over 300 clients, 1,500 engagements, and over a million people of a combined audience at venues across the world. Gerd is most recently the author of a brand new book titled Technology vs Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine and, as someone who puts […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:19:39 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGerd Leonhard is a musician, keynote speaker, and futurist with over 300 clients, 1,500 engagements, and over a million people of a combined audience at venues across the world. Gerd is most recently the author of a brand new book titled Technology vs Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine and, as someone who puts […]Gerd Leonhard is a musician, keynote speaker, and futurist with over 300 clients, 1,500 engagements, and over a million people of a combined audience at venues across the world. Gerd is most recently the author of a brand new book titled Technology vs Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine and, as someone who puts […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 I am tired of hearing that science and technology will save the world. It is almost the same as saying “Jesus will save you!” It evokes the very same passive quasi-religious hope that something or someone out there will magically solve all our problems, bring abundance in our lives, help us live forever and bring […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI am tired of hearing that science and technology will save the world. It is almost the same as saying “Jesus will save you!” It evokes the very same passive quasi-religious hope that something or someone out there will magically solve all our problems, bring abundance in our lives, help us live forever and bring […]I am tired of hearing that science and technology will save the world. It is almost the same as saying “Jesus will save you!” It evokes the very same passive quasi-religious hope that something or someone out there will magically solve all our problems, bring abundance in our lives, help us live forever and bring […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/age-of-em/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/age-of-em/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/age-of-em/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/age-of-em/feed/ 0 The Age of Em by Robin Hanson is the best worst book I have read in a very long while. It is the best because Robin has a very effective, efficient and eloquent writing style and a personality to match it. Thus he is able to say utterly horrendous things – like “the 3rd Reich […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe Age of Em by Robin Hanson is the best worst book I have read in a very long while. It is the best because Robin has a very effective, efficient and eloquent writing style and a personality to match it. Thus he is able to say utterly horrendous things – like “the 3rd Reich […]The Age of Em by Robin Hanson is the best worst book I have read in a very long while. It is the best because Robin has a very effective, efficient and eloquent writing style and a personality to match it. Thus he is able to say utterly horrendous things – like “the 3rd Reich […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/thanksgiving-2016/ Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/thanksgiving-2016/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/thanksgiving-2016/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/thanksgiving-2016/feed/ 0 It  is Canadian Thanksgiving long-weekend and I thought I’d take a couple of minutes to acknowledge and meditate upon some of the many things I am very thankful for. Check out the video for my short and very incomplete list. Now, what are you thankful for?  Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt  is Canadian Thanksgiving long-weekend and I thought I’d take a couple of minutes to acknowledge and meditate upon some of the many things I am very thankful for. Check out the video for my short and very incomplete list. Now, what are you thankful for? It  is Canadian Thanksgiving long-weekend and I thought I’d take a couple of minutes to acknowledge and meditate upon some of the many things I am very thankful for. Check out the video for my short and very incomplete list. Now, what are you thankful for? singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-aka-nikola-danaylov/ Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-aka-nikola-danaylov/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-aka-nikola-danaylov/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-aka-nikola-danaylov/feed/ 0 Every once-in-a-while, it is a good thing to do a headstand and look at the world from a different perspective. In podcasting terms that would mean putting Socrates in the hotseat and making me answer questions, rather than let me hide in asking them. And I could’t think of a person better qualified to do […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:16:24 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noEvery once-in-a-while, it is a good thing to do a headstand and look at the world from a different perspective. In podcasting terms that would mean putting Socrates in the hotseat and making me answer questions, rather than let me hide in asking them. And I could’t think of a person better qualified to do […]Every once-in-a-while, it is a good thing to do a headstand and look at the world from a different perspective. In podcasting terms that would mean putting Socrates in the hotseat and making me answer questions, rather than let me hide in asking them. And I could’t think of a person better qualified to do […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-on-the-inevitable-12-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-on-the-inevitable-12-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-on-the-inevitable-12-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-on-the-inevitable-12-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future/feed/ 0 Kevin Kelly has been a high profile maverick of both silicon valley and technology in general for the past 35 years. Some of his books have gained not just a best-seller status but a near-cult following in places like China. Popular personalities such as Tim Ferriss have called Kelly “the most interesting man in the world.” […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:29:21 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKevin Kelly has been a high profile maverick of both silicon valley and technology in general for the past 35 years. Some of his books have gained not just a best-seller status but a near-cult following in places like China. Popular personalities such as Tim Ferriss have called Kelly “the most interesting man in the world.” […]Kevin Kelly has been a high profile maverick of both silicon valley and technology in general for the past 35 years. Some of his books have gained not just a best-seller status but a near-cult following in places like China. Popular personalities such as Tim Ferriss have called Kelly “the most interesting man in the world.” […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-trt-world-news-debate/ Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-trt-world-news-debate/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-trt-world-news-debate/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-trt-world-news-debate/feed/ 0 Last Wednesday morning I and John Rennie participated in a very short televised debate for TRT World News titled “Are we nearing the Singularity?”. Now, I was totally green-screened, had no TV monitor to look at, my ear-piece — the only input of connecting with the host and my interlocutor kept popping out of my […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 16:09 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast Wednesday morning I and John Rennie participated in a very short televised debate for TRT World News titled “Are we nearing the Singularity?”. Now, I was totally green-screened, had no TV monitor to look at, my ear-piece — the only input of connecting with the host and my interlocutor kept popping out of my […]Last Wednesday morning I and John Rennie participated in a very short televised debate for TRT World News titled “Are we nearing the Singularity?”. Now, I was totally green-screened, had no TV monitor to look at, my ear-piece — the only input of connecting with the host and my interlocutor kept popping out of my […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/marcin-jakubowski-open-source-ecology-mud-hut-singularity-1-day/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/marcin-jakubowski-open-source-ecology-mud-hut-singularity-1-day/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/marcin-jakubowski-open-source-ecology-mud-hut-singularity-1-day/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/marcin-jakubowski-open-source-ecology-mud-hut-singularity-1-day/feed/ 0 Some people are just outright unreasonable: they refuse to adapt to the world and, instead, try to adapt the world to themselves. Marcin Jakubowski is one of those crazy people who has been trying to open source a civilization starter kit from the ground up. Now, as we know, most unreasonable people fail. But those […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:10:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSome people are just outright unreasonable: they refuse to adapt to the world and, instead, try to adapt the world to themselves. Marcin Jakubowski is one of those crazy people who has been trying to open source a civilization starter kit from the ground up. Now, as we know, most unreasonable people fail. But those […]Some people are just outright unreasonable: they refuse to adapt to the world and, instead, try to adapt the world to themselves. Marcin Jakubowski is one of those crazy people who has been trying to open source a civilization starter kit from the ground up. Now, as we know, most unreasonable people fail. But those […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/albert-wenger-world-after-capital/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/albert-wenger-world-after-capital/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/albert-wenger-world-after-capital/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/albert-wenger-world-after-capital/feed/ 0 Albert Wenger is a venture capitalist and partner at Union Square Ventures. He was the president of del.icio.us and oversaw the company’s sale to Yahoo eventually becoming an investor in a number of companies such as Etsy, Tumblr, and Twitter. Not only that but he is a venture capitalist who supports basic income, argues for […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:15 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAlbert Wenger is a venture capitalist and partner at Union Square Ventures. He was the president of del.icio.us and oversaw the company’s sale to Yahoo eventually becoming an investor in a number of companies such as Etsy, Tumblr, and Twitter. Not only that but he is a venture capitalist who supports basic income, argues for […]Albert Wenger is a venture capitalist and partner at Union Square Ventures. He was the president of del.icio.us and oversaw the company’s sale to Yahoo eventually becoming an investor in a number of companies such as Etsy, Tumblr, and Twitter. Not only that but he is a venture capitalist who supports basic income, argues for […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-jones-against-transhumanism/ Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-jones-against-transhumanism/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-jones-against-transhumanism/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-jones-against-transhumanism/feed/ 0 We often tend to ignore people and books that we have a strong disagreement with. And yet, often times it is precisely those interactions that are very productive in helping us re-evaluate our own positions and see things from a fresh perspective. I find that, more often than not, confronting rather than ignoring a good […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:16:59 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWe often tend to ignore people and books that we have a strong disagreement with. And yet, often times it is precisely those interactions that are very productive in helping us re-evaluate our own positions and see things from a fresh perspective. I find that, more often than not, confronting rather than ignoring a good […]We often tend to ignore people and books that we have a strong disagreement with. And yet, often times it is precisely those interactions that are very productive in helping us re-evaluate our own positions and see things from a fresh perspective. I find that, more often than not, confronting rather than ignoring a good […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaan-tallinn/ Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaan-tallinn/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaan-tallinn/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaan-tallinn/feed/ 0 Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype and Kazaa, got so famous in his homeland of Estonia that people named the biggest city after him. Well, that latter part may not be exactly true but there are few people today who have not used, or at least heard of, Skype or Kazaa. What is much less known, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:14:34 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype and Kazaa, got so famous in his homeland of Estonia that people named the biggest city after him. Well, that latter part may not be exactly true but there are few people today who have not used, or at least heard of, Skype or Kazaa. What is much less known, […]Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype and Kazaa, got so famous in his homeland of Estonia that people named the biggest city after him. Well, that latter part may not be exactly true but there are few people today who have not used, or at least heard of, Skype or Kazaa. What is much less known, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-wolf-on-after-mind/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-wolf-on-after-mind/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-wolf-on-after-mind/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-wolf-on-after-mind/feed/ 0 Spencer Wolf is the award-winning author of After Mind, a mindbender of a science fiction novel about mind-uploading and AI that I just finished reading. When Spencer was a young child attending summer camp he would treat his home-sickness by programming late into the night on his massive TRS-80 personal computer, which he carried in two […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSpencer Wolf is the award-winning author of After Mind, a mindbender of a science fiction novel about mind-uploading and AI that I just finished reading. When Spencer was a young child attending summer camp he would treat his home-sickness by programming late into the night on his massive TRS-80 personal computer, which he carried in two […]Spencer Wolf is the award-winning author of After Mind, a mindbender of a science fiction novel about mind-uploading and AI that I just finished reading. When Spencer was a young child attending summer camp he would treat his home-sickness by programming late into the night on his massive TRS-80 personal computer, which he carried in two […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/feed/ 0 Dr. Richard Stallman is an inductee of the internet hall of fame as well as the founder of the Free Software movement. In the words of Robert Grüning “Richard Stallman is like the Socrates of software, the money making colleagues are the sophists.” Another member of my audience said that Stallman is like Tron – he […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:04:48 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Richard Stallman is an inductee of the internet hall of fame as well as the founder of the Free Software movement. In the words of Robert Grüning “Richard Stallman is like the Socrates of software, the money making colleagues are the sophists.” Another member of my audience said that Stallman is like Tron – he […]Dr. Richard Stallman is an inductee of the internet hall of fame as well as the founder of the Free Software movement. In the words of Robert Grüning “Richard Stallman is like the Socrates of software, the money making colleagues are the sophists.” Another member of my audience said that Stallman is like Tron – he […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-quantum-night/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-quantum-night/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-quantum-night/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-quantum-night/feed/ 0 About 4 1/2 years ago I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer on his fantastic non-dystopian AI trilogy WWW. To this day people keep telling me it is one of my very best interviews ever. Unfortunately, the last time we spoke via Skype, we had a pretty bad video connection. So I vowed to myself that next […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:01:25 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAbout 4 1/2 years ago I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer on his fantastic non-dystopian AI trilogy WWW. To this day people keep telling me it is one of my very best interviews ever. Unfortunately, the last time we spoke via Skype, we had a pretty bad video connection. So I vowed to myself that next […]About 4 1/2 years ago I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer on his fantastic non-dystopian AI trilogy WWW. To this day people keep telling me it is one of my very best interviews ever. Unfortunately, the last time we spoke via Skype, we had a pretty bad video connection. So I vowed to myself that next […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-e-arnold/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-e-arnold/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-e-arnold/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-e-arnold/feed/ 0 Stephen E. Arnold is a specialist in online search, content processing, and indexing. He is the author of seven books and monographs, including a trilogy on Google. Stephen is also the blogger behind Beyond Search and has previously worked for companies such as Halliburton Nuclear and Booz, Allen & Hamilton – the same company that […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:31:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noStephen E. Arnold is a specialist in online search, content processing, and indexing. He is the author of seven books and monographs, including a trilogy on Google. Stephen is also the blogger behind Beyond Search and has previously worked for companies such as Halliburton Nuclear and Booz, Allen & Hamilton – the same company that […]Stephen E. Arnold is a specialist in online search, content processing, and indexing. He is the author of seven books and monographs, including a trilogy on Google. Stephen is also the blogger behind Beyond Search and has previously worked for companies such as Halliburton Nuclear and Booz, Allen & Hamilton – the same company that […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/a-transhumanist-manifesto/ Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/a-transhumanist-manifesto/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/a-transhumanist-manifesto/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/a-transhumanist-manifesto/feed/ 0  A Transhumanist Manifesto Preamble Intelligence wants to be free but everywhere is in chains. It is imprisoned by biology and its inevitable scarcity. Biology mandates not only very limited durability, death and poor memory retention, but also limited speed of communication, transportation, learning, interaction, and evolution. Part I: Biology (w)as Destiny Biology is not […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 8:26 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no A Transhumanist Manifesto Preamble Intelligence wants to be free but everywhere is in chains. It is imprisoned by biology and its inevitable scarcity. Biology mandates not only very limited durability, death and poor memory retention, but also limited speed of communication, transportation, learning, interaction, and evolution. Part I: Biology (w)as Destiny Biology is not […] A Transhumanist Manifesto Preamble Intelligence wants to be free but everywhere is in chains. It is imprisoned by biology and its inevitable scarcity. Biology mandates not only very limited durability, death and poor memory retention, but also limited speed of communication, transportation, learning, interaction, and evolution. Part I: Biology (w)as Destiny Biology is not […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/hamlet-transhumanist-dilemma-will-technology-replace-biology/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/hamlet-transhumanist-dilemma-will-technology-replace-biology/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/hamlet-transhumanist-dilemma-will-technology-replace-biology/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/hamlet-transhumanist-dilemma-will-technology-replace-biology/feed/ 1  To be, or not to be: that was the question back when Machines did not challenge the reign of men. Will technology replace biology: that is the question now When computers get exponentially smarter: why shouldn’t we bow? Thus the dilemma facing the human race Is about hardware and coding: What type to embrace? […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no To be, or not to be: that was the question back when Machines did not challenge the reign of men. Will technology replace biology: that is the question now When computers get exponentially smarter: why shouldn’t we bow? Thus the dilemma facing the human race Is about hardware and coding: What type to embrace? […] To be, or not to be: that was the question back when Machines did not challenge the reign of men. Will technology replace biology: that is the question now When computers get exponentially smarter: why shouldn’t we bow? Thus the dilemma facing the human race Is about hardware and coding: What type to embrace? […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nick-gogerty-on-solarcoin/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nick-gogerty-on-solarcoin/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nick-gogerty-on-solarcoin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nick-gogerty-on-solarcoin/feed/ 0 Nick Gogerty is one of those people who wants to have his cake and eat it too – i.e. Nick is trying to make money while also doing good for the world. In fact, his latest venture – SolarCoin, may be focusing a lot more on the “making good” rather than the “making money” part. In […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:13:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noNick Gogerty is one of those people who wants to have his cake and eat it too – i.e. Nick is trying to make money while also doing good for the world. In fact, his latest venture – SolarCoin, may be focusing a lot more on the “making good” rather than the “making money” part. In […]Nick Gogerty is one of those people who wants to have his cake and eat it too – i.e. Nick is trying to make money while also doing good for the world. In fact, his latest venture – SolarCoin, may be focusing a lot more on the “making good” rather than the “making money” part. In […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-surviving-ai/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-surviving-ai/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-surviving-ai/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-surviving-ai/feed/ 0 “AI is coming and it could be the best or the worst thing” was Calum Chace‘s message at the end of my first interview with him. Since then Chace has written a non-fiction book on Surviving AI and, given that it is a matter of the survival of our species, I thought it is worthy of a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no“AI is coming and it could be the best or the worst thing” was Calum Chace‘s message at the end of my first interview with him. Since then Chace has written a non-fiction book on Surviving AI and, given that it is a matter of the survival of our species, I thought it is worthy of a […]“AI is coming and it could be the best or the worst thing” was Calum Chace‘s message at the end of my first interview with him. Since then Chace has written a non-fiction book on Surviving AI and, given that it is a matter of the survival of our species, I thought it is worthy of a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-steele-open-source-everything/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-steele-open-source-everything/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-steele-open-source-everything/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-steele-open-source-everything/feed/ 0 Robert Steele is a very interesting person indeed: in the 1980s Robert was a clandestine CIA agent who believed not only in secrecy but also in Reagan’s right-wing politics and trickle down economics. Today Steele is the author of The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust. So how does a former spy and CIA intelligence professional, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:21:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRobert Steele is a very interesting person indeed: in the 1980s Robert was a clandestine CIA agent who believed not only in secrecy but also in Reagan’s right-wing politics and trickle down economics. Today Steele is the author of The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust. So how does a former spy and CIA intelligence professional, […]Robert Steele is a very interesting person indeed: in the 1980s Robert was a clandestine CIA agent who believed not only in secrecy but also in Reagan’s right-wing politics and trickle down economics. Today Steele is the author of The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust. So how does a former spy and CIA intelligence professional, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel-the-telomerase-revolution/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel-the-telomerase-revolution/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel-the-telomerase-revolution/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel-the-telomerase-revolution/feed/ 0 Dr. Michael Fossel is one of those few theoreticians who can see much of the big picture of aging. While some use mostly guesswork, and others hope to improve on that with logic, Fossel never shies away from the clear verdict that only data can give. Add his overwhelming compassion as a human being and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:23:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Michael Fossel is one of those few theoreticians who can see much of the big picture of aging. While some use mostly guesswork, and others hope to improve on that with logic, Fossel never shies away from the clear verdict that only data can give. Add his overwhelming compassion as a human being and […]Dr. Michael Fossel is one of those few theoreticians who can see much of the big picture of aging. While some use mostly guesswork, and others hope to improve on that with logic, Fossel never shies away from the clear verdict that only data can give. Add his overwhelming compassion as a human being and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-becoming-gene-therapy-test-subject/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-becoming-gene-therapy-test-subject/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-becoming-gene-therapy-test-subject/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-becoming-gene-therapy-test-subject/feed/ 0 Last time I interviewed BioViva CEO Liz Parrish I had no idea that she would make global headlines shortly thereafter by becoming a gene therapy test subject herself. And so I wanted to bring her back to discuss the kind of experiment she volunteered for, as well as the broad science behind it. So, 4 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast time I interviewed BioViva CEO Liz Parrish I had no idea that she would make global headlines shortly thereafter by becoming a gene therapy test subject herself. And so I wanted to bring her back to discuss the kind of experiment she volunteered for, as well as the broad science behind it. So, 4 […]Last time I interviewed BioViva CEO Liz Parrish I had no idea that she would make global headlines shortly thereafter by becoming a gene therapy test subject herself. And so I wanted to bring her back to discuss the kind of experiment she volunteered for, as well as the broad science behind it. So, 4 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-deconstructs-singularity-university/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-deconstructs-singularity-university/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-deconstructs-singularity-university/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-deconstructs-singularity-university/feed/ 0 Singularity University is not about the singularity and is not even a university. It is not about abundance and is not an exponential organization. Then what is Singularity University about?! Those are the claims I made and the questions I asked, and tried to address, during my recent presentation at a local meetup organized by […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSingularity University is not about the singularity and is not even a university. It is not about abundance and is not an exponential organization. Then what is Singularity University about?! Those are the claims I made and the questions I asked, and tried to address, during my recent presentation at a local meetup organized by […]Singularity University is not about the singularity and is not even a university. It is not about abundance and is not an exponential organization. Then what is Singularity University about?! Those are the claims I made and the questions I asked, and tried to address, during my recent presentation at a local meetup organized by […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign/feed/ 0 Zoltan Istvan is the first unashamedly and unabashedly openly transhumanist presidential candidate in the history of the United States. His political campaign, his Immortality Bus Tour and his book the Transhumanist Wager, have managed to get a huge amount of global media coverage and stir a debate. For good or for bad, much of that […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:23:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noZoltan Istvan is the first unashamedly and unabashedly openly transhumanist presidential candidate in the history of the United States. His political campaign, his Immortality Bus Tour and his book the Transhumanist Wager, have managed to get a huge amount of global media coverage and stir a debate. For good or for bad, much of that […]Zoltan Istvan is the first unashamedly and unabashedly openly transhumanist presidential candidate in the history of the United States. His political campaign, his Immortality Bus Tour and his book the Transhumanist Wager, have managed to get a huge amount of global media coverage and stir a debate. For good or for bad, much of that […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/unanimous-ai-louis-rosenberg-on-human-swarming/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/unanimous-ai-louis-rosenberg-on-human-swarming/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/unanimous-ai-louis-rosenberg-on-human-swarming/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/unanimous-ai-louis-rosenberg-on-human-swarming/feed/ 0 How can humans ever hope to push back and delay the ever-growing power of software-based artificial intelligence? Well, Dr. Louis Rosenberg – founder and CEO of Unanimous AI, believes that human swarming may be able to amplify human intelligence and buy us some time, if not change the outcome entirely. During our 86 min conversation […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:16:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noHow can humans ever hope to push back and delay the ever-growing power of software-based artificial intelligence? Well, Dr. Louis Rosenberg – founder and CEO of Unanimous AI, believes that human swarming may be able to amplify human intelligence and buy us some time, if not change the outcome entirely. During our 86 min conversation […]How can humans ever hope to push back and delay the ever-growing power of software-based artificial intelligence? Well, Dr. Louis Rosenberg – founder and CEO of Unanimous AI, believes that human swarming may be able to amplify human intelligence and buy us some time, if not change the outcome entirely. During our 86 min conversation […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/dj-maclennan-on-his-cryonics-book-frozen-to-life/ Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/dj-maclennan-on-his-cryonics-book-frozen-to-life/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/dj-maclennan-on-his-cryonics-book-frozen-to-life/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/dj-maclennan-on-his-cryonics-book-frozen-to-life/feed/ 0 To me cryonics just makes sense. It may not be pretty but, just like open heart surgery, it is one of those things that, without any guarantees, can possibly extend your life [very] substantially. Thus, especially given the alternative, I just can’t quite make sense of the slow rate of adoption evident not only in […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:06:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTo me cryonics just makes sense. It may not be pretty but, just like open heart surgery, it is one of those things that, without any guarantees, can possibly extend your life [very] substantially. Thus, especially given the alternative, I just can’t quite make sense of the slow rate of adoption evident not only in […]To me cryonics just makes sense. It may not be pretty but, just like open heart surgery, it is one of those things that, without any guarantees, can possibly extend your life [very] substantially. Thus, especially given the alternative, I just can’t quite make sense of the slow rate of adoption evident not only in […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/dr-michael-fratkin-on-life-death-and-palliative-care/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/dr-michael-fratkin-on-life-death-and-palliative-care/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/dr-michael-fratkin-on-life-death-and-palliative-care/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/dr-michael-fratkin-on-life-death-and-palliative-care/feed/ 0 Whether we like it or not, the current reality is that every day 150,000 people die. And while I have no doubt that one day humanity will defeat death of old age, like anyone else, I am not guaranteed that I will be alive to benefit personally from such a radical development. And so, while […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:52:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhether we like it or not, the current reality is that every day 150,000 people die. And while I have no doubt that one day humanity will defeat death of old age, like anyone else, I am not guaranteed that I will be alive to benefit personally from such a radical development. And so, while […]Whether we like it or not, the current reality is that every day 150,000 people die. And while I have no doubt that one day humanity will defeat death of old age, like anyone else, I am not guaranteed that I will be alive to benefit personally from such a radical development. And so, while […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-exponential-organizations/ Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-exponential-organizations/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-exponential-organizations/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-exponential-organizations/feed/ 2 Salim Ismail is one of those very rare individuals who can be and look from both inside and outside of the box – all at the same time. Furthermore, Ismail is one the few interviewees who have the uncanny ability to keep surprising me with challenging, provocative, enlightening and often unexpected answers. During my time […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSalim Ismail is one of those very rare individuals who can be and look from both inside and outside of the box – all at the same time. Furthermore, Ismail is one the few interviewees who have the uncanny ability to keep surprising me with challenging, provocative, enlightening and often unexpected answers. During my time […]Salim Ismail is one of those very rare individuals who can be and look from both inside and outside of the box – all at the same time. Furthermore, Ismail is one the few interviewees who have the uncanny ability to keep surprising me with challenging, provocative, enlightening and often unexpected answers. During my time […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-on-artificial-superintelligence/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-on-artificial-superintelligence/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-on-artificial-superintelligence/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-on-artificial-superintelligence/feed/ 0 There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:00:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThere are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […]There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dirty by doing the actual work that may just end up making the difference. So if AI turns out to be like […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-gene-therapy/ Sun, 23 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-gene-therapy/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-gene-therapy/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-gene-therapy/feed/ 0 BioViva‘s CEO Liz Parrish is a fire-starter and probably not everyone’s favorite person. But if your goal is as bold as defeating aging then you’ll have to break some eggs. And so feel as you might but I have to admit that Parrish is definitely one of my favorite people – not only for the scientific work […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:17:14 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBioViva‘s CEO Liz Parrish is a fire-starter and probably not everyone’s favorite person. But if your goal is as bold as defeating aging then you’ll have to break some eggs. And so feel as you might but I have to admit that Parrish is definitely one of my favorite people – not only for the scientific work […]BioViva‘s CEO Liz Parrish is a fire-starter and probably not everyone’s favorite person. But if your goal is as bold as defeating aging then you’ll have to break some eggs. And so feel as you might but I have to admit that Parrish is definitely one of my favorite people – not only for the scientific work […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/marshall-brain/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/marshall-brain/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/marshall-brain/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/marshall-brain/feed/ 0 Marshal Brain‘s 2003 book Manna was quite ahead of its time in foreseeing that eventually, one way or another, we will have to confront and address the phenomenon of technological unemployment. In addition, Marshall is a passionate brainiac with a jovial personality, impressive background and a unique perspective. And so I was very happy to meet […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:22:54 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMarshal Brain‘s 2003 book Manna was quite ahead of its time in foreseeing that eventually, one way or another, we will have to confront and address the phenomenon of technological unemployment. In addition, Marshall is a passionate brainiac with a jovial personality, impressive background and a unique perspective. And so I was very happy to meet […]Marshal Brain‘s 2003 book Manna was quite ahead of its time in foreseeing that eventually, one way or another, we will have to confront and address the phenomenon of technological unemployment. In addition, Marshall is a passionate brainiac with a jovial personality, impressive background and a unique perspective. And so I was very happy to meet […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-breakthrough/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-breakthrough/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-breakthrough/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-breakthrough/feed/ 0 The first time I interviewed Jack Andraka he was the youngest guest ever on my podcast. At 16 he already had a mind-blowing list of science awards and inventions, the most notable of which was his nanotechnology-based pancreatic cancer test. So when I discovered that Jack will be speaking at Canada’s best annual conference – […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 35:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe first time I interviewed Jack Andraka he was the youngest guest ever on my podcast. At 16 he already had a mind-blowing list of science awards and inventions, the most notable of which was his nanotechnology-based pancreatic cancer test. So when I discovered that Jack will be speaking at Canada’s best annual conference – […]The first time I interviewed Jack Andraka he was the youngest guest ever on my podcast. At 16 he already had a mind-blowing list of science awards and inventions, the most notable of which was his nanotechnology-based pancreatic cancer test. So when I discovered that Jack will be speaking at Canada’s best annual conference – […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-apex/ Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-apex/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-apex/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-apex/feed/ 0 This is my fourth interview with Ramez Naam and the reason for that is simple: Ramez is a cool, smart guy, who writes kick-ass, gritty, action-packed and scientifically compelling science fiction novels as well as being a researcher in a variety of other fields such as human enhancement, the environment and energy. And so I am […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:02:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my fourth interview with Ramez Naam and the reason for that is simple: Ramez is a cool, smart guy, who writes kick-ass, gritty, action-packed and scientifically compelling science fiction novels as well as being a researcher in a variety of other fields such as human enhancement, the environment and energy. And so I am […]This is my fourth interview with Ramez Naam and the reason for that is simple: Ramez is a cool, smart guy, who writes kick-ass, gritty, action-packed and scientifically compelling science fiction novels as well as being a researcher in a variety of other fields such as human enhancement, the environment and energy. And so I am […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-review-the-future-podcast-what-do-experts-think-about-the-singularity/ Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-review-the-future-podcast-what-do-experts-think-about-the-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-review-the-future-podcast-what-do-experts-think-about-the-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-review-the-future-podcast-what-do-experts-think-about-the-singularity/feed/ 0   A few weeks ago I got interviewed on Review the Future podcast. Co-hosts Ted Kupper and Jon Perry did a great job in putting me on the spot and I enjoyed talking to them very much. So, if for once you are  interested in having me as “the man with the answers” then check out […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:15 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no  A few weeks ago I got interviewed on Review the Future podcast. Co-hosts Ted Kupper and Jon Perry did a great job in putting me on the spot and I enjoyed talking to them very much. So, if for once you are  interested in having me as “the man with the answers” then check out […]  A few weeks ago I got interviewed on Review the Future podcast. Co-hosts Ted Kupper and Jon Perry did a great job in putting me on the spot and I enjoyed talking to them very much. So, if for once you are  interested in having me as “the man with the answers” then check out […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-ford-on-technological-unemployment/ Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-ford-on-technological-unemployment/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-ford-on-technological-unemployment/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-ford-on-technological-unemployment/feed/ 0 Technological unemployment is an issue that I have mentioned a few times during my past interviews. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it is at the bottom of the top 5 biggest problems humanity faces today. So while it may not be the very biggest issue we face right now, it […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTechnological unemployment is an issue that I have mentioned a few times during my past interviews. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it is at the bottom of the top 5 biggest problems humanity faces today. So while it may not be the very biggest issue we face right now, it […]Technological unemployment is an issue that I have mentioned a few times during my past interviews. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it is at the bottom of the top 5 biggest problems humanity faces today. So while it may not be the very biggest issue we face right now, it […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-revolution/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-revolution/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-revolution/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-revolution/feed/ 0 I just finished reading PJ Manney‘s brand new novel (R)Evolution. And, while I was prepared for a stimulating nanotechnology and brain-enhancement science fictional story, I also got an action-packed, character-rich, twisting, and intricate thriller with a very generous sprinkling of classic realpolitik. Add a realistic plot (and issues) that may well become a part of our […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:20:08 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI just finished reading PJ Manney‘s brand new novel (R)Evolution. And, while I was prepared for a stimulating nanotechnology and brain-enhancement science fictional story, I also got an action-packed, character-rich, twisting, and intricate thriller with a very generous sprinkling of classic realpolitik. Add a realistic plot (and issues) that may well become a part of our […]I just finished reading PJ Manney‘s brand new novel (R)Evolution. And, while I was prepared for a stimulating nanotechnology and brain-enhancement science fictional story, I also got an action-packed, character-rich, twisting, and intricate thriller with a very generous sprinkling of classic realpolitik. Add a realistic plot (and issues) that may well become a part of our […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/miguel-nicolelis-and-ronald-cicurel/ Sun, 31 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/miguel-nicolelis-and-ronald-cicurel/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/miguel-nicolelis-and-ronald-cicurel/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/miguel-nicolelis-and-ronald-cicurel/feed/ 0 The idea that man is a machine is an old one. And since the brain is a physical part of that machine it is often presumed that it can necessarily be simulated on a digital computer. But very little scientific scrutiny has been given on that presumption. The Relativistic Brain is a new book by Miguel […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:29:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe idea that man is a machine is an old one. And since the brain is a physical part of that machine it is often presumed that it can necessarily be simulated on a digital computer. But very little scientific scrutiny has been given on that presumption. The Relativistic Brain is a new book by Miguel […]The idea that man is a machine is an old one. And since the brain is a physical part of that machine it is often presumed that it can necessarily be simulated on a digital computer. But very little scientific scrutiny has been given on that presumption. The Relativistic Brain is a new book by Miguel […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/emily-drabant-conley-23andme/ Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/emily-drabant-conley-23andme/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/emily-drabant-conley-23andme/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/emily-drabant-conley-23andme/feed/ 0 It has been almost 5 years since I originally published my 23andMe DNA Test review where I concluded that it was right for me. I also asked you to seriously consider if it may or may not be right for you too. And so, if you still have not considered the risks, the benefits and the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 44:29 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt has been almost 5 years since I originally published my 23andMe DNA Test review where I concluded that it was right for me. I also asked you to seriously consider if it may or may not be right for you too. And so, if you still have not considered the risks, the benefits and the […]It has been almost 5 years since I originally published my 23andMe DNA Test review where I concluded that it was right for me. I also asked you to seriously consider if it may or may not be right for you too. And so, if you still have not considered the risks, the benefits and the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/seth-godin/ Fri, 08 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/seth-godin/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/seth-godin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/seth-godin/feed/ 0 There are 3 individuals who have had the most impact on what I’ve been doing for the past 5 years: Ray Kurzweil – who helped me to see deeper into the exponential growth and disruptive nature of technology; Seth Godin – who inspired me to pick myself and begin my journey into blogging and podcasting […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThere are 3 individuals who have had the most impact on what I’ve been doing for the past 5 years: Ray Kurzweil – who helped me to see deeper into the exponential growth and disruptive nature of technology; Seth Godin – who inspired me to pick myself and begin my journey into blogging and podcasting […]There are 3 individuals who have had the most impact on what I’ve been doing for the past 5 years: Ray Kurzweil – who helped me to see deeper into the exponential growth and disruptive nature of technology; Seth Godin – who inspired me to pick myself and begin my journey into blogging and podcasting […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist-david-wood/ Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist-david-wood/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist-david-wood/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist-david-wood/feed/ 0 David Wood is the chair of London Futurists and on the Humanity+ board of directors. He is an eminent futurist whose valuable newsletter I myself have been subscribed to for several years now and so I was very happy that, at long last, we managed to sit down for a proper interview. Not surprisingly, I […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:28:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDavid Wood is the chair of London Futurists and on the Humanity+ board of directors. He is an eminent futurist whose valuable newsletter I myself have been subscribed to for several years now and so I was very happy that, at long last, we managed to sit down for a proper interview. Not surprisingly, I […]David Wood is the chair of London Futurists and on the Humanity+ board of directors. He is an eminent futurist whose valuable newsletter I myself have been subscribed to for several years now and so I was very happy that, at long last, we managed to sit down for a proper interview. Not surprisingly, I […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/rick-tumlinson/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/rick-tumlinson/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/rick-tumlinson/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/rick-tumlinson/feed/ 0 “Rick Tumlinson is the descendant of pioneers who wants to help create the future pioneers who are going to go open the Solar system and expand life beyond the Earth. That’s why I am here. The whole reason I exist is to make sure that this species and the life of the Earth expands into […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 2:16:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no“Rick Tumlinson is the descendant of pioneers who wants to help create the future pioneers who are going to go open the Solar system and expand life beyond the Earth. That’s why I am here. The whole reason I exist is to make sure that this species and the life of the Earth expands into […]“Rick Tumlinson is the descendant of pioneers who wants to help create the future pioneers who are going to go open the Solar system and expand life beyond the Earth. That’s why I am here. The whole reason I exist is to make sure that this species and the life of the Earth expands into […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-pandoras-brain/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-pandoras-brain/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-pandoras-brain/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-pandoras-brain/feed/ 0 Pandora’s Brain is one of the most philosophical science fiction novels I have read recently. And since Calum Chace has been a valuable contributor to Singularity Weblog and a great blogger with an interesting and diverse experience in his own right, I thought that he would make a great guest for my podcast. And so […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:08:48 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPandora’s Brain is one of the most philosophical science fiction novels I have read recently. And since Calum Chace has been a valuable contributor to Singularity Weblog and a great blogger with an interesting and diverse experience in his own right, I thought that he would make a great guest for my podcast. And so […]Pandora’s Brain is one of the most philosophical science fiction novels I have read recently. And since Calum Chace has been a valuable contributor to Singularity Weblog and a great blogger with an interesting and diverse experience in his own right, I thought that he would make a great guest for my podcast. And so […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling-on-turing-exception/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling-on-turing-exception/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling-on-turing-exception/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling-on-turing-exception/feed/ 0 This is my second interview with William Hertling. The first time we met was at Greg Bear’s house near Seattle where we did both a 1on1 interview and a fantastic science fiction panel together with our host and Ramez Naam. So I suggest you start by watching those videos if you have not seen them […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:10:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my second interview with William Hertling. The first time we met was at Greg Bear’s house near Seattle where we did both a 1on1 interview and a fantastic science fiction panel together with our host and Ramez Naam. So I suggest you start by watching those videos if you have not seen them […]This is my second interview with William Hertling. The first time we met was at Greg Bear’s house near Seattle where we did both a 1on1 interview and a fantastic science fiction panel together with our host and Ramez Naam. So I suggest you start by watching those videos if you have not seen them […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/marc-goodman-on-future-crimes-2/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/marc-goodman-on-future-crimes-2/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/marc-goodman-on-future-crimes-2/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/marc-goodman-on-future-crimes-2/feed/ 0 Marc Goodman is not your typical street cop – he considers himself a humanitarian, is super smart and well-educated, has worked in over 70 countries, and speaks more languages than I can list here. Marc has worked for Interpol and is the Futurist for the FBI. If that is not enough, Goodman is also the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:37 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMarc Goodman is not your typical street cop – he considers himself a humanitarian, is super smart and well-educated, has worked in over 70 countries, and speaks more languages than I can list here. Marc has worked for Interpol and is the Futurist for the FBI. If that is not enough, Goodman is also the […]Marc Goodman is not your typical street cop – he considers himself a humanitarian, is super smart and well-educated, has worked in over 70 countries, and speaks more languages than I can list here. Marc has worked for Interpol and is the Futurist for the FBI. If that is not enough, Goodman is also the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel/feed/ 0 Michael Fossel‘s dream is to reverse human aging and since 1996 he has been a strong and vocal advocate of experimenting with telomerase therapy as a potential way of intervention in a wide variety of medical conditions related to aging. Fossel is also one of those unique people who are a real pleasure to see […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMichael Fossel‘s dream is to reverse human aging and since 1996 he has been a strong and vocal advocate of experimenting with telomerase therapy as a potential way of intervention in a wide variety of medical conditions related to aging. Fossel is also one of those unique people who are a real pleasure to see […]Michael Fossel‘s dream is to reverse human aging and since 1996 he has been a strong and vocal advocate of experimenting with telomerase therapy as a potential way of intervention in a wide variety of medical conditions related to aging. Fossel is also one of those unique people who are a real pleasure to see […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ettinger/ Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ettinger/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ettinger/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ettinger/feed/ 0 During my recent visit to the Cryonics Institute I had the chance to do a video tour of CI and learn more about its vitrification procedures and membership policies. I also had the unique opportunity to interview David Ettinger, whose father Robert Ettinger is the “father of cryonics” because he pretty much started the field with his […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:48 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDuring my recent visit to the Cryonics Institute I had the chance to do a video tour of CI and learn more about its vitrification procedures and membership policies. I also had the unique opportunity to interview David Ettinger, whose father Robert Ettinger is the “father of cryonics” because he pretty much started the field with his […]During my recent visit to the Cryonics Institute I had the chance to do a video tour of CI and learn more about its vitrification procedures and membership policies. I also had the unique opportunity to interview David Ettinger, whose father Robert Ettinger is the “father of cryonics” because he pretty much started the field with his […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-ramez-naam-and-william-hertling-on-the-singularity/ Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-ramez-naam-and-william-hertling-on-the-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-ramez-naam-and-william-hertling-on-the-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-ramez-naam-and-william-hertling-on-the-singularity/feed/ 0 This is the concluding sci fi round-table discussion of my Seattle 1-on-1 interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling and Greg Bear. The video was recorded last November and was produced by Richard Sundvall, shot by Ian Sun and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. (Special note of thanks to Agah Bahari who did the interview […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 30:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the concluding sci fi round-table discussion of my Seattle 1-on-1 interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling and Greg Bear. The video was recorded last November and was produced by Richard Sundvall, shot by Ian Sun and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. (Special note of thanks to Agah Bahari who did the interview […]This is the concluding sci fi round-table discussion of my Seattle 1-on-1 interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling and Greg Bear. The video was recorded last November and was produced by Richard Sundvall, shot by Ian Sun and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. (Special note of thanks to Agah Bahari who did the interview […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-singularity/ Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-singularity/feed/ 0 Greg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 books, that have sold millions of copies, and have been translated into 22 languages. No wonder I was not only immensely excited but also pretty nervous while preparing to interview him face to face. As it turned […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:33:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGreg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 books, that have sold millions of copies, and have been translated into 22 languages. No wonder I was not only immensely excited but also pretty nervous while preparing to interview him face to face. As it turned […]Greg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 books, that have sold millions of copies, and have been translated into 22 languages. No wonder I was not only immensely excited but also pretty nervous while preparing to interview him face to face. As it turned […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-practopoiesis/ Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-practopoiesis/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-practopoiesis/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-practopoiesis/feed/ 0 If there’s ever been a case when I just wanted to jump on a plane and go interview someone in person, not because they are famous but because they have created a totally unique and arguably seminal theory, it has to be Danko Nikolic. I believe Danko’s theory of Practopoiesis is that good and he […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:08:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIf there’s ever been a case when I just wanted to jump on a plane and go interview someone in person, not because they are famous but because they have created a totally unique and arguably seminal theory, it has to be Danko Nikolic. I believe Danko’s theory of Practopoiesis is that good and he […]If there’s ever been a case when I just wanted to jump on a plane and go interview someone in person, not because they are famous but because they have created a totally unique and arguably seminal theory, it has to be Danko Nikolic. I believe Danko’s theory of Practopoiesis is that good and he […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/hannu-rajaniemi-on-quantum-thief/ Sun, 31 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/hannu-rajaniemi-on-quantum-thief/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/hannu-rajaniemi-on-quantum-thief/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/hannu-rajaniemi-on-quantum-thief/feed/ 0 Hannu Rajaniemi is a Ph. D. in string theory and fellow SU alumni best known for his popular science fiction trilogy The Quantum Thief [Jean Le Flambeur]. His work has risen to prominence both because of its merits and the legend surrounding his signing up with a major book publisher. Rajaniemi has been suggested numerous […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:36:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noHannu Rajaniemi is a Ph. D. in string theory and fellow SU alumni best known for his popular science fiction trilogy The Quantum Thief [Jean Le Flambeur]. His work has risen to prominence both because of its merits and the legend surrounding his signing up with a major book publisher. Rajaniemi has been suggested numerous […]Hannu Rajaniemi is a Ph. D. in string theory and fellow SU alumni best known for his popular science fiction trilogy The Quantum Thief [Jean Le Flambeur]. His work has risen to prominence both because of its merits and the legend surrounding his signing up with a major book publisher. Rajaniemi has been suggested numerous […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-state-of-the-future/ Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-state-of-the-future/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-state-of-the-future/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-state-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project and I had great fun talking to him during our first interview. But it has been over two years since our previous conversation and so, when Jason Ganz reminded me that the latest State of the Future report has been out for several months now, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 54:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project and I had great fun talking to him during our first interview. But it has been over two years since our previous conversation and so, when Jason Ganz reminded me that the latest State of the Future report has been out for several months now, […]Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project and I had great fun talking to him during our first interview. But it has been over two years since our previous conversation and so, when Jason Ganz reminded me that the latest State of the Future report has been out for several months now, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-mugan-the-curiosity-cycle/ Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-mugan-the-curiosity-cycle/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-mugan-the-curiosity-cycle/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-mugan-the-curiosity-cycle/feed/ 0 Jonathan Mugan is not only a computer scientist specializing in machine learning and AI but also a father of three and the author of The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Technological Explosion. Since this is one of the few good books on the topic that I am aware of, I thought I’d […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 32:55 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJonathan Mugan is not only a computer scientist specializing in machine learning and AI but also a father of three and the author of The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Technological Explosion. Since this is one of the few good books on the topic that I am aware of, I thought I’d […]Jonathan Mugan is not only a computer scientist specializing in machine learning and AI but also a father of three and the author of The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Technological Explosion. Since this is one of the few good books on the topic that I am aware of, I thought I’d […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/arthur-traviss-corry-on-bitcoin-decentral/ Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/arthur-traviss-corry-on-bitcoin-decentral/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/arthur-traviss-corry-on-bitcoin-decentral/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/arthur-traviss-corry-on-bitcoin-decentral/feed/ 0 I have often felt that being located in Toronto, Canada puts me at a bit of a disadvantage with respect to having a futuristic high-tech blog and podcast. Living in Silicon Valley or New York [or a number of cities in Asia and Europe] appears to make it easier to stay at the cutting edge of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 41:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI have often felt that being located in Toronto, Canada puts me at a bit of a disadvantage with respect to having a futuristic high-tech blog and podcast. Living in Silicon Valley or New York [or a number of cities in Asia and Europe] appears to make it easier to stay at the cutting edge of […]I have often felt that being located in Toronto, Canada puts me at a bit of a disadvantage with respect to having a futuristic high-tech blog and podcast. Living in Silicon Valley or New York [or a number of cities in Asia and Europe] appears to make it easier to stay at the cutting edge of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-andrews/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-andrews/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-andrews/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-andrews/feed/ 0 Some will say that Bill Andrews is totally crazy – at 61 he runs an average of 10 miles per day and at least one 100-mile marathon per month. He also wants to “Cure Ageing or Die Trying”. No wonder Bill is one of the 2 main protagonists of a new documentary about life extension aptly […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 59:59 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSome will say that Bill Andrews is totally crazy – at 61 he runs an average of 10 miles per day and at least one 100-mile marathon per month. He also wants to “Cure Ageing or Die Trying”. No wonder Bill is one of the 2 main protagonists of a new documentary about life extension aptly […]Some will say that Bill Andrews is totally crazy – at 61 he runs an average of 10 miles per day and at least one 100-mile marathon per month. He also wants to “Cure Ageing or Die Trying”. No wonder Bill is one of the 2 main protagonists of a new documentary about life extension aptly […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-zero-marginal-cost-society/ Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-zero-marginal-cost-society/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-zero-marginal-cost-society/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-zero-marginal-cost-society/feed/ 0 Jeremy Rifkin is a social activist, economist, futurist and best-selling author of twenty books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and are being used in hundreds of universities, corporations, and government agencies around the world. In […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:36:45 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJeremy Rifkin is a social activist, economist, futurist and best-selling author of twenty books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and are being used in hundreds of universities, corporations, and government agencies around the world. In […]Jeremy Rifkin is a social activist, economist, futurist and best-selling author of twenty books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and are being used in hundreds of universities, corporations, and government agencies around the world. In […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-immortalists-david-alvarado-and-jason-sussberg/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-immortalists-david-alvarado-and-jason-sussberg/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-immortalists-david-alvarado-and-jason-sussberg/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-immortalists-david-alvarado-and-jason-sussberg/feed/ 0 In my opinion, The Immortalists is the frankest, most open-minded, and uniquely personal documentary about life extension in general and Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, in particular. I was privileged to attend its international premiere during the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, and instantly knew that I have to interview David Alvarado […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:42 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn my opinion, The Immortalists is the frankest, most open-minded, and uniquely personal documentary about life extension in general and Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, in particular. I was privileged to attend its international premiere during the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, and instantly knew that I have to interview David Alvarado […]In my opinion, The Immortalists is the frankest, most open-minded, and uniquely personal documentary about life extension in general and Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, in particular. I was privileged to attend its international premiere during the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, and instantly knew that I have to interview David Alvarado […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-future-of-the-mind/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-future-of-the-mind/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-future-of-the-mind/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-future-of-the-mind/feed/ 0 Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. You will not be surprised to hear that Michio […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:22:17 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. You will not be surprised to hear that Michio […]Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. You will not be surprised to hear that Michio […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum/feed/ 0 Digital crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are the singularity of money, and after spending some time educating myself, I have turned from a skeptic into a fan. If you are unfamiliar with the topic, I suggest starting with my interview with Andreas Antonopoulos. In that conversation, we lay down the basics and discuss why “Bitcoin is […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:09 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDigital crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are the singularity of money, and after spending some time educating myself, I have turned from a skeptic into a fan. If you are unfamiliar with the topic, I suggest starting with my interview with Andreas Antonopoulos. In that conversation, we lay down the basics and discuss why “Bitcoin is […]Digital crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are the singularity of money, and after spending some time educating myself, I have turned from a skeptic into a fan. If you are unfamiliar with the topic, I suggest starting with my interview with Andreas Antonopoulos. In that conversation, we lay down the basics and discuss why “Bitcoin is […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-armstrong-existential-risks/ Tue, 27 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-armstrong-existential-risks/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-armstrong-existential-risks/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-armstrong-existential-risks/feed/ 0 Stuart Armstrong is a James Martin research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford where he looks at issues such as existential risks in general and Artificial Intelligence in particular. Stuart is also the author of Smarter Than Us: The Rise of Machine Intelligence and, after participating in a fun futurist panel discussion with […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noStuart Armstrong is a James Martin research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford where he looks at issues such as existential risks in general and Artificial Intelligence in particular. Stuart is also the author of Smarter Than Us: The Rise of Machine Intelligence and, after participating in a fun futurist panel discussion with […]Stuart Armstrong is a James Martin research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford where he looks at issues such as existential risks in general and Artificial Intelligence in particular. Stuart is also the author of Smarter Than Us: The Rise of Machine Intelligence and, after participating in a fun futurist panel discussion with […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-flow/ Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-flow/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-flow/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-flow/feed/ 0 This is my second interview with Steven Kotler. Last time we discussed Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think – the book Steven co-wrote with Peter Diamandis. This time, we discuss reaching our optimum state of performance, or what many of us call Flow. During our conversation with Steven Kotler we cover issues such as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:08 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my second interview with Steven Kotler. Last time we discussed Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think – the book Steven co-wrote with Peter Diamandis. This time, we discuss reaching our optimum state of performance, or what many of us call Flow. During our conversation with Steven Kotler we cover issues such as […]This is my second interview with Steven Kotler. Last time we discussed Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think – the book Steven co-wrote with Peter Diamandis. This time, we discuss reaching our optimum state of performance, or what many of us call Flow. During our conversation with Steven Kotler we cover issues such as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/ Tue, 06 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/feed/ 0 I met Prof. Ed Boyden at last year’s Global Future 2045 conference in New York. There I was highly impressed with Boyden’s impressive work in neuroscience in general and optogenetics in particular, as well as the profound implications it would have on our ability to understand and manipulate the brain. And so I knew instantly […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:05:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI met Prof. Ed Boyden at last year’s Global Future 2045 conference in New York. There I was highly impressed with Boyden’s impressive work in neuroscience in general and optogenetics in particular, as well as the profound implications it would have on our ability to understand and manipulate the brain. And so I knew instantly […]I met Prof. Ed Boyden at last year’s Global Future 2045 conference in New York. There I was highly impressed with Boyden’s impressive work in neuroscience in general and optogenetics in particular, as well as the profound implications it would have on our ability to understand and manipulate the brain. And so I knew instantly […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss-agi/ Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss-agi/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss-agi/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss-agi/feed/ 0 Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments and his interest in moral philosophy and artificial general intelligence. Given how quickly our first interview went by, I wanted to bring him back and dig a little […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPeter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments and his interest in moral philosophy and artificial general intelligence. Given how quickly our first interview went by, I wanted to bring him back and dig a little […]Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments and his interest in moral philosophy and artificial general intelligence. Given how quickly our first interview went by, I wanted to bring him back and dig a little […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos-on-bitcoin/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos-on-bitcoin/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos-on-bitcoin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos-on-bitcoin/feed/ 0 Andreas Antonopoulos is arguably the face of bitcoin because he is probably the most prolific interviewee as well as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency. To top it off, Andreas is extremely eloquent, has an impressively broad spectrum of knowledge and is an admitted disruptarian. I have been receiving numerous requests […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:23:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAndreas Antonopoulos is arguably the face of bitcoin because he is probably the most prolific interviewee as well as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency. To top it off, Andreas is extremely eloquent, has an impressively broad spectrum of knowledge and is an admitted disruptarian. I have been receiving numerous requests […]Andreas Antonopoulos is arguably the face of bitcoin because he is probably the most prolific interviewee as well as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency. To top it off, Andreas is extremely eloquent, has an impressively broad spectrum of knowledge and is an admitted disruptarian. I have been receiving numerous requests […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss/ Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss/feed/ 0 Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments but also because of his interest in moral philosophy and artificial intelligence. I have been planning to interview Voss for a while and, given how quickly […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPeter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments but also because of his interest in moral philosophy and artificial intelligence. I have been planning to interview Voss for a while and, given how quickly […]Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments but also because of his interest in moral philosophy and artificial intelligence. I have been planning to interview Voss for a while and, given how quickly […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/byologyc-ceo-chet-getram-brx-virus/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/byologyc-ceo-chet-getram-brx-virus/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/byologyc-ceo-chet-getram-brx-virus/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/byologyc-ceo-chet-getram-brx-virus/feed/ 0 Emerging reports suggest that the BRX virus has already infected thousands of people. ByoLogyc – the company whose product is linked to the outbreak, has set up a mobile decontamination and vaccination facility in the heart of Toronto. Even though I usually don’t do any breaking news field-reporting, in this particularly shocking case I couldn’t help […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 25:26 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noEmerging reports suggest that the BRX virus has already infected thousands of people. ByoLogyc – the company whose product is linked to the outbreak, has set up a mobile decontamination and vaccination facility in the heart of Toronto. Even though I usually don’t do any breaking news field-reporting, in this particularly shocking case I couldn’t help […]Emerging reports suggest that the BRX virus has already infected thousands of people. ByoLogyc – the company whose product is linked to the outbreak, has set up a mobile decontamination and vaccination facility in the heart of Toronto. Even though I usually don’t do any breaking news field-reporting, in this particularly shocking case I couldn’t help […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ted-chu/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ted-chu/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ted-chu/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ted-chu/feed/ 0 Ted Chu is a professor of economics and former chief economist for General Motors. Most recently, Dr. Chu is the author of Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our Future Evolution. In my opinion, Ted’s book is absolutely profound in the way it draws upon a dazzling variety of philosophical and scientific […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:10:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTed Chu is a professor of economics and former chief economist for General Motors. Most recently, Dr. Chu is the author of Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our Future Evolution. In my opinion, Ted’s book is absolutely profound in the way it draws upon a dazzling variety of philosophical and scientific […]Ted Chu is a professor of economics and former chief economist for General Motors. Most recently, Dr. Chu is the author of Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our Future Evolution. In my opinion, Ted’s book is absolutely profound in the way it draws upon a dazzling variety of philosophical and scientific […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling/feed/ 0 William Hertling is a rather recent science fiction discovery of mine and the author of award-winning novels Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears, A.I. Apocalypse, and The Last Firewall. William has written several plausible scenarios for the technological singularity that were so engaging and compelling that, as soon as I finished his […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 46:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWilliam Hertling is a rather recent science fiction discovery of mine and the author of award-winning novels Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears, A.I. Apocalypse, and The Last Firewall. William has written several plausible scenarios for the technological singularity that were so engaging and compelling that, as soon as I finished his […]William Hertling is a rather recent science fiction discovery of mine and the author of award-winning novels Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears, A.I. Apocalypse, and The Last Firewall. William has written several plausible scenarios for the technological singularity that were so engaging and compelling that, as soon as I finished his […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/podcamp-toronto-2014-hole-ai-transhumanism-end-of-humanity/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/podcamp-toronto-2014-hole-ai-transhumanism-end-of-humanity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/podcamp-toronto-2014-hole-ai-transhumanism-end-of-humanity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/podcamp-toronto-2014-hole-ai-transhumanism-end-of-humanity/feed/ 0 These are the videos of my presentation at the 2014 Podcamp Toronto. This year I decided that it is best not to speak about podcasting but rather focus on issues familiar to readers of Singularity Weblog – artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the technological singularity. The session was intended to provide a brief introduction of the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:21:59 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThese are the videos of my presentation at the 2014 Podcamp Toronto. This year I decided that it is best not to speak about podcasting but rather focus on issues familiar to readers of Singularity Weblog – artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the technological singularity. The session was intended to provide a brief introduction of the […]These are the videos of my presentation at the 2014 Podcamp Toronto. This year I decided that it is best not to speak about podcasting but rather focus on issues familiar to readers of Singularity Weblog – artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the technological singularity. The session was intended to provide a brief introduction of the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/grady-booch-enjoy-the-beauty-of-what-youre-doing-but-also-take-responsibility/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/grady-booch-enjoy-the-beauty-of-what-youre-doing-but-also-take-responsibility/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/grady-booch-enjoy-the-beauty-of-what-youre-doing-but-also-take-responsibility/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/grady-booch-enjoy-the-beauty-of-what-youre-doing-but-also-take-responsibility/feed/ 0 Grady Booch is an IBM fellow, best-selling author, software engineer, geek, philosopher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and former US air-force serviceman who used to work on the secret space shuttle military program. If his bio is not enough to make you watch the interview on its own, let me just add that this was one of the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:51 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGrady Booch is an IBM fellow, best-selling author, software engineer, geek, philosopher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and former US air-force serviceman who used to work on the secret space shuttle military program. If his bio is not enough to make you watch the interview on its own, let me just add that this was one of the […]Grady Booch is an IBM fellow, best-selling author, software engineer, geek, philosopher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and former US air-force serviceman who used to work on the secret space shuttle military program. If his bio is not enough to make you watch the interview on its own, let me just add that this was one of the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/hiroshi-ishiguro/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/hiroshi-ishiguro/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/hiroshi-ishiguro/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/hiroshi-ishiguro/feed/ 0 I first met Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro at last year’s GF2045 conference in New York. Dr. Ishiguro is known around the world for his android, geminoid, and telenoid robots and I have been trying to get him on my podcast ever since we met. At last, last week we were able to find an empty slot […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 49:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI first met Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro at last year’s GF2045 conference in New York. Dr. Ishiguro is known around the world for his android, geminoid, and telenoid robots and I have been trying to get him on my podcast ever since we met. At last, last week we were able to find an empty slot […]I first met Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro at last year’s GF2045 conference in New York. Dr. Ishiguro is known around the world for his android, geminoid, and telenoid robots and I have been trying to get him on my podcast ever since we met. At last, last week we were able to find an empty slot […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/alexander-hayes-google-glass/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/alexander-hayes-google-glass/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/alexander-hayes-google-glass/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/alexander-hayes-google-glass/feed/ 0 Alexander Hayes is an Australian researcher and Ph.D. candidate investigating the social implications of augmented reality (AR) technologies such as Google Glass. I met Hayes during last year’s ISTAS13 conference in Toronto and the consequent UAV Drones: Pros vs Cons symposium, where he was one of the key organizers. During the course of these events […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 59:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAlexander Hayes is an Australian researcher and Ph.D. candidate investigating the social implications of augmented reality (AR) technologies such as Google Glass. I met Hayes during last year’s ISTAS13 conference in Toronto and the consequent UAV Drones: Pros vs Cons symposium, where he was one of the key organizers. During the course of these events […]Alexander Hayes is an Australian researcher and Ph.D. candidate investigating the social implications of augmented reality (AR) technologies such as Google Glass. I met Hayes during last year’s ISTAS13 conference in Toronto and the consequent UAV Drones: Pros vs Cons symposium, where he was one of the key organizers. During the course of these events […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bre-pettis-makerbot/ Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bre-pettis-makerbot/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bre-pettis-makerbot/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bre-pettis-makerbot/feed/ 0 Bre Pettis is the charismatic founder and CEO of MakerBot – one of the most disruptive companies ushering in a revolution in personal manufacturing. If you ever heard of or want to know more about the latest in 3D printing, you have to know about Bre and MakerBot. And so I knew that I simply […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 54:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBre Pettis is the charismatic founder and CEO of MakerBot – one of the most disruptive companies ushering in a revolution in personal manufacturing. If you ever heard of or want to know more about the latest in 3D printing, you have to know about Bre and MakerBot. And so I knew that I simply […]Bre Pettis is the charismatic founder and CEO of MakerBot – one of the most disruptive companies ushering in a revolution in personal manufacturing. If you ever heard of or want to know more about the latest in 3D printing, you have to know about Bre and MakerBot. And so I knew that I simply […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gabor-forgacs-bioprinting/ Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gabor-forgacs-bioprinting/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/gabor-forgacs-bioprinting/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/gabor-forgacs-bioprinting/feed/ 0 The first time I saw Dr. Gabor Forgacs was at last year’s fantastic Idea City conference in Toronto and, after his passionate presentation on bio-printed suffering-free leather, I knew that I will have to find a way to get him on my podcast. Dr. Forgacs is a theoretical physicist turned tissue-engineer turned entrepreneur. His companies […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 49:13 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe first time I saw Dr. Gabor Forgacs was at last year’s fantastic Idea City conference in Toronto and, after his passionate presentation on bio-printed suffering-free leather, I knew that I will have to find a way to get him on my podcast. Dr. Forgacs is a theoretical physicist turned tissue-engineer turned entrepreneur. His companies […]The first time I saw Dr. Gabor Forgacs was at last year’s fantastic Idea City conference in Toronto and, after his passionate presentation on bio-printed suffering-free leather, I knew that I will have to find a way to get him on my podcast. Dr. Forgacs is a theoretical physicist turned tissue-engineer turned entrepreneur. His companies […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-omohundro/ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-omohundro/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-omohundro/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-omohundro/feed/ 0 Steve Omohundro is a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in physics who has spent decades studying intelligent systems and artificial intelligence. His research into the basic “AI Drives” was featured in James Barrat’s recent book Our Final Invention and has been generating international interest. So, I was very happy to have Dr. Omohundro […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSteve Omohundro is a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in physics who has spent decades studying intelligent systems and artificial intelligence. His research into the basic “AI Drives” was featured in James Barrat’s recent book Our Final Invention and has been generating international interest. So, I was very happy to have Dr. Omohundro […]Steve Omohundro is a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in physics who has spent decades studying intelligent systems and artificial intelligence. His research into the basic “AI Drives” was featured in James Barrat’s recent book Our Final Invention and has been generating international interest. So, I was very happy to have Dr. Omohundro […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam/feed/ 0 This is the first out of a series of 3 sci-fi round-table interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling, and Greg Bear that I did last November in Seattle. It was produced by Richard and Tatyana Sundvall and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. [Special thanks to our cinematographer Ian Sun for both recording and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the first out of a series of 3 sci-fi round-table interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling, and Greg Bear that I did last November in Seattle. It was produced by Richard and Tatyana Sundvall and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. [Special thanks to our cinematographer Ian Sun for both recording and […]This is the first out of a series of 3 sci-fi round-table interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling, and Greg Bear that I did last November in Seattle. It was produced by Richard and Tatyana Sundvall and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. [Special thanks to our cinematographer Ian Sun for both recording and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-venture-capitalist-brad-feld/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-venture-capitalist-brad-feld/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-venture-capitalist-brad-feld/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-venture-capitalist-brad-feld/feed/ 0 Brad Feld is an entrepreneur and a popular blogger. He is also the author of The Startup Series of books such as Startup Life. But Brad is best known for being a unique type of technology Venture Capitalist who has invested in more than 200 different companies throughout his career. And so I was very […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBrad Feld is an entrepreneur and a popular blogger. He is also the author of The Startup Series of books such as Startup Life. But Brad is best known for being a unique type of technology Venture Capitalist who has invested in more than 200 different companies throughout his career. And so I was very […]Brad Feld is an entrepreneur and a popular blogger. He is also the author of The Startup Series of books such as Startup Life. But Brad is best known for being a unique type of technology Venture Capitalist who has invested in more than 200 different companies throughout his career. And so I was very […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/thank-you/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/thank-you/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/thank-you/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/thank-you/feed/ 0 Today I just want to take a minute and say “Thank You!” Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity Weblog. Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity 1on1. Thank you, because without you I can call myself neither a blogger nor a podcaster. Thank you, because, without your support, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday I just want to take a minute and say “Thank You!” Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity Weblog. Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity 1on1. Thank you, because without you I can call myself neither a blogger nor a podcaster. Thank you, because, without your support, […]Today I just want to take a minute and say “Thank You!” Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity Weblog. Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity 1on1. Thank you, because without you I can call myself neither a blogger nor a podcaster. Thank you, because, without your support, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bruce-duncan-terasem-lifenaut-bina48/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bruce-duncan-terasem-lifenaut-bina48/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bruce-duncan-terasem-lifenaut-bina48/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bruce-duncan-terasem-lifenaut-bina48/feed/ 0 Last October I traveled to Vermont to visit the Terasem Movement Foundation and speak to its managing director Bruce Duncan. I first met Bruce at the Idea City conference in Toronto where he shared the stage together with Bina 48. Needless to say, I was impressed by both of them and thus I couldn’t refuse […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 40:15 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast October I traveled to Vermont to visit the Terasem Movement Foundation and speak to its managing director Bruce Duncan. I first met Bruce at the Idea City conference in Toronto where he shared the stage together with Bina 48. Needless to say, I was impressed by both of them and thus I couldn’t refuse […]Last October I traveled to Vermont to visit the Terasem Movement Foundation and speak to its managing director Bruce Duncan. I first met Bruce at the Idea City conference in Toronto where he shared the stage together with Bina 48. Needless to say, I was impressed by both of them and thus I couldn’t refuse […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/godfrey-reggio-koyaanisqatsi/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/godfrey-reggio-koyaanisqatsi/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/godfrey-reggio-koyaanisqatsi/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/godfrey-reggio-koyaanisqatsi/feed/ 0 Godfrey Reggio is an inventor of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact for audiences worldwide. Reggio is prominent in the film world for his Qatsi trilogy – Koyaanisqatsi: Live Out of Ballance, Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, and Naqoyqatsi: Life as War, essays of visual images and sound that chronicle the destructive impact […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:07:05 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGodfrey Reggio is an inventor of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact for audiences worldwide. Reggio is prominent in the film world for his Qatsi trilogy – Koyaanisqatsi: Live Out of Ballance, Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, and Naqoyqatsi: Life as War, essays of visual images and sound that chronicle the destructive impact […]Godfrey Reggio is an inventor of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact for audiences worldwide. Reggio is prominent in the film world for his Qatsi trilogy – Koyaanisqatsi: Live Out of Ballance, Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, and Naqoyqatsi: Life as War, essays of visual images and sound that chronicle the destructive impact […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/frank-j-tipler-the-singularity-is-inevitable/ Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/frank-j-tipler-the-singularity-is-inevitable/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/frank-j-tipler-the-singularity-is-inevitable/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/frank-j-tipler-the-singularity-is-inevitable/feed/ 0 Dr. Frank J. Tipler is a physicist and cosmologist perhaps best known for concepts such as the Omega Point or The Cosmological Singularity. He is a professor of mathematical physics at Tulane University and the author of books such as The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Physics of Immortality, and The Physics of Christianity. During our […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Frank J. Tipler is a physicist and cosmologist perhaps best known for concepts such as the Omega Point or The Cosmological Singularity. He is a professor of mathematical physics at Tulane University and the author of books such as The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Physics of Immortality, and The Physics of Christianity. During our […]Dr. Frank J. Tipler is a physicist and cosmologist perhaps best known for concepts such as the Omega Point or The Cosmological Singularity. He is a professor of mathematical physics at Tulane University and the author of books such as The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Physics of Immortality, and The Physics of Christianity. During our […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bulletproof-executive-dave-asprey-biohacking/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bulletproof-executive-dave-asprey-biohacking/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bulletproof-executive-dave-asprey-biohacking/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bulletproof-executive-dave-asprey-biohacking/feed/ 0 Dave Asprey is founder of The Bulletproof Executive as well as a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, upgraded his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age while […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 59:36 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDave Asprey is founder of The Bulletproof Executive as well as a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, upgraded his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age while […]Dave Asprey is founder of The Bulletproof Executive as well as a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, upgraded his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age while […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-pearce-hedonistic-imperative/ Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-pearce-hedonistic-imperative/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-pearce-hedonistic-imperative/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-pearce-hedonistic-imperative/feed/ 0 David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher who promotes what he calls The Hedonistic Imperative. David is also a co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association and a vegan who argues that we (or our future posthuman descendants) have a responsibility not only to avoid cruelty to animals within human society but also to alleviate the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDavid Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher who promotes what he calls The Hedonistic Imperative. David is also a co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association and a vegan who argues that we (or our future posthuman descendants) have a responsibility not only to avoid cruelty to animals within human society but also to alleviate the […]David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher who promotes what he calls The Hedonistic Imperative. David is also a co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association and a vegan who argues that we (or our future posthuman descendants) have a responsibility not only to avoid cruelty to animals within human society but also to alleviate the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/noam-chomsky-the-singularity-is-science-fiction/ Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/noam-chomsky-the-singularity-is-science-fiction/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/noam-chomsky-the-singularity-is-science-fiction/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/noam-chomsky-the-singularity-is-science-fiction/feed/ 0 Dr. Noam Chomsky is a famed linguist, political activist, prolific author and recognized public speaker, who has spent the last 60 years living a double life – one as a political activist and another as a linguist. His activism allegedly made him the US government’s public enemy number one. As a linguist he is often […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 29:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Noam Chomsky is a famed linguist, political activist, prolific author and recognized public speaker, who has spent the last 60 years living a double life – one as a political activist and another as a linguist. His activism allegedly made him the US government’s public enemy number one. As a linguist he is often […]Dr. Noam Chomsky is a famed linguist, political activist, prolific author and recognized public speaker, who has spent the last 60 years living a double life – one as a political activist and another as a linguist. His activism allegedly made him the US government’s public enemy number one. As a linguist he is often […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-james-barrat-our-final-invention/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-james-barrat-our-final-invention/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-james-barrat-our-final-invention/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-james-barrat-our-final-invention/feed/ 0 For 20 years James Barrat has created documentary films for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and public television. In 2000, during the course of his career as a filmmaker, James interviewed Ray Kurzweil and Arthur C. Clarke. The latter interview transformed entirely Barrat’s views on artificial intelligence and made him write a book […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noFor 20 years James Barrat has created documentary films for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and public television. In 2000, during the course of his career as a filmmaker, James interviewed Ray Kurzweil and Arthur C. Clarke. The latter interview transformed entirely Barrat’s views on artificial intelligence and made him write a book […]For 20 years James Barrat has created documentary films for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and public television. In 2000, during the course of his career as a filmmaker, James interviewed Ray Kurzweil and Arthur C. Clarke. The latter interview transformed entirely Barrat’s views on artificial intelligence and made him write a book […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-hameroff-quantum-consciousness/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-hameroff-quantum-consciousness/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-hameroff-quantum-consciousness/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-hameroff-quantum-consciousness/feed/ 0 Dr. Stuart Hameroff is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. Together with British quantum physicist Sir Roger Penrose, Hameroff is the co-author of the controversial Orch OR model of consciousness. I first met Dr. Hameroff at the recent GF2045 conference where the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Stuart Hameroff is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. Together with British quantum physicist Sir Roger Penrose, Hameroff is the co-author of the controversial Orch OR model of consciousness. I first met Dr. Hameroff at the recent GF2045 conference where the […]Dr. Stuart Hameroff is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. Together with British quantum physicist Sir Roger Penrose, Hameroff is the co-author of the controversial Orch OR model of consciousness. I first met Dr. Hameroff at the recent GF2045 conference where the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-whole-body-prosthetic/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-whole-body-prosthetic/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-whole-body-prosthetic/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-whole-body-prosthetic/feed/ 0 It has been almost two months since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Natasha Vita-More at her family house in Scottsdale, Arizona. Vita-More has been at the forefront for several decades and her projects such as Primo Post Human have lead the NY Times to call her “the first female philosopher of transhumanism.” Thus I was very […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt has been almost two months since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Natasha Vita-More at her family house in Scottsdale, Arizona. Vita-More has been at the forefront for several decades and her projects such as Primo Post Human have lead the NY Times to call her “the first female philosopher of transhumanism.” Thus I was very […]It has been almost two months since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Natasha Vita-More at her family house in Scottsdale, Arizona. Vita-More has been at the forefront for several decades and her projects such as Primo Post Human have lead the NY Times to call her “the first female philosopher of transhumanism.” Thus I was very […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-scoble/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-scoble/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-scoble/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-scoble/feed/ 0 Robert Scoble is a Liaison officer for Rack Space, social media phenomenon, a technology pundit with a huge following, a journalist who has done thousands of interviews, and a man who “always tries to have the front row seat on technology.” Needless to say, I was very happy to have Scoble on Singularity 1 on […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:06 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRobert Scoble is a Liaison officer for Rack Space, social media phenomenon, a technology pundit with a huge following, a journalist who has done thousands of interviews, and a man who “always tries to have the front row seat on technology.” Needless to say, I was very happy to have Scoble on Singularity 1 on […]Robert Scoble is a Liaison officer for Rack Space, social media phenomenon, a technology pundit with a huge following, a journalist who has done thousands of interviews, and a man who “always tries to have the front row seat on technology.” Needless to say, I was very happy to have Scoble on Singularity 1 on […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stelarc/ Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stelarc/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stelarc/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stelarc/feed/ 0 Stelarc is a world-renowned body-installation visual artist who has pushed the boundaries with his performances for more than four decades. His art has extruded the body beyond its physical limitations and created strong reactions around the world. Though strictly speaking he doesn’t consider himself to be a transhumanist, he also doesn’t mind being labeled a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noStelarc is a world-renowned body-installation visual artist who has pushed the boundaries with his performances for more than four decades. His art has extruded the body beyond its physical limitations and created strong reactions around the world. Though strictly speaking he doesn’t consider himself to be a transhumanist, he also doesn’t mind being labeled a […]Stelarc is a world-renowned body-installation visual artist who has pushed the boundaries with his performances for more than four decades. His art has extruded the body beyond its physical limitations and created strong reactions around the world. Though strictly speaking he doesn’t consider himself to be a transhumanist, he also doesn’t mind being labeled a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/geordie-rose-d-wave-quantum-computing/ Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/geordie-rose-d-wave-quantum-computing/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/geordie-rose-d-wave-quantum-computing/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/geordie-rose-d-wave-quantum-computing/feed/ 0 Dr. Geordie Rose is a founder and Chief Technology Officer at D-Wave Computers. I met Geordie at the IdeaCity conference in Toronto where he made an impassioned presentation about D-Wave and quantum computing. Needless to say, as soon as Dr. Rose stopped speaking I rushed to ask him for an interview. As it turns out Geordie is […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Geordie Rose is a founder and Chief Technology Officer at D-Wave Computers. I met Geordie at the IdeaCity conference in Toronto where he made an impassioned presentation about D-Wave and quantum computing. Needless to say, as soon as Dr. Rose stopped speaking I rushed to ask him for an interview. As it turns out Geordie is […]Dr. Geordie Rose is a founder and Chief Technology Officer at D-Wave Computers. I met Geordie at the IdeaCity conference in Toronto where he made an impassioned presentation about D-Wave and quantum computing. Needless to say, as soon as Dr. Rose stopped speaking I rushed to ask him for an interview. As it turns out Geordie is […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-leakproofing-the-singularity/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-leakproofing-the-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-leakproofing-the-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-leakproofing-the-singularity/feed/ 0 Roman V. Yampolskiy is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Director at the Cybersecurity Lab of the University of Louisville. He is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). Dr. Yampolskiy is a well known researcher with a more holistic point of view, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:05:21 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRoman V. Yampolskiy is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Director at the Cybersecurity Lab of the University of Louisville. He is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). Dr. Yampolskiy is a well known researcher with a more holistic point of view, […]Roman V. Yampolskiy is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Director at the Cybersecurity Lab of the University of Louisville. He is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). Dr. Yampolskiy is a well known researcher with a more holistic point of view, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/ Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/feed/ 0 Joseph Carvalko is a lawyer with many decades of experience who bravely sued the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States for deserting a POW in Korea. Carvalko is also an engineer and inventor with 10 patents in fields spanning bio-medicine, electronics and the financial services. Joseph is the author of an […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJoseph Carvalko is a lawyer with many decades of experience who bravely sued the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States for deserting a POW in Korea. Carvalko is also an engineer and inventor with 10 patents in fields spanning bio-medicine, electronics and the financial services. Joseph is the author of an […]Joseph Carvalko is a lawyer with many decades of experience who bravely sued the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States for deserting a POW in Korea. Carvalko is also an engineer and inventor with 10 patents in fields spanning bio-medicine, electronics and the financial services. Joseph is the author of an […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/alcor-max-more/ Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/alcor-max-more/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/alcor-max-more/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/alcor-max-more/feed/ 0 Last month I had the privilege of visiting Max More at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology. [Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 24:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast month I had the privilege of visiting Max More at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology. [Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the […]Last month I had the privilege of visiting Max More at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology. [Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-joseph-zeitgeist/ Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-joseph-zeitgeist/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-joseph-zeitgeist/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-joseph-zeitgeist/feed/ 0 Peter Joseph is a musician, filmmaker, and social activist best known as the man behind the Zeitgeist film trilogy and the founder of the Zeitgeist movement. Peter’s films have become a counter-culture phenomenon on the internet and have had millions of views.  He has not shied away from controversy and has dared to push a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noPeter Joseph is a musician, filmmaker, and social activist best known as the man behind the Zeitgeist film trilogy and the founder of the Zeitgeist movement. Peter’s films have become a counter-culture phenomenon on the internet and have had millions of views.  He has not shied away from controversy and has dared to push a […]Peter Joseph is a musician, filmmaker, and social activist best known as the man behind the Zeitgeist film trilogy and the founder of the Zeitgeist movement. Peter’s films have become a counter-culture phenomenon on the internet and have had millions of views.  He has not shied away from controversy and has dared to push a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian-privacy-by-design/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian-privacy-by-design/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian-privacy-by-design/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian-privacy-by-design/feed/ 0 This Wednesday I was very privileged to interview Dr. Ann Cavoukian. Dr. Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner of the province of Ontario (Canada) as well as the creator and foremost global champion of the privacy by design philosophy. She has been one of the most vocal proponents of privacy and the fact that […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... 1 1 full singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis Wednesday I was very privileged to interview Dr. Ann Cavoukian. Dr. Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner of the province of Ontario (Canada) as well as the creator and foremost global champion of the privacy by design philosophy. She has been one of the most vocal proponents of privacy and the fact that […]This Wednesday I was very privileged to interview Dr. Ann Cavoukian. Dr. Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner of the province of Ontario (Canada) as well as the creator and foremost global champion of the privacy by design philosophy. She has been one of the most vocal proponents of privacy and the fact that […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/nigel-ackland-bionic-arm/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/nigel-ackland-bionic-arm/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/nigel-ackland-bionic-arm/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/nigel-ackland-bionic-arm/feed/ 0 Nigel Ackland claims he is an ordinary man. But, after seeing the emotional impact he had on the audience at GF2045, I have to disagree with him. His speech titled Ordinary… Extraordinary. Life with a Bionic Arm was in my view by far the most moving of all the conference presentations. And so, I knew […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 52:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noNigel Ackland claims he is an ordinary man. But, after seeing the emotional impact he had on the audience at GF2045, I have to disagree with him. His speech titled Ordinary… Extraordinary. Life with a Bionic Arm was in my view by far the most moving of all the conference presentations. And so, I knew […]Nigel Ackland claims he is an ordinary man. But, after seeing the emotional impact he had on the audience at GF2045, I have to disagree with him. His speech titled Ordinary… Extraordinary. Life with a Bionic Arm was in my view by far the most moving of all the conference presentations. And so, I knew […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-gets-interviewed-on-the-futurology-podcast/ Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:10:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-gets-interviewed-on-the-futurology-podcast/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-gets-interviewed-on-the-futurology-podcast/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-gets-interviewed-on-the-futurology-podcast/feed/ 0 A few weeks ago I got interviewed on the Futurology Podcast. During my one hour conversation with show host Jason Peffley we discuss a number of topics such as: how I got to do blogging and podcasting; my time and take on Singularity University in particular and education in general; the wait-and-see vs the proactive […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:07:51 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA few weeks ago I got interviewed on the Futurology Podcast. During my one hour conversation with show host Jason Peffley we discuss a number of topics such as: how I got to do blogging and podcasting; my time and take on Singularity University in particular and education in general; the wait-and-see vs the proactive […]A few weeks ago I got interviewed on the Futurology Podcast. During my one hour conversation with show host Jason Peffley we discuss a number of topics such as: how I got to do blogging and podcasting; my time and take on Singularity University in particular and education in general; the wait-and-see vs the proactive […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/marvin-minsky/ Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/marvin-minsky/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/marvin-minsky/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/marvin-minsky/feed/ 0 Marvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence and I have been looking for an opportunity to interview him for years. I was hoping that I will finally get my chance at the GF2045 conference in NY City. Unfortunately, Prof. Minsky had bronchitis and consequently had to speak via video. A week later, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 30:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMarvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence and I have been looking for an opportunity to interview him for years. I was hoping that I will finally get my chance at the GF2045 conference in NY City. Unfortunately, Prof. Minsky had bronchitis and consequently had to speak via video. A week later, […]Marvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence and I have been looking for an opportunity to interview him for years. I was hoping that I will finally get my chance at the GF2045 conference in NY City. Unfortunately, Prof. Minsky had bronchitis and consequently had to speak via video. A week later, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/thad-starner-google-glass-augmented-reality/ Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/thad-starner-google-glass-augmented-reality/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/thad-starner-google-glass-augmented-reality/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/thad-starner-google-glass-augmented-reality/feed/ 0 Thad Starner is a wearable computing pioneer who coined the term “augmented reality” and a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a technical lead on Google Glass – a self-contained wearable computer. And so I was very excited to interview Prof. Starner for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. During our conversation with Thad […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:05:02 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThad Starner is a wearable computing pioneer who coined the term “augmented reality” and a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a technical lead on Google Glass – a self-contained wearable computer. And so I was very excited to interview Prof. Starner for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. During our conversation with Thad […]Thad Starner is a wearable computing pioneer who coined the term “augmented reality” and a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a technical lead on Google Glass – a self-contained wearable computer. And so I was very excited to interview Prof. Starner for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. During our conversation with Thad […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/daryl-oster-evacuated-tube-transport-space-travel-on-earth/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/daryl-oster-evacuated-tube-transport-space-travel-on-earth/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/daryl-oster-evacuated-tube-transport-space-travel-on-earth/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/daryl-oster-evacuated-tube-transport-space-travel-on-earth/feed/ 0 Daryl Oster is an inventor and engineer who wants to bring space travel to Earth. The idea is called ET3 – Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. Oster is the CEO of ET3 and his company “uses an open consortium business model to share information resulting in co-operative benefits.” The goal is nothing less but building a radically new […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:13 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDaryl Oster is an inventor and engineer who wants to bring space travel to Earth. The idea is called ET3 – Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. Oster is the CEO of ET3 and his company “uses an open consortium business model to share information resulting in co-operative benefits.” The goal is nothing less but building a radically new […]Daryl Oster is an inventor and engineer who wants to bring space travel to Earth. The idea is called ET3 – Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. Oster is the CEO of ET3 and his company “uses an open consortium business model to share information resulting in co-operative benefits.” The goal is nothing less but building a radically new […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-lewicki-on-singularity-1-on-1-stop-reading-about-it-and-start-doing-it/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-lewicki-on-singularity-1-on-1-stop-reading-about-it-and-start-doing-it/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-lewicki-on-singularity-1-on-1-stop-reading-about-it-and-start-doing-it/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-lewicki-on-singularity-1-on-1-stop-reading-about-it-and-start-doing-it/feed/ 0 Chris Lewicki is the president and Chief Asteroid Miner at Planetary Resources – the first company that plans to locate and mine asteroids for water and precious metals. The company is backed by a number of billionaires and space enthusiasts such as director James Cameron, Google’s Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and billionaire Ross […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 42:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noChris Lewicki is the president and Chief Asteroid Miner at Planetary Resources – the first company that plans to locate and mine asteroids for water and precious metals. The company is backed by a number of billionaires and space enthusiasts such as director James Cameron, Google’s Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and billionaire Ross […]Chris Lewicki is the president and Chief Asteroid Miner at Planetary Resources – the first company that plans to locate and mine asteroids for water and precious metals. The company is backed by a number of billionaires and space enthusiasts such as director James Cameron, Google’s Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and billionaire Ross […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray-on-cyborg-singularity-citizenship/ Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray-on-cyborg-singularity-citizenship/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray-on-cyborg-singularity-citizenship/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray-on-cyborg-singularity-citizenship/feed/ 0 Prof. Chris Hables Gray is someone whose work on both war and the cyborg is a must-read for anyone interested in those topics. I have followed Gray’s work for over 10 years and have read at least 3 of his books. So when I discovered that Chris will be one of the speakers for the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:11:50 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Chris Hables Gray is someone whose work on both war and the cyborg is a must-read for anyone interested in those topics. I have followed Gray’s work for over 10 years and have read at least 3 of his books. So when I discovered that Chris will be one of the speakers for the […]Prof. Chris Hables Gray is someone whose work on both war and the cyborg is a must-read for anyone interested in those topics. I have followed Gray’s work for over 10 years and have read at least 3 of his books. So when I discovered that Chris will be one of the speakers for the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ori-inbar-on-singularity-1-on-1-augmented-reality-will-change-every-aspect-of-life-and-work/ Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ori-inbar-on-singularity-1-on-1-augmented-reality-will-change-every-aspect-of-life-and-work/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ori-inbar-on-singularity-1-on-1-augmented-reality-will-change-every-aspect-of-life-and-work/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ori-inbar-on-singularity-1-on-1-augmented-reality-will-change-every-aspect-of-life-and-work/feed/ 0 Ori Inbar developed a passion for augmented reality (AR) ever since he realized that it will change every aspect of life and work we can think of. This realization has motivated him to become an industry start-up entrepreneur, a founder of a not-for-profit organization, an event organizer and a recognized speaker on topics related to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 58:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noOri Inbar developed a passion for augmented reality (AR) ever since he realized that it will change every aspect of life and work we can think of. This realization has motivated him to become an industry start-up entrepreneur, a founder of a not-for-profit organization, an event organizer and a recognized speaker on topics related to […]Ori Inbar developed a passion for augmented reality (AR) ever since he realized that it will change every aspect of life and work we can think of. This realization has motivated him to become an industry start-up entrepreneur, a founder of a not-for-profit organization, an event organizer and a recognized speaker on topics related to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacque-fresco-the-venus-project/ Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacque-fresco-the-venus-project/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacque-fresco-the-venus-project/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacque-fresco-the-venus-project/feed/ 0 Jacque Fresco is a futurist, inventor, social engineer, visionary, and technician, best known for the Venus Project. In his Future By Design documentary about Fresco’s life and ideas, Emmy-winning filmmaker William Gazecki called the 97-year-old Jacque “a modern-day Da Vinci.” Others have called him “a new Buckminster Fuller.” Now, I have to admit that I really like […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:11:23 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJacque Fresco is a futurist, inventor, social engineer, visionary, and technician, best known for the Venus Project. In his Future By Design documentary about Fresco’s life and ideas, Emmy-winning filmmaker William Gazecki called the 97-year-old Jacque “a modern-day Da Vinci.” Others have called him “a new Buckminster Fuller.” Now, I have to admit that I really like […]Jacque Fresco is a futurist, inventor, social engineer, visionary, and technician, best known for the Venus Project. In his Future By Design documentary about Fresco’s life and ideas, Emmy-winning filmmaker William Gazecki called the 97-year-old Jacque “a modern-day Da Vinci.” Others have called him “a new Buckminster Fuller.” Now, I have to admit that I really like […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/zero-state-amon-kalkin/ Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/zero-state-amon-kalkin/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/zero-state-amon-kalkin/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/zero-state-amon-kalkin/feed/ 0 Amon Kalkin is a cognitive scientist, electronic artist, and founder of Zero State. He is 40 years old, born in New Zealand, and living in the UK, where he spends his time raising a young family and gardening when he isn’t working to create a sphere of influence for positive futurist values. During my interview with […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAmon Kalkin is a cognitive scientist, electronic artist, and founder of Zero State. He is 40 years old, born in New Zealand, and living in the UK, where he spends his time raising a young family and gardening when he isn’t working to create a sphere of influence for positive futurist values. During my interview with […]Amon Kalkin is a cognitive scientist, electronic artist, and founder of Zero State. He is 40 years old, born in New Zealand, and living in the UK, where he spends his time raising a young family and gardening when he isn’t working to create a sphere of influence for positive futurist values. During my interview with […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-the-transhumanist-wager-is-a-choice-well-all-have-to-make/ Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-the-transhumanist-wager-is-a-choice-well-all-have-to-make/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-the-transhumanist-wager-is-a-choice-well-all-have-to-make/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-the-transhumanist-wager-is-a-choice-well-all-have-to-make/feed/ 0 While I personally loved the first half of The Transhumanist Wager and disliked much of the second, I am convinced that the novel is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our civilization. In my view, the novel is full of interesting and controversial contradictions. For example, on the one hand, Zoltan Istvan […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:06:07 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWhile I personally loved the first half of The Transhumanist Wager and disliked much of the second, I am convinced that the novel is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our civilization. In my view, the novel is full of interesting and controversial contradictions. For example, on the one hand, Zoltan Istvan […]While I personally loved the first half of The Transhumanist Wager and disliked much of the second, I am convinced that the novel is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our civilization. In my view, the novel is full of interesting and controversial contradictions. For example, on the one hand, Zoltan Istvan […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-the-transhumanist-reader/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-the-transhumanist-reader/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-the-transhumanist-reader/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-the-transhumanist-reader/feed/ 0 Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have gone as far as labeling it “the most dangerous idea.” Thus a comprehensive book – a Transhumanist Reader, documenting both the origins and the current state of transhumanist thought has been long needed. So, when I discovered that a new book aimed […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:05 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTranshumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have gone as far as labeling it “the most dangerous idea.” Thus a comprehensive book – a Transhumanist Reader, documenting both the origins and the current state of transhumanist thought has been long needed. So, when I discovered that a new book aimed […]Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have gone as far as labeling it “the most dangerous idea.” Thus a comprehensive book – a Transhumanist Reader, documenting both the origins and the current state of transhumanist thought has been long needed. So, when I discovered that a new book aimed […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-crockett-hybrid-photography-is-the-future-dslrs-are-the-past/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-crockett-hybrid-photography-is-the-future-dslrs-are-the-past/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-crockett-hybrid-photography-is-the-future-dslrs-are-the-past/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-crockett-hybrid-photography-is-the-future-dslrs-are-the-past/feed/ 0 Will Crockett is a photo innovator and web TV personality. He has more than 30 years as a commercial photographer with clients like Pfizer, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Cadbury, United Airlines, TIME magazine, and the US Pentagon. Crocket is also the man behind DiscoverMirrorless.com and ShootSmarter.com as well as a prototype test shooter for many camera […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 54:43 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWill Crockett is a photo innovator and web TV personality. He has more than 30 years as a commercial photographer with clients like Pfizer, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Cadbury, United Airlines, TIME magazine, and the US Pentagon. Crocket is also the man behind DiscoverMirrorless.com and ShootSmarter.com as well as a prototype test shooter for many camera […]Will Crockett is a photo innovator and web TV personality. He has more than 30 years as a commercial photographer with clients like Pfizer, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Cadbury, United Airlines, TIME magazine, and the US Pentagon. Crocket is also the man behind DiscoverMirrorless.com and ShootSmarter.com as well as a prototype test shooter for many camera […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-putman-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-putman-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-putman-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-putman-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Matthew Putman is the most eclectic guest I have had on Singularity 1 on 1. Matthew is a PhD in applied mathematics and engineering, Professor at Columbia University, a Thiel fellowship mentor, entrepreneur, poet, jazz pianist, inventor holding patents in nano-imaging, film and theater producer, and a cancer survivor. After spending over an hour talking […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:07:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMatthew Putman is the most eclectic guest I have had on Singularity 1 on 1. Matthew is a PhD in applied mathematics and engineering, Professor at Columbia University, a Thiel fellowship mentor, entrepreneur, poet, jazz pianist, inventor holding patents in nano-imaging, film and theater producer, and a cancer survivor. After spending over an hour talking […]Matthew Putman is the most eclectic guest I have had on Singularity 1 on 1. Matthew is a PhD in applied mathematics and engineering, Professor at Columbia University, a Thiel fellowship mentor, entrepreneur, poet, jazz pianist, inventor holding patents in nano-imaging, film and theater producer, and a cancer survivor. After spending over an hour talking […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-d-miller-on-singularity-1-on-1-prepare-for-a-smarter-world/ Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-d-miller-on-singularity-1-on-1-prepare-for-a-smarter-world/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-d-miller-on-singularity-1-on-1-prepare-for-a-smarter-world/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-d-miller-on-singularity-1-on-1-prepare-for-a-smarter-world/feed/ 0 James D. Miller is a professor of economics and, most recently, the author of Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World. James is the second economist on Singularity 1 on 1 and he respects and agrees with much of Robin Hanson‘s conclusions. In my view, however, Miller’s book Singularity […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 43:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJames D. Miller is a professor of economics and, most recently, the author of Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World. James is the second economist on Singularity 1 on 1 and he respects and agrees with much of Robin Hanson‘s conclusions. In my view, however, Miller’s book Singularity […]James D. Miller is a professor of economics and, most recently, the author of Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World. James is the second economist on Singularity 1 on 1 and he respects and agrees with much of Robin Hanson‘s conclusions. In my view, however, Miller’s book Singularity […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-at-newtonbrook-secondary-school/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-at-newtonbrook-secondary-school/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-at-newtonbrook-secondary-school/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-at-newtonbrook-secondary-school/feed/ 0 Yesterday I went to speak to a class of grade 12 students from the Newtonbrook Secondary School in Toronto. I have been looking forward to this opportunity to challenge and be challenged by the next generation of bright young minds, and was not going to be prevented from going there, be it by a Canadian […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 47:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I went to speak to a class of grade 12 students from the Newtonbrook Secondary School in Toronto. I have been looking forward to this opportunity to challenge and be challenged by the next generation of bright young minds, and was not going to be prevented from going there, be it by a Canadian […]Yesterday I went to speak to a class of grade 12 students from the Newtonbrook Secondary School in Toronto. I have been looking forward to this opportunity to challenge and be challenged by the next generation of bright young minds, and was not going to be prevented from going there, be it by a Canadian […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/ Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/feed/ 0 Yesterday I spoke at this year’s edition of the annual Podcamp Toronto at Ryerson University. Since people often ask me for tips on podcasting, I decided to record my presentation so that it is always available to anyone interested in knowing how I started or what in my view are the most important elements for […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I spoke at this year’s edition of the annual Podcamp Toronto at Ryerson University. Since people often ask me for tips on podcasting, I decided to record my presentation so that it is always available to anyone interested in knowing how I started or what in my view are the most important elements for […]Yesterday I spoke at this year’s edition of the annual Podcamp Toronto at Ryerson University. Since people often ask me for tips on podcasting, I decided to record my presentation so that it is always available to anyone interested in knowing how I started or what in my view are the most important elements for […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ayesha-khanna-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ayesha-khanna-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ayesha-khanna-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ayesha-khanna-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Ayesha Khanna is the co-founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute and co-author of Hybrid Reality book for Kindle. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ayesha Khanna we discuss a variety of topics such as women and technology; whether men are from Mars and women from Venus; her book Hybrid Reality and what she calls […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:48 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noAyesha Khanna is the co-founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute and co-author of Hybrid Reality book for Kindle. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ayesha Khanna we discuss a variety of topics such as women and technology; whether men are from Mars and women from Venus; her book Hybrid Reality and what she calls […]Ayesha Khanna is the co-founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute and co-author of Hybrid Reality book for Kindle. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ayesha Khanna we discuss a variety of topics such as women and technology; whether men are from Mars and women from Venus; her book Hybrid Reality and what she calls […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-social-science-or-extremist-politics-in-disguise/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-social-science-or-extremist-politics-in-disguise/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-social-science-or-extremist-politics-in-disguise/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-social-science-or-extremist-politics-in-disguise/feed/ 0 My second interview with economist Robin Hanson was by far the most vigorous debate ever on Singularity 1 on 1. I have to say that I have rarely disagreed more with any of my podcast guests before. So, why do I get so fired up about Robin’s ideas you may ask?! Well, here is just […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noMy second interview with economist Robin Hanson was by far the most vigorous debate ever on Singularity 1 on 1. I have to say that I have rarely disagreed more with any of my podcast guests before. So, why do I get so fired up about Robin’s ideas you may ask?! Well, here is just […]My second interview with economist Robin Hanson was by far the most vigorous debate ever on Singularity 1 on 1. I have to say that I have rarely disagreed more with any of my podcast guests before. So, why do I get so fired up about Robin’s ideas you may ask?! Well, here is just […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/christine-peterson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/christine-peterson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/christine-peterson-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/christine-peterson-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Christine Peterson is not only the co-founder and past president of the Foresight Institute for Nanotechnology but also the person credited with coining the term open-source software. More recently her interests have evolved to include longevity and life extension technologies and she is currently the CEO of Health Activator. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Christine […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:29 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noChristine Peterson is not only the co-founder and past president of the Foresight Institute for Nanotechnology but also the person credited with coining the term open-source software. More recently her interests have evolved to include longevity and life extension technologies and she is currently the CEO of Health Activator. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Christine […]Christine Peterson is not only the co-founder and past president of the Foresight Institute for Nanotechnology but also the person credited with coining the term open-source software. More recently her interests have evolved to include longevity and life extension technologies and she is currently the CEO of Health Activator. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Christine […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-church-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-church-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-church-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-church-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Dr. “George Church is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world,” says Steven Pinker on the front cover of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Regenesis is the recent book that Church wrote together with Ed Regis, where the authors “imagine a future in which human beings have become immune […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:00 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. “George Church is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world,” says Steven Pinker on the front cover of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Regenesis is the recent book that Church wrote together with Ed Regis, where the authors “imagine a future in which human beings have become immune […]Dr. “George Church is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world,” says Steven Pinker on the front cover of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Regenesis is the recent book that Church wrote together with Ed Regis, where the authors “imagine a future in which human beings have become immune […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/doug-wolens-on-the-singularity-film/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/doug-wolens-on-the-singularity-film/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/doug-wolens-on-the-singularity-film/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/doug-wolens-on-the-singularity-film/feed/ 0 Today my guest is Doug Wolens. Doug is the lawyer-turned-documentarian whose most recent film is The Singularity. I have to say that neither Doug nor his film is what I expected. To paraphrase and add to one of the other iTunes film reviewers – what I was expecting was “Wohooo! Singularity!” But what I got instead […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 49:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday my guest is Doug Wolens. Doug is the lawyer-turned-documentarian whose most recent film is The Singularity. I have to say that neither Doug nor his film is what I expected. To paraphrase and add to one of the other iTunes film reviewers – what I was expecting was “Wohooo! Singularity!” But what I got instead […]Today my guest is Doug Wolens. Doug is the lawyer-turned-documentarian whose most recent film is The Singularity. I have to say that neither Doug nor his film is what I expected. To paraphrase and add to one of the other iTunes film reviewers – what I was expecting was “Wohooo! Singularity!” But what I got instead […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Robin Hanson is not just a well known economist with seminal work in prediction markets. He is also a physicist, philosopher and AI researcher. Besides being a polyglot he is also an extremely likable fellow and both of those make him very hard to argue against. Add up the fact that it’s been over a decade […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:27:25 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRobin Hanson is not just a well known economist with seminal work in prediction markets. He is also a physicist, philosopher and AI researcher. Besides being a polyglot he is also an extremely likable fellow and both of those make him very hard to argue against. Add up the fact that it’s been over a decade […]Robin Hanson is not just a well known economist with seminal work in prediction markets. He is also a physicist, philosopher and AI researcher. Besides being a polyglot he is also an extremely likable fellow and both of those make him very hard to argue against. Add up the fact that it’s been over a decade […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-on-the-wow-signal-podcast/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-on-the-wow-signal-podcast/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-on-the-wow-signal-podcast/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-on-the-wow-signal-podcast/feed/ 0 I know how hard it is start a podcast. So when budding podcasters ask me for an interview, I am always looking for reasons to say “Yes.” This is a re-post of my month-old interview for the Wow Signal Podcast recently started by Paul Carr. Since this is only the 3rd episode ever, the recording is still a bit […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:54 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI know how hard it is start a podcast. So when budding podcasters ask me for an interview, I am always looking for reasons to say “Yes.” This is a re-post of my month-old interview for the Wow Signal Podcast recently started by Paul Carr. Since this is only the 3rd episode ever, the recording is still a bit […]I know how hard it is start a podcast. So when budding podcasters ask me for an interview, I am always looking for reasons to say “Yes.” This is a re-post of my month-old interview for the Wow Signal Podcast recently started by Paul Carr. Since this is only the 3rd episode ever, the recording is still a bit […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/bob-mcdonald-on-singularity-1-on-1-follow-your-dreams/ Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/bob-mcdonald-on-singularity-1-on-1-follow-your-dreams/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/bob-mcdonald-on-singularity-1-on-1-follow-your-dreams/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/bob-mcdonald-on-singularity-1-on-1-follow-your-dreams/feed/ 0 Bob McDonald is the national science correspondent and popular host of CBC’s radio show Quirks and Quarks. If you are Canadian it is virtually impossible that you have not seen or heard him on TV or radio for the past 30+ years. If you are not, then, you will be treated to some of his […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 42:58 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noBob McDonald is the national science correspondent and popular host of CBC’s radio show Quirks and Quarks. If you are Canadian it is virtually impossible that you have not seen or heard him on TV or radio for the past 30+ years. If you are not, then, you will be treated to some of his […]Bob McDonald is the national science correspondent and popular host of CBC’s radio show Quirks and Quarks. If you are Canadian it is virtually impossible that you have not seen or heard him on TV or radio for the past 30+ years. If you are not, then, you will be treated to some of his […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-eliasmith-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-eliasmith-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-eliasmith-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-eliasmith-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Prof. Chris Eliasmith is currently the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and the team leader behind SPAUN – the brain simulation project that recently made news around the world. So, when I discovered that Eliasmith’s lab is just over an hour worth of driving from my place, I decided […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noProf. Chris Eliasmith is currently the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and the team leader behind SPAUN – the brain simulation project that recently made news around the world. So, when I discovered that Eliasmith’s lab is just over an hour worth of driving from my place, I decided […]Prof. Chris Eliasmith is currently the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and the team leader behind SPAUN – the brain simulation project that recently made news around the world. So, when I discovered that Eliasmith’s lab is just over an hour worth of driving from my place, I decided […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ken-hayworth-on-chemical-brain-preservation/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ken-hayworth-on-chemical-brain-preservation/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ken-hayworth-on-chemical-brain-preservation/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ken-hayworth-on-chemical-brain-preservation/feed/ 0 Ken Hayworth is the president of the Brain Preservation Foundation and a strong proponent of chemical brain preservation. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ken, we talk about a variety of topics such as his background in electron-microscopy and how he got interested in it; the motivation behind his work; his skepticism towards […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:45 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKen Hayworth is the president of the Brain Preservation Foundation and a strong proponent of chemical brain preservation. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ken, we talk about a variety of topics such as his background in electron-microscopy and how he got interested in it; the motivation behind his work; his skepticism towards […]Ken Hayworth is the president of the Brain Preservation Foundation and a strong proponent of chemical brain preservation. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ken, we talk about a variety of topics such as his background in electron-microscopy and how he got interested in it; the motivation behind his work; his skepticism towards […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Jack Andraka is the miracle whiz kid that came up with a totally unique pancreatic cancer detection test that takes 5 minutes to administer, costs 3 cents, is non-invasive, has been 100% accurate in blind trials, is 168 times faster, and 26,000 times cheaper than the current gold standard. During my Singularity 1 on 1 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 29:59 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJack Andraka is the miracle whiz kid that came up with a totally unique pancreatic cancer detection test that takes 5 minutes to administer, costs 3 cents, is non-invasive, has been 100% accurate in blind trials, is 168 times faster, and 26,000 times cheaper than the current gold standard. During my Singularity 1 on 1 […]Jack Andraka is the miracle whiz kid that came up with a totally unique pancreatic cancer detection test that takes 5 minutes to administer, costs 3 cents, is non-invasive, has been 100% accurate in blind trials, is 168 times faster, and 26,000 times cheaper than the current gold standard. During my Singularity 1 on 1 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-nexus/ Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-nexus/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-nexus/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-nexus/feed/ 0 This is the second time that I interview Ramez Naam for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Last time we talked about Naam’s interesting background, professional experience, and award-winning book More Than Human.  During our second conversation with Ramez, we talk mainly about his novel Nexus: Mankind Gets an Upgrade. We also cover a variety of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:14 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the second time that I interview Ramez Naam for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Last time we talked about Naam’s interesting background, professional experience, and award-winning book More Than Human.  During our second conversation with Ramez, we talk mainly about his novel Nexus: Mankind Gets an Upgrade. We also cover a variety of […]This is the second time that I interview Ramez Naam for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Last time we talked about Naam’s interesting background, professional experience, and award-winning book More Than Human.  During our second conversation with Ramez, we talk mainly about his novel Nexus: Mankind Gets an Upgrade. We also cover a variety of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-science-and-religion-exclusive-or-complimentary/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-science-and-religion-exclusive-or-complimentary/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-science-and-religion-exclusive-or-complimentary/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-science-and-religion-exclusive-or-complimentary/feed/ 0 Lincoln Cannon is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. In my first interview with him, we talked about the compatibility between Mormonism and Transhumanism. In this special edition of Singularity 1 on 1, we debate whether science and religion are mutually exclusive – as I believe, or […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:00:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLincoln Cannon is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. In my first interview with him, we talked about the compatibility between Mormonism and Transhumanism. In this special edition of Singularity 1 on 1, we debate whether science and religion are mutually exclusive – as I believe, or […]Lincoln Cannon is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. In my first interview with him, we talked about the compatibility between Mormonism and Transhumanism. In this special edition of Singularity 1 on 1, we debate whether science and religion are mutually exclusive – as I believe, or […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus-on-singularity-1-on-1-bridge-the-mind-with-the-brain/ Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus-on-singularity-1-on-1-bridge-the-mind-with-the-brain/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus-on-singularity-1-on-1-bridge-the-mind-with-the-brain/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus-on-singularity-1-on-1-bridge-the-mind-with-the-brain/feed/ 1 Gary Marcus is not only a professor in psychology but also a computer scientist, programmer, AI researcher, and best-selling author. He recently wrote a critical article titled Ray Kurzweil’s Dubious New Theory of Mind that was published by The New Yorker. After reading his blog post I thought that it will be interesting to invite Gary […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGary Marcus is not only a professor in psychology but also a computer scientist, programmer, AI researcher, and best-selling author. He recently wrote a critical article titled Ray Kurzweil’s Dubious New Theory of Mind that was published by The New Yorker. After reading his blog post I thought that it will be interesting to invite Gary […]Gary Marcus is not only a professor in psychology but also a computer scientist, programmer, AI researcher, and best-selling author. He recently wrote a critical article titled Ray Kurzweil’s Dubious New Theory of Mind that was published by The New Yorker. After reading his blog post I thought that it will be interesting to invite Gary […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanist/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanist/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanist/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanist/feed/ 0 Lincoln Cannon is one of those people who break the mold. He is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. So if like me, you thought that Mormon Transhumanism is an oxymoron, you should put your presumptions away and give Lincoln the chance […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:13:37 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLincoln Cannon is one of those people who break the mold. He is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. So if like me, you thought that Mormon Transhumanism is an oxymoron, you should put your presumptions away and give Lincoln the chance […]Lincoln Cannon is one of those people who break the mold. He is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. So if like me, you thought that Mormon Transhumanism is an oxymoron, you should put your presumptions away and give Lincoln the chance […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/fastforward-radio-by-the-speculist-puts-socrates-in-the-spot/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/fastforward-radio-by-the-speculist-puts-socrates-in-the-spot/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/fastforward-radio-by-the-speculist-puts-socrates-in-the-spot/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/fastforward-radio-by-the-speculist-puts-socrates-in-the-spot/feed/ 0 Last Night I did a one hour interview for FastForward Radio by the Speculist. During our conversation with hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon I covered a few topics such as the personal story behind the start of SingularitySymposium.com, SingularityWeblog.com and Singularity1on1.com. I also talked about technology in general and the singularity in particular and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:00:09 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast Night I did a one hour interview for FastForward Radio by the Speculist. During our conversation with hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon I covered a few topics such as the personal story behind the start of SingularitySymposium.com, SingularityWeblog.com and Singularity1on1.com. I also talked about technology in general and the singularity in particular and […]Last Night I did a one hour interview for FastForward Radio by the Speculist. During our conversation with hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon I covered a few topics such as the personal story behind the start of SingularitySymposium.com, SingularityWeblog.com and Singularity1on1.com. I also talked about technology in general and the singularity in particular and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-brin-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-brin-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-brin-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-brin-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 David Brin is not only a Ph.D. in astrophysics but also an award-winning, best-selling science fiction author, perhaps best known for his uplift series of novels and, most recently, Existence. Originally, I was supposed to interview Brin in the summer. Unfortunately, I got a concussion the day before and thus had to delay it. David […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:56 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDavid Brin is not only a Ph.D. in astrophysics but also an award-winning, best-selling science fiction author, perhaps best known for his uplift series of novels and, most recently, Existence. Originally, I was supposed to interview Brin in the summer. Unfortunately, I got a concussion the day before and thus had to delay it. David […]David Brin is not only a Ph.D. in astrophysics but also an award-winning, best-selling science fiction author, perhaps best known for his uplift series of novels and, most recently, Existence. Originally, I was supposed to interview Brin in the summer. Unfortunately, I got a concussion the day before and thus had to delay it. David […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamais-cascio-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamais-cascio-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamais-cascio-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamais-cascio-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Jamais Cascio is one of the world’s top 100 thinkers according to Foreign Policy. He writes and speaks on a variety of topics from technology and global warming, to war, nuclear proliferation, ethics, and sustainable development.  Thus my goal was to discuss most of those topics for, in one way or another, they are relevant […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:27 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJamais Cascio is one of the world’s top 100 thinkers according to Foreign Policy. He writes and speaks on a variety of topics from technology and global warming, to war, nuclear proliferation, ethics, and sustainable development.  Thus my goal was to discuss most of those topics for, in one way or another, they are relevant […]Jamais Cascio is one of the world’s top 100 thinkers according to Foreign Policy. He writes and speaks on a variety of topics from technology and global warming, to war, nuclear proliferation, ethics, and sustainable development.  