The Trajectory – Details, episodes & analysis

This is an interview with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.

This is the fourth episode in the "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
-- Scott's TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCHZ1G93iA

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/aZS4Plmx4_o

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/aaronson1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: https://danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: https://x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfaggella/
-- Newsletter: https://bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research.

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This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8yq2Q4Tc8

Read Anders Sandberg's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sandberg1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
X: x.com/danfaggella
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
Podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This week Dr. Richard Sutton. Known for his breakthroughs in reinforcement learning, Richard serves as a Professor at The University of Alberta and Research Scientist at Keen Technologies (an artificial general intelligence lab he started with John Carmack).

This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fRzL5Mt0c8A

Read Richard Sutton's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sutton1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
X: x.com/danfaggella
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
Podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford.

This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm 

-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200

-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/_ZCE4XZ9doc?si=RXptg0y6JcxelXkF

Read the Nick Bostrom's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bostrom1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 

X: x.com/danfaggella 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 

Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw 

This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai).

This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023.

Read more of Dan's ideas and https://www.safe.ai/work/research

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqYqHX13eM

Read the Dan Hendrycks episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hendrycks1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
X: x.com/danfaggella
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw

This is an interview with Dileep George, AI Researcher at Google DeepMind, previously CTO and Co-founder of Vicarious AI.

This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Dileep's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nmsuHz43X24

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/dileep1

See more of Dileep's ideas - and his humorous AGI comics - at: https://dileeplearning.github.io/

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
-- Web -- danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- Twitter -- twitter.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn -- linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter -- bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- YouTube -- https://youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, and AGI researcher for many decades.

This is the third episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Ben's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/faU0EdQHDpY

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/goertzel1

Read more from Ben on X: https://twitter.com/bengoertzel

I often recommend Ben's "Cosmist Manifesto" as a relatively frank and honest take on posthuman / AGI futures: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmist-Manifesto-Practical-Philosophy-Posthuman/dp/0984609709

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella

Newsletter:
bit.ly/TrajectoryTw

This is an interview with Jaan Tallinn, billionaire tech mogul (Kazaa, Skype), brilliant thinker, and long-time funder for AI safety causes.

This is the second episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Jaan's full episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gnIKpsqrtsE

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tallinn1

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
youtube.com/@trajectoryai

Newsletter:
bit.ly/TrajectoryTw

This is an interview with Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award Winner and Scientific Director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms.

This is the first episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Yoshua's full episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Z5lgtH7_I

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/bengio1

Read more of Yoshua's work at: https://yoshuabengio.org/

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: https://danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
X: x.com/danfaggella
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw 

There three main questions we'll be covering on the Trajectory: 

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives? 

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards? 

3. What should we do about it? 

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here. 

Connect: 
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella