Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.02
Apr 02, 2012
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Episode description
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 2, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode: J. Hughes on democratic transhumanism, personhood theory, and AI; making brains: reverse engineering the human brain to achieve AI; Ben Goertzel and Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity and timelines for AI; could a computer virus merge with a human virus?; and transhumanism meets the 'intelligence principle.'
Tracks used in this episode:
Topics for this week's episode: J. Hughes on democratic transhumanism, personhood theory, and AI; making brains: reverse engineering the human brain to achieve AI; Ben Goertzel and Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity and timelines for AI; could a computer virus merge with a human virus?; and transhumanism meets the 'intelligence principle.'
Tracks used in this episode:
- Meshuggah: "Behind the Sun"
- Modeselektor: "Green Light Go"
- Boards of Canada: "Aquarius"
- Grimes: "Eight"
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