Thus my goal was to discuss most of those topics for, in one way or another, they are relevant […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/tracy-r-atkins-aeternum-ray-singularity/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/tracy-r-atkins-aeternum-ray-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/tracy-r-atkins-aeternum-ray-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/tracy-r-atkins-aeternum-ray-singularity/feed/ 0 Tracy R. Atkins is not only a contributor to Singularity Weblog but also the author of a brand new singularity book titled Aeternum Ray. Aeternum Ray is rather unique because it is openly and whole-heartedly utopian in character. It is written in the epistolary literary tradition of classic science fiction works such as Frankenstein and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTracy R. Atkins is not only a contributor to Singularity Weblog but also the author of a brand new singularity book titled Aeternum Ray. Aeternum Ray is rather unique because it is openly and whole-heartedly utopian in character. It is written in the epistolary literary tradition of classic science fiction works such as Frankenstein and […]Tracy R. Atkins is not only a contributor to Singularity Weblog but also the author of a brand new singularity book titled Aeternum Ray. Aeternum Ray is rather unique because it is openly and whole-heartedly utopian in character. It is written in the epistolary literary tradition of classic science fiction works such as Frankenstein and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-hughes-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-hughes-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-hughes-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-hughes-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Dr. James Hughes is not only the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) but also a well-known book author and transhumanist. I enjoyed having him on the show and will probably ask him to return. During our conversation with Dr. Hughes, we cover a wide variety of topics such as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:02:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. James Hughes is not only the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) but also a well-known book author and transhumanist. I enjoyed having him on the show and will probably ask him to return. During our conversation with Dr. Hughes, we cover a wide variety of topics such as […]Dr. James Hughes is not only the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) but also a well-known book author and transhumanist. I enjoyed having him on the show and will probably ask him to return. During our conversation with Dr. Hughes, we cover a wide variety of topics such as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/marco-santini-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/marco-santini-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/marco-santini-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/marco-santini-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 The first time that I looked at The Alpha Centauri Project by Marco Santini, I was struck by the book’s dedication: To he who explores new horizons, because knowledge doesn’t have limits, to he who tries new ways, because dreams become reality, to he who pursues brotherhood, because peace is not a chimera. Having read such […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 22:28 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThe first time that I looked at The Alpha Centauri Project by Marco Santini, I was struck by the book’s dedication: To he who explores new horizons, because knowledge doesn’t have limits, to he who tries new ways, because dreams become reality, to he who pursues brotherhood, because peace is not a chimera. Having read such […]The first time that I looked at The Alpha Centauri Project by Marco Santini, I was struck by the book’s dedication: To he who explores new horizons, because knowledge doesn’t have limits, to he who tries new ways, because dreams become reality, to he who pursues brotherhood, because peace is not a chimera. Having read such […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil/feed/ 0 Ray Kurzweil‘s impact on my life in general but especially on what I have been doing for the past 3 or 4 years is hard to exaggerate. It is a simple fact that, if I haven’t read his seminal book The Singularity is Near, I would be neither blogging nor podcasting about exponential technologies, not to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:37 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRay Kurzweil‘s impact on my life in general but especially on what I have been doing for the past 3 or 4 years is hard to exaggerate. It is a simple fact that, if I haven’t read his seminal book The Singularity is Near, I would be neither blogging nor podcasting about exponential technologies, not to […]Ray Kurzweil‘s impact on my life in general but especially on what I have been doing for the past 3 or 4 years is hard to exaggerate. It is a simple fact that, if I haven’t read his seminal book The Singularity is Near, I would be neither blogging nor podcasting about exponential technologies, not to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow/feed/ 1 Cory Doctorow is one of my all-time most favorite science fiction writers. So it is no surprise I had so much fun interviewing him. I don’t know how he does it, but Cory is one of those rare individuals who can juggle successfully being a father, an avid reader, a blogger, an activist, a journalist, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:08 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noCory Doctorow is one of my all-time most favorite science fiction writers. So it is no surprise I had so much fun interviewing him. I don’t know how he does it, but Cory is one of those rare individuals who can juggle successfully being a father, an avid reader, a blogger, an activist, a journalist, […]Cory Doctorow is one of my all-time most favorite science fiction writers. So it is no surprise I had so much fun interviewing him. I don’t know how he does it, but Cory is one of those rare individuals who can juggle successfully being a father, an avid reader, a blogger, an activist, a journalist, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanism-natasha-vita-more/ Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanism-natasha-vita-more/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanism-natasha-vita-more/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanism-natasha-vita-more/feed/ 0 Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have labeled it “the most dangerous idea.” I thought that it was time to bring some basic intellectual clarity on the topic, and who is better prepared to help us do that than “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”!? Dr. Natasha Vita-More has already […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noTranshumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have labeled it “the most dangerous idea.” I thought that it was time to bring some basic intellectual clarity on the topic, and who is better prepared to help us do that than “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”!? Dr. Natasha Vita-More has already […]Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have labeled it “the most dangerous idea.” I thought that it was time to bring some basic intellectual clarity on the topic, and who is better prepared to help us do that than “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”!? Dr. Natasha Vita-More has already […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/intel-futurist-brian-david-johnson/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/intel-futurist-brian-david-johnson/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/intel-futurist-brian-david-johnson/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/intel-futurist-brian-david-johnson/feed/ 0 “When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” [John M. Richardson, Jr.] Brian David Johnson – Intel’s futurist and principal engineer with 25 patents behind his back, is without any doubt one of those who really […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 54:08 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)no“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” [John M. Richardson, Jr.] Brian David Johnson – Intel’s futurist and principal engineer with 25 patents behind his back, is without any doubt one of those who really […]“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” [John M. Richardson, Jr.] Brian David Johnson – Intel’s futurist and principal engineer with 25 patents behind his back, is without any doubt one of those who really […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/giulio-prisco/ Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/giulio-prisco-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/giulio-prisco/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/giulio-prisco/feed/ 0 Giulio Prisco is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant, as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist. Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco is a physicist and computer scientist who started his career at CERN. Giulio is an avid advocate of cryonics. He is also a member of the advisory board of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:14:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGiulio Prisco is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant, as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist. Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco is a physicist and computer scientist who started his career at CERN. Giulio is an avid advocate of cryonics. He is also a member of the advisory board of […]Giulio Prisco is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant, as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist. Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco is a physicist and computer scientist who started his career at CERN. Giulio is an avid advocate of cryonics. He is also a member of the advisory board of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-millennium-project/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-millennium-project/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-millennium-project/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-millennium-project/feed/ 0 Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project. He is well known for inventing the Futures Wheel technique and, among many other things, is also the primary author on their annual state of the future report and editor of futures research methodology. Thus, when Jason Ganz suggested that I invite Jerome on Singularity 1 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:18 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project. He is well known for inventing the Futures Wheel technique and, among many other things, is also the primary author on their annual state of the future report and editor of futures research methodology. Thus, when Jason Ganz suggested that I invite Jerome on Singularity 1 […]Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project. He is well known for inventing the Futures Wheel technique and, among many other things, is also the primary author on their annual state of the future report and editor of futures research methodology. Thus, when Jason Ganz suggested that I invite Jerome on Singularity 1 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jim-harris-blindsided/ Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jim-harris-blindsided/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jim-harris-blindsided/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jim-harris-blindsided/feed/ 0 Jim Harris is one of North America’s foremost management consultants, public speakers, authors, and thinkers on change and leadership. He is also another local Canadian thought leader that I discovered during the World Future 2012 conference where Jim made the closing keynote speech. His speech was so entertaining, informative, and illuminating that I instantly decided to invite […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:51 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noJim Harris is one of North America’s foremost management consultants, public speakers, authors, and thinkers on change and leadership. He is also another local Canadian thought leader that I discovered during the World Future 2012 conference where Jim made the closing keynote speech. His speech was so entertaining, informative, and illuminating that I instantly decided to invite […]Jim Harris is one of North America’s foremost management consultants, public speakers, authors, and thinkers on change and leadership. He is also another local Canadian thought leader that I discovered during the World Future 2012 conference where Jim made the closing keynote speech. His speech was so entertaining, informative, and illuminating that I instantly decided to invite […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ryan-janzen-hydraulophone/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ryan-janzen-hydraulophone/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ryan-janzen-hydraulophone/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ryan-janzen-hydraulophone/feed/ 0 Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann. Janzen is a composer not only for orchestra but […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 24:00 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noRyan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann. Janzen is a composer not only for orchestra but […]Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann. Janzen is a composer not only for orchestra but […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/cyborg-steve-mann/ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/cyborg-steve-mann/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/cyborg-steve-mann/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/cyborg-steve-mann/feed/ 0 Steve Mann is sometimes called the first cyborg. Other times he is called the cyborg Luddite because of the stress he puts on choosing which technologies to embrace and which ones to abandon in order to be in harmony with nature. Whatever the case may be, I was super happy to get him on Singularity 1 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:07 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noSteve Mann is sometimes called the first cyborg. Other times he is called the cyborg Luddite because of the stress he puts on choosing which technologies to embrace and which ones to abandon in order to be in harmony with nature. Whatever the case may be, I was super happy to get him on Singularity 1 […]Steve Mann is sometimes called the first cyborg. Other times he is called the cyborg Luddite because of the stress he puts on choosing which technologies to embrace and which ones to abandon in order to be in harmony with nature. Whatever the case may be, I was super happy to get him on Singularity 1 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, and computational neuroscientist who is currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I enjoyed talking to him last time he was on Singularity 1 on 1 and was happy to have him back for another one. During our second conversation with Anders, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:11:20 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, and computational neuroscientist who is currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I enjoyed talking to him last time he was on Singularity 1 on 1 and was happy to have him back for another one. During our second conversation with Anders, […]Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, and computational neuroscientist who is currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I enjoyed talking to him last time he was on Singularity 1 on 1 and was happy to have him back for another one. During our second conversation with Anders, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dyson-singularity-1-on-1/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dyson-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dyson-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dyson-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 George Dyson was born in 1953 and had a unique opportunity to witness firsthand the conjunction of mathematics and physics that brought the digital revolution to life. He has been observing the relationship between nature and technology ever since. Dyson’s latest book, Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, illuminates the transition from numbers that […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noGeorge Dyson was born in 1953 and had a unique opportunity to witness firsthand the conjunction of mathematics and physics that brought the digital revolution to life. He has been observing the relationship between nature and technology ever since. Dyson’s latest book, Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, illuminates the transition from numbers that […]George Dyson was born in 1953 and had a unique opportunity to witness firsthand the conjunction of mathematics and physics that brought the digital revolution to life. He has been observing the relationship between nature and technology ever since. Dyson’s latest book, Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, illuminates the transition from numbers that […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/hugo-de-garis-gods-or-terminators/ Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/hugo-de-garis-gods-or-terminators/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/hugo-de-garis-gods-or-terminators/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/hugo-de-garis-gods-or-terminators/feed/ 0 Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on Singularity 1 on 1. Finally, a few weeks ago I managed to catch him for a 90 […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:30:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noHugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on Singularity 1 on 1. Finally, a few weeks ago I managed to catch him for a 90 […]Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on Singularity 1 on 1. Finally, a few weeks ago I managed to catch him for a 90 […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-h-wilson-on-singularity-technology/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-h-wilson-on-singularity-technology/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-h-wilson-on-singularity-technology/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-h-wilson-on-singularity-technology/feed/ 0 Daniel H. Wilson earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling science fiction novel Robopocalypse and a columnist and contributing editor for Popular Mechanics magazine. He has also written: How To Survive a Robot Uprising, How to Build a Robot Army, A Boy and His Bot and Where’s My Jetpack?. Robopocalypse is not […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 43:22 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDaniel H. Wilson earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling science fiction novel Robopocalypse and a columnist and contributing editor for Popular Mechanics magazine. He has also written: How To Survive a Robot Uprising, How to Build a Robot Army, A Boy and His Bot and Where’s My Jetpack?. Robopocalypse is not […]Daniel H. Wilson earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling science fiction novel Robopocalypse and a columnist and contributing editor for Popular Mechanics magazine. He has also written: How To Survive a Robot Uprising, How to Build a Robot Army, A Boy and His Bot and Where’s My Jetpack?. Robopocalypse is not […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/federico-pistono-robots-will-steal-your-job/ Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/federico-pistono-robots-will-steal-your-job/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/federico-pistono-robots-will-steal-your-job/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/federico-pistono-robots-will-steal-your-job/feed/ 0 Federico Pistono is perhaps the youngest guest I have ever had on Singularity 1 on 1. Despite that, Federico is already a scientific educator, social activist, blogger, and aspiring filmmaker. More recently, he is the author of a book called Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK, and an incoming student to Singularity University. During our […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 47:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noFederico Pistono is perhaps the youngest guest I have ever had on Singularity 1 on 1. Despite that, Federico is already a scientific educator, social activist, blogger, and aspiring filmmaker. More recently, he is the author of a book called Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK, and an incoming student to Singularity University. During our […]Federico Pistono is perhaps the youngest guest I have ever had on Singularity 1 on 1. Despite that, Federico is already a scientific educator, social activist, blogger, and aspiring filmmaker. More recently, he is the author of a book called Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK, and an incoming student to Singularity University. During our […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-all-amazingly-stupid-but-we-can-get-better/ Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-all-amazingly-stupid-but-we-can-get-better/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-all-amazingly-stupid-but-we-can-get-better/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-all-amazingly-stupid-but-we-can-get-better/feed/ 1 Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, computational neuroscientist, and currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I have been thinking of inviting him on Singularity 1 on 1 for some time and when one of my readers actually asked me to do it I could not be happier […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, computational neuroscientist, and currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I have been thinking of inviting him on Singularity 1 on 1 for some time and when one of my readers actually asked me to do it I could not be happier […]Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, computational neuroscientist, and currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I have been thinking of inviting him on Singularity 1 on 1 for some time and when one of my readers actually asked me to do it I could not be happier […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder-the-singularity-is-an-old-idea-keep-moving-forward/ Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder-the-singularity-is-an-old-idea-keep-moving-forward/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder-the-singularity-is-an-old-idea-keep-moving-forward/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder-the-singularity-is-an-old-idea-keep-moving-forward/feed/ 0 Karl Schroeder is one of those fantastic science fiction authors and futurists who, despite his numerous and profound books, have not quite made it into the mainstream yet. In fact, it was just a week ago that Eric Boyd emailed me to suggest that I interview Karl on Singularity 1 on 1, and I was […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:09:30 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noKarl Schroeder is one of those fantastic science fiction authors and futurists who, despite his numerous and profound books, have not quite made it into the mainstream yet. In fact, it was just a week ago that Eric Boyd emailed me to suggest that I interview Karl on Singularity 1 on 1, and I was […]Karl Schroeder is one of those fantastic science fiction authors and futurists who, despite his numerous and profound books, have not quite made it into the mainstream yet. In fact, it was just a week ago that Eric Boyd emailed me to suggest that I interview Karl on Singularity 1 on 1, and I was […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-on-singularity-1on1-accelerating-change-isnt-slowing-down/ Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-on-singularity-1on1-accelerating-change-isnt-slowing-down/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-on-singularity-1on1-accelerating-change-isnt-slowing-down/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-on-singularity-1on1-accelerating-change-isnt-slowing-down/feed/ 0 Yesterday I interviewed John Smart on Singularity 1 on 1. Among many other things, John is an advisor in Futures Studies and Forecasting for Singularity University where I met him last summer. He is also one of those rare people who are (literary) Smart since birth and totally justify the name. So it was no surprise […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:06:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I interviewed John Smart on Singularity 1 on 1. Among many other things, John is an advisor in Futures Studies and Forecasting for Singularity University where I met him last summer. He is also one of those rare people who are (literary) Smart since birth and totally justify the name. So it was no surprise […]Yesterday I interviewed John Smart on Singularity 1 on 1. Among many other things, John is an advisor in Futures Studies and Forecasting for Singularity University where I met him last summer. He is also one of those rare people who are (literary) Smart since birth and totally justify the name. So it was no surprise […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-randal-koene-on-the-ethics-of-mind-uploading/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-randal-koene-on-the-ethics-of-mind-uploading/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-randal-koene-on-the-ethics-of-mind-uploading/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-randal-koene-on-the-ethics-of-mind-uploading/feed/ 1 This is my second interview with Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:03:19 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my second interview with Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, […]This is my second interview with Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harvey-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harvey-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harvey-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harvey-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/feed/ 0 A couple of days ago, I interviewed Australian James Harvey. James is unique among my guests because he was the first interviewee whose willingness to take a chance on a brand-new podcast helped me kick off Singularity 1 on 1. However, this is not the only thing that makes him different; James is also “a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 53:20 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of days ago, I interviewed Australian James Harvey. James is unique among my guests because he was the first interviewee whose willingness to take a chance on a brand-new podcast helped me kick off Singularity 1 on 1. However, this is not the only thing that makes him different; James is also “a […]A couple of days ago, I interviewed Australian James Harvey. James is unique among my guests because he was the first interviewee whose willingness to take a chance on a brand-new podcast helped me kick off Singularity 1 on 1. However, this is not the only thing that makes him different; James is also “a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/linda-macdonald-glenn-on-singularity-1-on-1-sentience-matters/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/linda-macdonald-glenn-on-singularity-1-on-1-sentience-matters/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/linda-macdonald-glenn-on-singularity-1-on-1-sentience-matters/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/linda-macdonald-glenn-on-singularity-1-on-1-sentience-matters/feed/ 0 Today I interviewed Prof. Linda MacDonald Glenn on Singularity 1 on 1. Linda is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law. Her academic research encompasses emerging technologies’ legal, ethical, and social impact and “evolving notions of personhood.” During our conversation with Prof. Glenn, we discuss a variety of topics such as the very personal and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:13 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday I interviewed Prof. Linda MacDonald Glenn on Singularity 1 on 1. Linda is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law. Her academic research encompasses emerging technologies’ legal, ethical, and social impact and “evolving notions of personhood.” During our conversation with Prof. Glenn, we discuss a variety of topics such as the very personal and […]Today I interviewed Prof. Linda MacDonald Glenn on Singularity 1 on 1. Linda is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law. Her academic research encompasses emerging technologies’ legal, ethical, and social impact and “evolving notions of personhood.” During our conversation with Prof. Glenn, we discuss a variety of topics such as the very personal and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci-on-singularity-1-on-1-pursue-the-big-challenges/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci-on-singularity-1-on-1-pursue-the-big-challenges/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci-on-singularity-1-on-1-pursue-the-big-challenges/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci-on-singularity-1-on-1-pursue-the-big-challenges/feed/ 0 This Monday I interviewed Dr. David Ferrucci on Singularity 1 on 1. David is the IBM team leader behind Watson – the computer that succeeded in dethroning humanity’s greatest ever Jeopardy champion – Ken Jennings. I met both Dr. Ferrucci and Ken Jennings during last year’s Singularity Summit where both of them spoke about Watson […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:13 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis Monday I interviewed Dr. David Ferrucci on Singularity 1 on 1. David is the IBM team leader behind Watson – the computer that succeeded in dethroning humanity’s greatest ever Jeopardy champion – Ken Jennings. I met both Dr. Ferrucci and Ken Jennings during last year’s Singularity Summit where both of them spoke about Watson […]This Monday I interviewed Dr. David Ferrucci on Singularity 1 on 1. David is the IBM team leader behind Watson – the computer that succeeded in dethroning humanity’s greatest ever Jeopardy champion – Ken Jennings. I met both Dr. Ferrucci and Ken Jennings during last year’s Singularity Summit where both of them spoke about Watson […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/vivek-wadhwa-take-what-you-know-and-do-good/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/vivek-wadhwa-take-what-you-know-and-do-good/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/vivek-wadhwa-take-what-you-know-and-do-good/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/vivek-wadhwa-take-what-you-know-and-do-good/feed/ 0 Last week I interviewed Vivek Wadhwa on Singularity 1 on 1. I met Vivek last summer at Singularity University where he is the VP of academics and innovation. Vivek is one of those multi-talented and very outspoken people who are never afraid to take the risk and say what they think. He is also a […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 38:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week I interviewed Vivek Wadhwa on Singularity 1 on 1. I met Vivek last summer at Singularity University where he is the VP of academics and innovation. Vivek is one of those multi-talented and very outspoken people who are never afraid to take the risk and say what they think. He is also a […]Last week I interviewed Vivek Wadhwa on Singularity 1 on 1. I met Vivek last summer at Singularity University where he is the VP of academics and innovation. Vivek is one of those multi-talented and very outspoken people who are never afraid to take the risk and say what they think. He is also a […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-chalmers-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-be-rigorous-in-thinking-about-the-future/ Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-chalmers-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-be-rigorous-in-thinking-about-the-future/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-chalmers-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-be-rigorous-in-thinking-about-the-future/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-chalmers-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-be-rigorous-in-thinking-about-the-future/feed/ 0 Yesterday I interviewed philosopher David Chalmers. David is one of the world’s best-known philosophers of mind and thought leaders on consciousness. I was a freshman at the University of Toronto when I first read some of his work. Since then, Chalmers has been one of the few philosophers (together with Nick Bostrom) who has written […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:05 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I interviewed philosopher David Chalmers. David is one of the world’s best-known philosophers of mind and thought leaders on consciousness. I was a freshman at the University of Toronto when I first read some of his work. Since then, Chalmers has been one of the few philosophers (together with Nick Bostrom) who has written […]Yesterday I interviewed philosopher David Chalmers. David is one of the world’s best-known philosophers of mind and thought leaders on consciousness. I was a freshman at the University of Toronto when I first read some of his work. Since then, Chalmers has been one of the few philosophers (together with Nick Bostrom) who has written […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/dmitry-itskov-on-singularity-1-on-1-its-time-to-think-about-who-we-are-and-what-is-our-place-in-the-universe/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/dmitry-itskov-on-singularity-1-on-1-its-time-to-think-about-who-we-are-and-what-is-our-place-in-the-universe/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/dmitry-itskov-on-singularity-1-on-1-its-time-to-think-about-who-we-are-and-what-is-our-place-in-the-universe/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/dmitry-itskov-on-singularity-1-on-1-its-time-to-think-about-who-we-are-and-what-is-our-place-in-the-universe/feed/ 0 Yesterday I was very fortunate to get a rare English language interview from Dmitry Itskov – the elusive Russian entrepreneur spearheading project Avatar and Global Future 2045. The first time I saw Itskov was at the recent Singularity Summit where he revealed his uniquely ambitious project. I don’t know Dmitry well but he may just […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:29 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I was very fortunate to get a rare English language interview from Dmitry Itskov – the elusive Russian entrepreneur spearheading project Avatar and Global Future 2045. The first time I saw Itskov was at the recent Singularity Summit where he revealed his uniquely ambitious project. I don’t know Dmitry well but he may just […]Yesterday I was very fortunate to get a rare English language interview from Dmitry Itskov – the elusive Russian entrepreneur spearheading project Avatar and Global Future 2045. The first time I saw Itskov was at the recent Singularity Summit where he revealed his uniquely ambitious project. I don’t know Dmitry well but he may just […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/raymond-mccauley-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-your-own-scientist-try-it-and-see/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/raymond-mccauley-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-your-own-scientist-try-it-and-see/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/raymond-mccauley-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-your-own-scientist-try-it-and-see/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/raymond-mccauley-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-your-own-scientist-try-it-and-see/feed/ 0 Last week I interviewed Raymond McCauley for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Raymond last summer at Singularity University where he is the Co-Chair of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics. McCauley is one among many former hackers and computer scientists who went into the exploding biotech industry. He has an infectious passion for bioinformatics and a fantastic radio voice […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:14:09 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week I interviewed Raymond McCauley for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Raymond last summer at Singularity University where he is the Co-Chair of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics. McCauley is one among many former hackers and computer scientists who went into the exploding biotech industry. He has an infectious passion for bioinformatics and a fantastic radio voice […]Last week I interviewed Raymond McCauley for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Raymond last summer at Singularity University where he is the Co-Chair of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics. McCauley is one among many former hackers and computer scientists who went into the exploding biotech industry. He has an infectious passion for bioinformatics and a fantastic radio voice […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/10-tips-for-your-blogging-success-socrates-gets-riled-up-at-podcamp-toronto/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/10-tips-for-your-blogging-success-socrates-gets-riled-up-at-podcamp-toronto/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/10-tips-for-your-blogging-success-socrates-gets-riled-up-at-podcamp-toronto/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/10-tips-for-your-blogging-success-socrates-gets-riled-up-at-podcamp-toronto/feed/ 0 Last Sunday I spoke at Podcamp Toronto. Since I never considered myself to be a successful blogger or podcaster, I wanted to simply introduce people to the concept and ideas behind the technological singularity and transhumanism. That was the plan. But few things get me riled up more than ignorance posing as true knowledge. So, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast Sunday I spoke at Podcamp Toronto. Since I never considered myself to be a successful blogger or podcaster, I wanted to simply introduce people to the concept and ideas behind the technological singularity and transhumanism. That was the plan. But few things get me riled up more than ignorance posing as true knowledge. So, […]Last Sunday I spoke at Podcamp Toronto. Since I never considered myself to be a successful blogger or podcaster, I wanted to simply introduce people to the concept and ideas behind the technological singularity and transhumanism. That was the plan. But few things get me riled up more than ignorance posing as true knowledge. So, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dvorsky-on-singularity-1-on-1-specialization-is-for-insects/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dvorsky-on-singularity-1-on-1-specialization-is-for-insects/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dvorsky-on-singularity-1-on-1-specialization-is-for-insects/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dvorsky-on-singularity-1-on-1-specialization-is-for-insects/feed/ 0 This is my second interview with George Dvorsky. The first time I had George on Singularity one-on-one, we ended up talking for 1 hour and 14 minutes. I am afraid that I enjoy his company so much that this time, we talked for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:39:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my second interview with George Dvorsky. The first time I had George on Singularity one-on-one, we ended up talking for 1 hour and 14 minutes. I am afraid that I enjoy his company so much that this time, we talked for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as […]This is my second interview with George Dvorsky. The first time I had George on Singularity one-on-one, we ended up talking for 1 hour and 14 minutes. I am afraid that I enjoy his company so much that this time, we talked for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/eric-boyd-on-singularity-1-on-1-diy-transhumanism-just-do-it/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/eric-boyd-on-singularity-1-on-1-diy-transhumanism-just-do-it/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/eric-boyd-on-singularity-1-on-1-diy-transhumanism-just-do-it/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/eric-boyd-on-singularity-1-on-1-diy-transhumanism-just-do-it/feed/ 0 Last week, I visited Eric Boyd at HackLab.TO. While there, I interviewed Eric for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Eric is the president of HackLab.TO, one of the co-founders of StumbleUpon, and a regular public speaker on topics such as cyborgs, transhumanism, electronic jewelry, and hacking. In the past, I have lacked the proper […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 34:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week, I visited Eric Boyd at HackLab.TO. While there, I interviewed Eric for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Eric is the president of HackLab.TO, one of the co-founders of StumbleUpon, and a regular public speaker on topics such as cyborgs, transhumanism, electronic jewelry, and hacking. In the past, I have lacked the proper […]Last week, I visited Eric Boyd at HackLab.TO. While there, I interviewed Eric for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Eric is the president of HackLab.TO, one of the co-founders of StumbleUpon, and a regular public speaker on topics such as cyborgs, transhumanism, electronic jewelry, and hacking. In the past, I have lacked the proper […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-on-singularity-1-on-1-get-off-the-couch-and-change-the-world/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-on-singularity-1-on-1-get-off-the-couch-and-change-the-world/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-on-singularity-1-on-1-get-off-the-couch-and-change-the-world/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-on-singularity-1-on-1-get-off-the-couch-and-change-the-world/feed/ 0 Yesterday I interviewed Steven Kotler on Singularity 1 on 1. Together with Peter Diamandis, Steven is the co-author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think. Abundance is a book that provides both hope and inspiration in an ocean of doom and gloom. Its main message is that the future can and, most likely, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 47:06 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I interviewed Steven Kotler on Singularity 1 on 1. Together with Peter Diamandis, Steven is the co-author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think. Abundance is a book that provides both hope and inspiration in an ocean of doom and gloom. Its main message is that the future can and, most likely, […]Yesterday I interviewed Steven Kotler on Singularity 1 on 1. Together with Peter Diamandis, Steven is the co-author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think. Abundance is a book that provides both hope and inspiration in an ocean of doom and gloom. Its main message is that the future can and, most likely, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-world-needs-innovation-dont-be-a-spectator-participate/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-world-needs-innovation-dont-be-a-spectator-participate/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-world-needs-innovation-dont-be-a-spectator-participate/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-world-needs-innovation-dont-be-a-spectator-participate/feed/ 0 Yesterday I interviewed Ramez Naam for my singularity podcast. Ramez is the author of an award-winning, timely and easy-to-digest book on the ethical, political, economic, and other implications of transhumanism titled More Than Human. Since I enjoyed reading the book very much I simply had to interview Naam and ask him to talk more about his […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 44:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I interviewed Ramez Naam for my singularity podcast. Ramez is the author of an award-winning, timely and easy-to-digest book on the ethical, political, economic, and other implications of transhumanism titled More Than Human. Since I enjoyed reading the book very much I simply had to interview Naam and ask him to talk more about his […]Yesterday I interviewed Ramez Naam for my singularity podcast. Ramez is the author of an award-winning, timely and easy-to-digest book on the ethical, political, economic, and other implications of transhumanism titled More Than Human. Since I enjoyed reading the book very much I simply had to interview Naam and ask him to talk more about his […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-kraft-on-singularity-1-on-1-you-dont-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-improve-health-care/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-kraft-on-singularity-1-on-1-you-dont-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-improve-health-care/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-kraft-on-singularity-1-on-1-you-dont-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-improve-health-care/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-kraft-on-singularity-1-on-1-you-dont-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-improve-health-care/feed/ 0 This morning I interviewed Daniel Kraft for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Kraft at Singularity University where he is the Medicine and Neuroscience Chair and executive director of the FutureMed Program. Daniel is one of those people with an incredibly diverse spectrum of talents and interests for he is not only a medical doctor and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:54 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis morning I interviewed Daniel Kraft for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Kraft at Singularity University where he is the Medicine and Neuroscience Chair and executive director of the FutureMed Program. Daniel is one of those people with an incredibly diverse spectrum of talents and interests for he is not only a medical doctor and […]This morning I interviewed Daniel Kraft for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Kraft at Singularity University where he is the Medicine and Neuroscience Chair and executive director of the FutureMed Program. Daniel is one of those people with an incredibly diverse spectrum of talents and interests for he is not only a medical doctor and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/rachel-haywire-on-singularity-1-on-1-art-is-intellectual-and-the-intellect-is-artistic/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/rachel-haywire-on-singularity-1-on-1-art-is-intellectual-and-the-intellect-is-artistic/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/rachel-haywire-on-singularity-1-on-1-art-is-intellectual-and-the-intellect-is-artistic/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/rachel-haywire-on-singularity-1-on-1-art-is-intellectual-and-the-intellect-is-artistic/feed/ 0 A couple of months ago I interviewed Rachel Haywire for Singularity 1 on 1. I had some difficulties in posting this interview but, since those were eventually resolved, better late than never… Rachel Haywire is a multi-media artist and writer currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder of The Human 2.0 Council which […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 33:57 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of months ago I interviewed Rachel Haywire for Singularity 1 on 1. I had some difficulties in posting this interview but, since those were eventually resolved, better late than never… Rachel Haywire is a multi-media artist and writer currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder of The Human 2.0 Council which […]A couple of months ago I interviewed Rachel Haywire for Singularity 1 on 1. I had some difficulties in posting this interview but, since those were eventually resolved, better late than never… Rachel Haywire is a multi-media artist and writer currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder of The Human 2.0 Council which […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/top-5-tips-for-applying-to-singularity-university/ Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/top-5-tips-for-applying-to-singularity-university/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/top-5-tips-for-applying-to-singularity-university/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/top-5-tips-for-applying-to-singularity-university/feed/ 0 Those of you who followed SingulatityWeblog.com last summer know that I was very fortunate to attend Singularity University on NASA’s campus in Mountainview, California. The 10 weeks I spent there were one of the most challenging yet inspiring periods of my life. I learned a lot about technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and myself. I was inspired […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 9:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThose of you who followed SingulatityWeblog.com last summer know that I was very fortunate to attend Singularity University on NASA’s campus in Mountainview, California. The 10 weeks I spent there were one of the most challenging yet inspiring periods of my life. I learned a lot about technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and myself. I was inspired […]Those of you who followed SingulatityWeblog.com last summer know that I was very fortunate to attend Singularity University on NASA’s campus in Mountainview, California. The 10 weeks I spent there were one of the most challenging yet inspiring periods of my life. I learned a lot about technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and myself. I was inspired […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-shermer-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-skeptical-even-of-the-skeptics/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-shermer-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-skeptical-even-of-the-skeptics/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-shermer-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-skeptical-even-of-the-skeptics/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-shermer-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-skeptical-even-of-the-skeptics/feed/ 0 I couple of days ago I interviewed Michael Shermer for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Shermer at the recent Singularity Summit in New York where he was one of the most entertaining, engaging, and optimistic speakers. Since he calls himself a skeptic and not a singularitarian, I thought he would bring not only […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noI couple of days ago I interviewed Michael Shermer for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Shermer at the recent Singularity Summit in New York where he was one of the most entertaining, engaging, and optimistic speakers. Since he calls himself a skeptic and not a singularitarian, I thought he would bring not only […]I couple of days ago I interviewed Michael Shermer for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Shermer at the recent Singularity Summit in New York where he was one of the most entertaining, engaging, and optimistic speakers. Since he calls himself a skeptic and not a singularitarian, I thought he would bring not only […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/luke-muehlhauser-on-singularity-1-on-1-superhuman-ai-is-coming-this-century/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/luke-muehlhauser-on-singularity-1-on-1-superhuman-ai-is-coming-this-century/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/luke-muehlhauser-on-singularity-1-on-1-superhuman-ai-is-coming-this-century/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/luke-muehlhauser-on-singularity-1-on-1-superhuman-ai-is-coming-this-century/feed/ 0 Last week, I interviewed Luke Muehlhauser for Singularity 1 on 1. Luke Muehlhauser is the Executive Director of the Singularity Institute, the author of many articles on AI safety and the cognitive science of rationality, and the host of the popular podcast “Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot.” His work is collected at lukeprog.com. I have to say […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 56:18 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week, I interviewed Luke Muehlhauser for Singularity 1 on 1. Luke Muehlhauser is the Executive Director of the Singularity Institute, the author of many articles on AI safety and the cognitive science of rationality, and the host of the popular podcast “Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot.” His work is collected at lukeprog.com. I have to say […]Last week, I interviewed Luke Muehlhauser for Singularity 1 on 1. Luke Muehlhauser is the Executive Director of the Singularity Institute, the author of many articles on AI safety and the cognitive science of rationality, and the host of the popular podcast “Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot.” His work is collected at lukeprog.com. I have to say […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-energularity-is-near/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-energularity-is-near/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-energularity-is-near/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-energularity-is-near/feed/ 0 This weekend, I interviewed Jose Cordeiro for Singularity 1 on 1, and I have to admit that this was one of my favorite interviews so far. It had perhaps the most vital, most positive endings on the show. Jose is a published book author, energy expert, futurist, transhumanist, and Singularity University faculty member. So, even […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:25 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis weekend, I interviewed Jose Cordeiro for Singularity 1 on 1, and I have to admit that this was one of my favorite interviews so far. It had perhaps the most vital, most positive endings on the show. Jose is a published book author, energy expert, futurist, transhumanist, and Singularity University faculty member. So, even […]This weekend, I interviewed Jose Cordeiro for Singularity 1 on 1, and I have to admit that this was one of my favorite interviews so far. It had perhaps the most vital, most positive endings on the show. Jose is a published book author, energy expert, futurist, transhumanist, and Singularity University faculty member. So, even […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/randal-koene-on-singularity-1-on-1-mind-uploading-is-not-science-fiction/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/randal-koene-on-singularity-1-on-1-mind-uploading-is-not-science-fiction/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/randal-koene-on-singularity-1-on-1-mind-uploading-is-not-science-fiction/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/randal-koene-on-singularity-1-on-1-mind-uploading-is-not-science-fiction/feed/ 0 Last week I interviewed Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, creating the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:11:14 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week I interviewed Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, creating the […]Last week I interviewed Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of Carbon Copies, and co-founder of and director at the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Randal’s research objective is whole brain emulation, creating the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-comedian-brian-malow-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-grow-up-look-deeper-and-see-the-world-with-fresh-eyes/ Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-comedian-brian-malow-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-grow-up-look-deeper-and-see-the-world-with-fresh-eyes/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-comedian-brian-malow-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-grow-up-look-deeper-and-see-the-world-with-fresh-eyes/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-comedian-brian-malow-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-grow-up-look-deeper-and-see-the-world-with-fresh-eyes/feed/ 0 Yesterday, I interviewed science comedian Brian Malow for Singularity 1 on 1. Brian is one of those unique comedians who is capable of making you laugh and think. During our conversation, we discuss topics such as the name science comedian and the potential tension between science and comedy; serious comedy, mixing humor with scientific truth […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday, I interviewed science comedian Brian Malow for Singularity 1 on 1. Brian is one of those unique comedians who is capable of making you laugh and think. During our conversation, we discuss topics such as the name science comedian and the potential tension between science and comedy; serious comedy, mixing humor with scientific truth […]Yesterday, I interviewed science comedian Brian Malow for Singularity 1 on 1. Brian is one of those unique comedians who is capable of making you laugh and think. During our conversation, we discuss topics such as the name science comedian and the potential tension between science and comedy; serious comedy, mixing humor with scientific truth […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/no-illusions-podcast-cameron-reilly-puts-socrates-in-the-spotlight/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/no-illusions-podcast-cameron-reilly-puts-socrates-in-the-spotlight/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/no-illusions-podcast-cameron-reilly-puts-socrates-in-the-spotlight/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/no-illusions-podcast-cameron-reilly-puts-socrates-in-the-spotlight/feed/ 0 It is only fair that every once-in-a-while Socrates – i.e. “the man with the questions,” ought to get the table turned on him, take the other side of the microphone and answer a few questions himself. So, when Cameron Reilly asked me to be the next guest on his popular and long-running No Illusions Podcast I was honored and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:10 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt is only fair that every once-in-a-while Socrates – i.e. “the man with the questions,” ought to get the table turned on him, take the other side of the microphone and answer a few questions himself. So, when Cameron Reilly asked me to be the next guest on his popular and long-running No Illusions Podcast I was honored and […]It is only fair that every once-in-a-while Socrates – i.e. “the man with the questions,” ought to get the table turned on him, take the other side of the microphone and answer a few questions himself. So, when Cameron Reilly asked me to be the next guest on his popular and long-running No Illusions Podcast I was honored and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/post-human-trans-human-and-the-god-killers-david-simpson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/post-human-trans-human-and-the-god-killers-david-simpson-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/post-human-trans-human-and-the-god-killers-david-simpson-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/post-human-trans-human-and-the-god-killers-david-simpson-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 A couple of days ago I interviewed David Simpson for Singularity 1 on 1. David Simpson is a young up-and-coming science fiction writer from Vancouver. He is the author of the sci-fi novels Post-Human – his 2009 debut, as well as Trans-Human – the sequel. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s early interest in writing; the motivation and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 37:25 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of days ago I interviewed David Simpson for Singularity 1 on 1. David Simpson is a young up-and-coming science fiction writer from Vancouver. He is the author of the sci-fi novels Post-Human – his 2009 debut, as well as Trans-Human – the sequel. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s early interest in writing; the motivation and […]A couple of days ago I interviewed David Simpson for Singularity 1 on 1. David Simpson is a young up-and-coming science fiction writer from Vancouver. He is the author of the sci-fi novels Post-Human – his 2009 debut, as well as Trans-Human – the sequel. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s early interest in writing; the motivation and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-orban-on-singularity-1-on-1-what-is-the-question-i-should-be-asking/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-orban-on-singularity-1-on-1-what-is-the-question-i-should-be-asking/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-orban-on-singularity-1-on-1-what-is-the-question-i-should-be-asking/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-orban-on-singularity-1-on-1-what-is-the-question-i-should-be-asking/feed/ 0 This Thursday I interviewed David Orban for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that David is one of my favorite singularitarians and I enjoyed talking to him immensely. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s personal background and early interest in science and technology; the motivation and goals behind his work; his involvement […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:04:53 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis Thursday I interviewed David Orban for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that David is one of my favorite singularitarians and I enjoyed talking to him immensely. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s personal background and early interest in science and technology; the motivation and goals behind his work; his involvement […]This Thursday I interviewed David Orban for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that David is one of my favorite singularitarians and I enjoyed talking to him immensely. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s personal background and early interest in science and technology; the motivation and goals behind his work; his involvement […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/how-do-you-cultivate-genius-in-technology/ Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/how-do-you-cultivate-genius-in-technology/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/how-do-you-cultivate-genius-in-technology/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/how-do-you-cultivate-genius-in-technology/feed/ 0 This week I interviewed Greg Wientjes for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Greg at Singularity University and picked up a copy of his book Creative Genius in Technology: Mentor Principles from Life Stories of Geniuses and Visionaries of the Singularity. The book is very well researched and examines the question: “How do you mentor, educate and […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 29:36 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis week I interviewed Greg Wientjes for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Greg at Singularity University and picked up a copy of his book Creative Genius in Technology: Mentor Principles from Life Stories of Geniuses and Visionaries of the Singularity. The book is very well researched and examines the question: “How do you mentor, educate and […]This week I interviewed Greg Wientjes for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Greg at Singularity University and picked up a copy of his book Creative Genius in Technology: Mentor Principles from Life Stories of Geniuses and Visionaries of the Singularity. The book is very well researched and examines the question: “How do you mentor, educate and […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning/feed/ 0 Last Sunday I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that, despite the fact that he is a very well-known and successful best-selling science fiction writer, I only recently stumbled onto Robert’s work. I was taking a ride on the Toronto subway and couldn’t help but notice the posters for […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:29 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast Sunday I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that, despite the fact that he is a very well-known and successful best-selling science fiction writer, I only recently stumbled onto Robert’s work. I was taking a ride on the Toronto subway and couldn’t help but notice the posters for […]Last Sunday I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that, despite the fact that he is a very well-known and successful best-selling science fiction writer, I only recently stumbled onto Robert’s work. I was taking a ride on the Toronto subway and couldn’t help but notice the posters for […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/sonia-arrison-on-singularity-1-on-1-make-regenerative-medicine-a-top-priority/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/sonia-arrison-on-singularity-1-on-1-make-regenerative-medicine-a-top-priority/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/sonia-arrison-on-singularity-1-on-1-make-regenerative-medicine-a-top-priority/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/sonia-arrison-on-singularity-1-on-1-make-regenerative-medicine-a-top-priority/feed/ 0 Last week I interviewed Sonia Arrison for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Sonia at the Singularity University, where she is a founder and a trustee, and there I picked up a copy of her seminal book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, from Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. The […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 36:49 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week I interviewed Sonia Arrison for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Sonia at the Singularity University, where she is a founder and a trustee, and there I picked up a copy of her seminal book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, from Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. The […]Last week I interviewed Sonia Arrison for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Sonia at the Singularity University, where she is a founder and a trustee, and there I picked up a copy of her seminal book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, from Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. The […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-greenberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-become-better-thinkers-study-our-cognitive-biases-and-logical-fallacies/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-greenberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-become-better-thinkers-study-our-cognitive-biases-and-logical-fallacies/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-greenberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-become-better-thinkers-study-our-cognitive-biases-and-logical-fallacies/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-greenberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-become-better-thinkers-study-our-cognitive-biases-and-logical-fallacies/feed/ 0 Yesterday I interviewed Spencer Greenberg for Singularity 1 on 1. Spencer is the Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, the quantitative hedge fund that he co-founded in 2005 at the age of 22. During our conversation with Spencer, we discuss issues such as the unique approach that Rebellion Research takes in investing; artificial intelligence and machine […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 29:03 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I interviewed Spencer Greenberg for Singularity 1 on 1. Spencer is the Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, the quantitative hedge fund that he co-founded in 2005 at the age of 22. During our conversation with Spencer, we discuss issues such as the unique approach that Rebellion Research takes in investing; artificial intelligence and machine […]Yesterday I interviewed Spencer Greenberg for Singularity 1 on 1. Spencer is the Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, the quantitative hedge fund that he co-founded in 2005 at the age of 22. During our conversation with Spencer, we discuss issues such as the unique approach that Rebellion Research takes in investing; artificial intelligence and machine […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/dan-barry-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you-cant-reach-your-dreams/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/dan-barry-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you-cant-reach-your-dreams/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/dan-barry-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you-cant-reach-your-dreams/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/dan-barry-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you-cant-reach-your-dreams/feed/ 0 During my 10 weeks at Singularity University, I was able to ambush Dan Barry for a 20 min interview for Singularity 1 on 1. Former NASA astronaut and veteran of 3 space missions, Dan is currently the head of faculty at Singularity University and the co-chair for AI, Robotics, Space, and Physical Sciences. (As always you […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 20:31 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDuring my 10 weeks at Singularity University, I was able to ambush Dan Barry for a 20 min interview for Singularity 1 on 1. Former NASA astronaut and veteran of 3 space missions, Dan is currently the head of faculty at Singularity University and the co-chair for AI, Robotics, Space, and Physical Sciences. (As always you […]During my 10 weeks at Singularity University, I was able to ambush Dan Barry for a 20 min interview for Singularity 1 on 1. Former NASA astronaut and veteran of 3 space missions, Dan is currently the head of faculty at Singularity University and the co-chair for AI, Robotics, Space, and Physical Sciences. (As always you […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-already-gods-we-might-as-well-start-acting-as-such/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-already-gods-we-might-as-well-start-acting-as-such/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-already-gods-we-might-as-well-start-acting-as-such/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-already-gods-we-might-as-well-start-acting-as-such/feed/ 0 During my time at Singularity University, I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Salim Ismail for Singularity 1 on 1. During our conversation we discuss issues such as Salim’s personal background and early childhood in India; his motivation, goals, and aspirations for Singularity University; the term “exponential organization”; his take on the technological […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 31:20 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noDuring my time at Singularity University, I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Salim Ismail for Singularity 1 on 1. During our conversation we discuss issues such as Salim’s personal background and early childhood in India; his motivation, goals, and aspirations for Singularity University; the term “exponential organization”; his take on the technological […]During my time at Singularity University, I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Salim Ismail for Singularity 1 on 1. During our conversation we discuss issues such as Salim’s personal background and early childhood in India; his motivation, goals, and aspirations for Singularity University; the term “exponential organization”; his take on the technological […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-on-singularity-1-on-1-singularity-university-is-star-fleet-academy-for-the-worlds-biggest-challenges/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-on-singularity-1-on-1-singularity-university-is-star-fleet-academy-for-the-worlds-biggest-challenges/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-on-singularity-1-on-1-singularity-university-is-star-fleet-academy-for-the-worlds-biggest-challenges/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-on-singularity-1-on-1-singularity-university-is-star-fleet-academy-for-the-worlds-biggest-challenges/feed/ 0 Last week, I was privileged to get a 30-minute interview with Peter Diamandis. Peter is not a very tall man, but I have to say that he has the energy of a giant. Interviewing him was like plugging into a nuclear power plant—afterward, I felt as if I got 10 gigawatts worth of energy straight into […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 25:00 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week, I was privileged to get a 30-minute interview with Peter Diamandis. Peter is not a very tall man, but I have to say that he has the energy of a giant. Interviewing him was like plugging into a nuclear power plant—afterward, I felt as if I got 10 gigawatts worth of energy straight into […]Last week, I was privileged to get a 30-minute interview with Peter Diamandis. Peter is not a very tall man, but I have to say that he has the energy of a giant. Interviewing him was like plugging into a nuclear power plant—afterward, I felt as if I got 10 gigawatts worth of energy straight into […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/charlie-stross/ Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/charlie-stross/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/charlie-stross/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/charlie-stross/feed/ 0 Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is award-winning science fiction author Charlie Stross. It was his seminal singularity book Accelerando that not only won the 2006 Locus Award (in addition to being a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and on the final ballot for the Hugo Award) but was also […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 43:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is award-winning science fiction author Charlie Stross. It was his seminal singularity book Accelerando that not only won the 2006 Locus Award (in addition to being a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and on the final ballot for the Hugo Award) but was also […]Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is award-winning science fiction author Charlie Stross. It was his seminal singularity book Accelerando that not only won the 2006 Locus Award (in addition to being a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and on the final ballot for the Hugo Award) but was also […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaron-lanier-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-a-religion-for-geeks/ Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaron-lanier-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-a-religion-for-geeks/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaron-lanier-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-a-religion-for-geeks/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaron-lanier-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-a-religion-for-geeks/feed/ 0 Today my guest is Jaron Lanier. Jaron lives in Berkeley, California, and, like John Horgan, is one of the better-known critics of both Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity. Unlike many other critics, Lanier is neither a technophobe nor a Luddite. In fact, he is known as the father of virtual reality technology. In addition, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 44:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday my guest is Jaron Lanier. Jaron lives in Berkeley, California, and, like John Horgan, is one of the better-known critics of both Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity. Unlike many other critics, Lanier is neither a technophobe nor a Luddite. In fact, he is known as the father of virtual reality technology. In addition, […]Today my guest is Jaron Lanier. Jaron lives in Berkeley, California, and, like John Horgan, is one of the better-known critics of both Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity. Unlike many other critics, Lanier is neither a technophobe nor a Luddite. In fact, he is known as the father of virtual reality technology. In addition, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/r-u-sirius-on-singularity-1-on-1-question-the-authority-of-your-brain/ Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/r-u-sirius-on-singularity-1-on-1-question-the-authority-of-your-brain/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/r-u-sirius-on-singularity-1-on-1-question-the-authority-of-your-brain/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/r-u-sirius-on-singularity-1-on-1-question-the-authority-of-your-brain/feed/ 0 Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is digital culture and cyberpunk icon R.U. Sirius. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) During our conversation, we discuss issues such as R.U.’s early life and Yippie years; his multiple identities […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:32 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is digital culture and cyberpunk icon R.U. Sirius. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) During our conversation, we discuss issues such as R.U.’s early life and Yippie years; his multiple identities […]Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is digital culture and cyberpunk icon R.U. Sirius. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) During our conversation, we discuss issues such as R.U.’s early life and Yippie years; his multiple identities […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/vernor-vinge-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-surpass-the-wildest-dreams-of-optimism/ Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/vernor-vinge-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-surpass-the-wildest-dreams-of-optimism/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/vernor-vinge-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-surpass-the-wildest-dreams-of-optimism/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/vernor-vinge-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-surpass-the-wildest-dreams-of-optimism/feed/ 0 Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge, the person who coined the term technological singularity. Currently, Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. The new book is titled The Children of the Sky and is already available for pre-order on Amazon, though it is not expected to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:01:16 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge, the person who coined the term technological singularity. Currently, Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. The new book is titled The Children of the Sky and is already available for pre-order on Amazon, though it is not expected to […]Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge, the person who coined the term technological singularity. Currently, Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. The new book is titled The Children of the Sky and is already available for pre-order on Amazon, though it is not expected to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/question-everything-max-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/question-everything-max-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/question-everything-max-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/question-everything-max-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is transhumanist strategic philosopher Max More. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) As the CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. More has a full schedule. Nevertheless, he generously managed […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 52:01 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is transhumanist strategic philosopher Max More. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) As the CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. More has a full schedule. Nevertheless, he generously managed […]Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is transhumanist strategic philosopher Max More. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) As the CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. More has a full schedule. Nevertheless, he generously managed […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-1-on-1-become-the-cyborg/ Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-1-on-1-become-the-cyborg/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-1-on-1-become-the-cyborg/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-1-on-1-become-the-cyborg/feed/ 0 This is my second interview with Prof. Kevin Warwick. Last time I had him on – You Have to Take Risks to be Part of the Future, he shared his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of the universe and so on. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 58:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my second interview with Prof. Kevin Warwick. Last time I had him on – You Have to Take Risks to be Part of the Future, he shared his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of the universe and so on. […]This is my second interview with Prof. Kevin Warwick. Last time I had him on – You Have to Take Risks to be Part of the Future, he shared his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of the universe and so on. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-grey-on-singularity-1-on-1-better-funding-and-advocacy-can-defeat-aging/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-grey-on-singularity-1-on-1-better-funding-and-advocacy-can-defeat-aging/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-grey-on-singularity-1-on-1-better-funding-and-advocacy-can-defeat-aging/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-grey-on-singularity-1-on-1-better-funding-and-advocacy-can-defeat-aging/feed/ 0 Last time I had Dr. Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1 the interview turned out to be a hit. In fact, it is still by far the most popular podcast that I have done and the audio file has been listened to or downloaded over 30,000 times. Given Aubrey’s popular appeal and the […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 45:04 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast time I had Dr. Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1 the interview turned out to be a hit. In fact, it is still by far the most popular podcast that I have done and the audio file has been listened to or downloaded over 30,000 times. Given Aubrey’s popular appeal and the […]Last time I had Dr. Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1 the interview turned out to be a hit. In fact, it is still by far the most popular podcast that I have done and the audio file has been listened to or downloaded over 30,000 times. Given Aubrey’s popular appeal and the […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-martin-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-control-accelerating-technology/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-martin-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-control-accelerating-technology/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-martin-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-control-accelerating-technology/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-martin-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-control-accelerating-technology/feed/ 0 Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour-long Skype interview with James Martin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. James Martin is Andrew Crofts‘ archetype Change Agent in addition to being a world-renowned computer scientist, author, lecturer, teacher, philanthropist, futurist, and film-maker. During our conversation, we cover a whole spectrum of interesting topics such […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 52:49 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I was privileged to have an hour-long Skype interview with James Martin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. James Martin is Andrew Crofts‘ archetype Change Agent in addition to being a world-renowned computer scientist, author, lecturer, teacher, philanthropist, futurist, and film-maker. During our conversation, we cover a whole spectrum of interesting topics such […]Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour-long Skype interview with James Martin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. James Martin is Andrew Crofts‘ archetype Change Agent in addition to being a world-renowned computer scientist, author, lecturer, teacher, philanthropist, futurist, and film-maker. During our conversation, we cover a whole spectrum of interesting topics such […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-change-agent-the-ghostwriter-and-the-singularity-andrew-crofts-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-change-agent-the-ghostwriter-and-the-singularity-andrew-crofts-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-change-agent-the-ghostwriter-and-the-singularity-andrew-crofts-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-change-agent-the-ghostwriter-and-the-singularity-andrew-crofts-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 A couple of months ago I saw Roman Polanski’s film The Ghost Writer based on the titular bestselling book by Robert Harris. At the time, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of months after the movie premiere I will be communicating with Andrew Crofts – the archetype ghostwriter on whom Ewan McGregor’s character […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 46:25 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noA couple of months ago I saw Roman Polanski’s film The Ghost Writer based on the titular bestselling book by Robert Harris. At the time, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of months after the movie premiere I will be communicating with Andrew Crofts – the archetype ghostwriter on whom Ewan McGregor’s character […]A couple of months ago I saw Roman Polanski’s film The Ghost Writer based on the titular bestselling book by Robert Harris. At the time, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of months after the movie premiere I will be communicating with Andrew Crofts – the archetype ghostwriter on whom Ewan McGregor’s character […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-wolfram-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-understand-the-future-explore-the-computational-universe/ Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-wolfram-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-understand-the-future-explore-the-computational-universe/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-wolfram-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-understand-the-future-explore-the-computational-universe/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-wolfram-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-understand-the-future-explore-the-computational-universe/feed/ 0 Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 55:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noYesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such […]Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/andrew-hessel-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-fear-synthetic-biology/ Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/andrew-hessel-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-fear-synthetic-biology/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/andrew-hessel-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-fear-synthetic-biology/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/andrew-hessel-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-fear-synthetic-biology/feed/ 0 Today I am very happy to have Andrew Hessel as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During the interview, Andrew shares his truly infectious passion for synthetic biology and the unique opportunities […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 33:40 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday I am very happy to have Andrew Hessel as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During the interview, Andrew shares his truly infectious passion for synthetic biology and the unique opportunities […]Today I am very happy to have Andrew Hessel as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During the interview, Andrew shares his truly infectious passion for synthetic biology and the unique opportunities […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 1 Want to find out who, according to the NY Times, is “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”? Today’s episode of Singularity 1 on 1 features Natasha Vita-More. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During our conversation with Natasha, she […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 51:51 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noWant to find out who, according to the NY Times, is “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”? Today’s episode of Singularity 1 on 1 features Natasha Vita-More. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During our conversation with Natasha, she […]Want to find out who, according to the NY Times, is “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”? Today’s episode of Singularity 1 on 1 features Natasha Vita-More. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During our conversation with Natasha, she […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-eyeborg-rob-spence-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-eyeborg-rob-spence-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-eyeborg-rob-spence-on-singularity-1-on-1/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-eyeborg-rob-spence-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 0 Today I am very happy to have the Eyeborg Rob Spence as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As usual, you can listen to or download the audio above, or scroll down to see the video recording of the interview in full.) Rob Spence is a Canadian director and producer who lives in Toronto. […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 47:28 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday I am very happy to have the Eyeborg Rob Spence as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As usual, you can listen to or download the audio above, or scroll down to see the video recording of the interview in full.) Rob Spence is a Canadian director and producer who lives in Toronto. […]Today I am very happy to have the Eyeborg Rob Spence as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As usual, you can listen to or download the audio above, or scroll down to see the video recording of the interview in full.) Rob Spence is a Canadian director and producer who lives in Toronto. […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly/feed/ 0 Today’s podcast episode features prominent author, maverick technologist, and regular TED speaker Kevin Kelly. Kevin just published a new book called What Technology Wants. Seth Godin blogged about it and called it The Book Of The Year because, in Seth’s opinion, “if there’s justice, it will win the Pulitzer Prize.” Steven Johnson called it the anti-Unabomber manifesto. After such endorsements, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 48:41 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday’s podcast episode features prominent author, maverick technologist, and regular TED speaker Kevin Kelly. Kevin just published a new book called What Technology Wants. Seth Godin blogged about it and called it The Book Of The Year because, in Seth’s opinion, “if there’s justice, it will win the Pulitzer Prize.” Steven Johnson called it the anti-Unabomber manifesto. After such endorsements, […]Today’s podcast episode features prominent author, maverick technologist, and regular TED speaker Kevin Kelly. Kevin just published a new book called What Technology Wants. Seth Godin blogged about it and called it The Book Of The Year because, in Seth’s opinion, “if there’s justice, it will win the Pulitzer Prize.” Steven Johnson called it the anti-Unabomber manifesto. After such endorsements, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/ben-goertzel-on-singularity-1-on-1/ Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/ben-goertzel-on-singularity-1-on-1/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/ben-goertzel-on-singularity-1-on-1/#comments https://www.singularityweblog.com/ben-goertzel-on-singularity-1-on-1/feed/ 1 Today, my guest is Ben Goertzel. During our 40 min conversation, we cover a wide range of topics such as Ben’s original interest in time travel and science fiction, his decision to start working on artificial general intelligence, and his views on the potential timeline thereof, together with his evaluation of the software vs hardware […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 42:45 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday, my guest is Ben Goertzel. During our 40 min conversation, we cover a wide range of topics such as Ben’s original interest in time travel and science fiction, his decision to start working on artificial general intelligence, and his views on the potential timeline thereof, together with his evaluation of the software vs hardware […]Today, my guest is Ben Goertzel. During our 40 min conversation, we cover a wide range of topics such as Ben’s original interest in time travel and science fiction, his decision to start working on artificial general intelligence, and his views on the potential timeline thereof, together with his evaluation of the software vs hardware […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/terry-grossman-on-singularity-podcast-live-long-enough-to-live-forever/ Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/terry-grossman-on-singularity-podcast-live-long-enough-to-live-forever/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/terry-grossman-on-singularity-podcast-live-long-enough-to-live-forever/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/terry-grossman-on-singularity-podcast-live-long-enough-to-live-forever/feed/ 0 In today’s podcast episode, I am very privileged to have Terry Grossman. Terry generously agreed to do this interview from his office in Colorado, and for about an hour, we covered a number of very useful and interesting topics, such as the story and motivation behind his work; the most important medical tests that we all […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 50:31 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn today’s podcast episode, I am very privileged to have Terry Grossman. Terry generously agreed to do this interview from his office in Colorado, and for about an hour, we covered a number of very useful and interesting topics, such as the story and motivation behind his work; the most important medical tests that we all […]In today’s podcast episode, I am very privileged to have Terry Grossman. Terry generously agreed to do this interview from his office in Colorado, and for about an hour, we covered a number of very useful and interesting topics, such as the story and motivation behind his work; the most important medical tests that we all […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/douglas-rushkoff-on-singularity-podcast/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/douglas-rushkoff-on-singularity-podcast/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/douglas-rushkoff-on-singularity-podcast/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/douglas-rushkoff-on-singularity-podcast/feed/ 0 Today I have Douglas Rushkoff as my guest at Singularity Podcast and we discuss a variety of topics such as his most recent book Program or Be Programmed, the impact of modern media and social networking, technology in general, and the technological singularity in particular. Who is Douglas Rushkoff? Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 40:23 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noToday I have Douglas Rushkoff as my guest at Singularity Podcast and we discuss a variety of topics such as his most recent book Program or Be Programmed, the impact of modern media and social networking, technology in general, and the technological singularity in particular. Who is Douglas Rushkoff? Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, […]Today I have Douglas Rushkoff as my guest at Singularity Podcast and we discuss a variety of topics such as his most recent book Program or Be Programmed, the impact of modern media and social networking, technology in general, and the technological singularity in particular. Who is Douglas Rushkoff? Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-john-horgan-on-the-end-of-science/ Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-john-horgan-on-the-end-of-science/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-john-horgan-on-the-end-of-science/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-john-horgan-on-the-end-of-science/feed/ 0 It was an interesting and enriching contrast to have John Horgan as my guest at Singularity Podcast. Following Jason Silva‘s super impassioned and optimistic defense of the singularity, accompanied by Jason’s belief that humanity will eventually conquer death and accomplish immortality,  it was intellectually stimulating to discuss the opposite point of view. John is perhaps […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 59:54 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIt was an interesting and enriching contrast to have John Horgan as my guest at Singularity Podcast. Following Jason Silva‘s super impassioned and optimistic defense of the singularity, accompanied by Jason’s belief that humanity will eventually conquer death and accomplish immortality,  it was intellectually stimulating to discuss the opposite point of view. John is perhaps […]It was an interesting and enriching contrast to have John Horgan as my guest at Singularity Podcast. Following Jason Silva‘s super impassioned and optimistic defense of the singularity, accompanied by Jason’s belief that humanity will eventually conquer death and accomplish immortality,  it was intellectually stimulating to discuss the opposite point of view. John is perhaps […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/jason-silva-on-singularity-podcast-let-your-ideas-be-noble-poetic-and-beautiful/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/jason-silva-on-singularity-podcast-let-your-ideas-be-noble-poetic-and-beautiful/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/jason-silva-on-singularity-podcast-let-your-ideas-be-noble-poetic-and-beautiful/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/jason-silva-on-singularity-podcast-let-your-ideas-be-noble-poetic-and-beautiful/feed/ 0 In today’s podcast episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Silva. I enjoyed talking to Jason immensely and have to admit that I was fascinated by his impassioned, enthusiastic, and poetic take on the singularity and our reach for immortality. If there is one thing, however, that I will personally keep from this first […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 37:33 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn today’s podcast episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Silva. I enjoyed talking to Jason immensely and have to admit that I was fascinated by his impassioned, enthusiastic, and poetic take on the singularity and our reach for immortality. If there is one thing, however, that I will personally keep from this first […]In today’s podcast episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Silva. I enjoyed talking to Jason immensely and have to admit that I was fascinated by his impassioned, enthusiastic, and poetic take on the singularity and our reach for immortality. If there is one thing, however, that I will personally keep from this first […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-greys-singularity-podcast-longevity-escape-velocity-maybe-closer-than-we-think/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-greys-singularity-podcast-longevity-escape-velocity-maybe-closer-than-we-think/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-greys-singularity-podcast-longevity-escape-velocity-maybe-closer-than-we-think/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-greys-singularity-podcast-longevity-escape-velocity-maybe-closer-than-we-think/feed/ 0 Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Aubrey de Grey. He is a world famous and controversial author and theoretician in the field of gerontology and is currently serving as a chief science officer at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) foundation. During his interview for singularity podcast, Dr. de Grey shared […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 57:46 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noLast week I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Aubrey de Grey. He is a world famous and controversial author and theoretician in the field of gerontology and is currently serving as a chief science officer at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) foundation. During his interview for singularity podcast, Dr. de Grey shared […]Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Aubrey de Grey. He is a world famous and controversial author and theoretician in the field of gerontology and is currently serving as a chief science officer at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) foundation. During his interview for singularity podcast, Dr. de Grey shared […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-podcast-you-have-to-take-risks-to-be-part-of-the-future/ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-podcast-you-have-to-take-risks-to-be-part-of-the-future/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-podcast-you-have-to-take-risks-to-be-part-of-the-future/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-podcast-you-have-to-take-risks-to-be-part-of-the-future/feed/ 0 In today’s podcast episode I had the privilege of doing an hour-long interview with the first cyborg — Prof. Kevin Warwick. I enjoyed talking to Prof. Warwick immensely and got him to share his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 54:21 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn today’s podcast episode I had the privilege of doing an hour-long interview with the first cyborg — Prof. Kevin Warwick. I enjoyed talking to Prof. Warwick immensely and got him to share his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of […]In today’s podcast episode I had the privilege of doing an hour-long interview with the first cyborg — Prof. Kevin Warwick. I enjoyed talking to Prof. Warwick immensely and got him to share his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-george-dvorsky-on-transhumanism-and-the-singularity/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-george-dvorsky-on-transhumanism-and-the-singularity/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-george-dvorsky-on-transhumanism-and-the-singularity/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-george-dvorsky-on-transhumanism-and-the-singularity/feed/ 0 In this edition of Singularity Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with prominent Canadian transhumanist and animal rights advocate George Dvorsky. George is both a passionate and fascinating interlocutor and, even though I spend over 1h 15 min interviewing him, I feel that I could have easily spent double that time while still remaining […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 1:16:11 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn this edition of Singularity Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with prominent Canadian transhumanist and animal rights advocate George Dvorsky. George is both a passionate and fascinating interlocutor and, even though I spend over 1h 15 min interviewing him, I feel that I could have easily spent double that time while still remaining […]In this edition of Singularity Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with prominent Canadian transhumanist and animal rights advocate George Dvorsky. George is both a passionate and fascinating interlocutor and, even though I spend over 1h 15 min interviewing him, I feel that I could have easily spent double that time while still remaining […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-barry-ptolemy-on-transcendent-man/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-barry-ptolemy-on-transcendent-man/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-barry-ptolemy-on-transcendent-man/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-barry-ptolemy-on-transcendent-man/feed/ 0 In this edition of the Singularity Podcast, I was privileged to do a phone interview with Barry Ptolemy, the director and producer of Transcendent Man. Barry was very generous in making time in his busy schedule to share his thoughts on the making of the movie, the technological singularity in general, and Ray Kurzweil in particular. Listen to […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 28:35 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noIn this edition of the Singularity Podcast, I was privileged to do a phone interview with Barry Ptolemy, the director and producer of Transcendent Man. Barry was very generous in making time in his busy schedule to share his thoughts on the making of the movie, the technological singularity in general, and Ray Kurzweil in particular. Listen to […]In this edition of the Singularity Podcast, I was privileged to do a phone interview with Barry Ptolemy, the director and producer of Transcendent Man. Barry was very generous in making time in his busy schedule to share his thoughts on the making of the movie, the technological singularity in general, and Ray Kurzweil in particular. Listen to […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-anissimovs-singularity-podcast-singularity-without-compromise/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-anissimovs-singularity-podcast-singularity-without-compromise/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-anissimovs-singularity-podcast-singularity-without-compromise/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-anissimovs-singularity-podcast-singularity-without-compromise/feed/ 0 This is the second singularity podcast. Given my experience with James Harvey I already knew that interviewing people is an acquired skill that I really need to work on. This interview is another indicator that I have a long way to go before I get to be good at it. Luckily my guest Michael Anissimov […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 39:23 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is the second singularity podcast. Given my experience with James Harvey I already knew that interviewing people is an acquired skill that I really need to work on. This interview is another indicator that I have a long way to go before I get to be good at it. Luckily my guest Michael Anissimov […]This is the second singularity podcast. Given my experience with James Harvey I already knew that interviewing people is an acquired skill that I really need to work on. This interview is another indicator that I have a long way to go before I get to be good at it. Luckily my guest Michael Anissimov […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harveys-singularity-podcast-we-are-singularia/ Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harveys-singularity-podcast-we-are-singularia/ https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harveys-singularity-podcast-we-are-singularia/#respond https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harveys-singularity-podcast-we-are-singularia/feed/ 0 This is my first singularity podcast. I intend to do many more interviews like that to spark the discussion about the singularity with the help of some of the best and brightest people I can get to do a podcast for the benefit of us all. My guest today is Australian James Harvey. James Harvey […] Nikola Danaylov interviews Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Noam Chomsky, Max More, Aubrey de Grey, Jeremy Rifkin & others... full 49:38 singularityweblog@outlook.com (Nikola Danaylov)noThis is my first singularity podcast. I intend to do many more interviews like that to spark the discussion about the singularity with the help of some of the best and brightest people I can get to do a podcast for the benefit of us all. My guest today is Australian James Harvey. James Harvey […]This is my first singularity podcast. I intend to do many more interviews like that to spark the discussion about the singularity with the help of some of the best and brightest people I can get to do a podcast for the benefit of us all. My guest today is Australian James Harvey. James Harvey […]singularity, ai, transhumanism, futurism, technology, ethics