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Singularity.FM

Nikola Danaylovwww.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.
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Episodes

Kevin Warwick: Be/Come the Cy/Borg

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. […]

Feb 21, 201159 min

Dr. Aubrey de Grey: Better Funding and Advocacy Can Defeat Aging

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 […]

Feb 18, 201145 min

James Martin: We Can Control Accelerating Technology

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 […]

Feb 11, 201153 min

Andrew Crofts on The Change Agent, the Ghostwriter, and the Singularity

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 […]

Feb 02, 201146 min

Stephen Wolfram: To Understand the Future, Explore the Computational Universe

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 […]

Jan 27, 201156 min

Andrew Hessel: Don’t Fear Synthetic Biology

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 […]

Jan 22, 201134 min

Natasha Vita-More on Singularity 1on1

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 […]

Nov 30, 201052 min

I Am Eyeborg: Rob Spence on Singularity 1 on 1

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. […]

Nov 21, 201047 min

Kevin Kelly: Technology Doesn’t Want A Singularity

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, […]

Nov 03, 201049 min

Ben Goertzel on AI and the Singularity: The Future Is Ours To Create

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 […]

Oct 26, 201043 min

Terry Grossman on TRANSCEND: Live Long Enough To Live Forever

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 […]

Oct 21, 201051 min

Douglas Rushkoff: Program or be Programmed

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, […]

Oct 13, 201040 min

John Horgan On The End Of Science

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 […]

Oct 09, 20101 hr

Jason Silva: Let Your Ideas Be Noble, Poetic and Beautiful

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 […]

Oct 04, 201038 min

Aubrey de Grey: Longevity Escape Velocity May Be Closer Than We Think

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 […]

Sep 27, 201058 min

Kevin Warwick: You Have To Take Risks To Be Part Of The Future

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 […]

Sep 26, 201054 min

George Dvorsky on Transhumanism and the Singularity

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 […]

Aug 26, 20101 hr 16 min

Michael Anissimov on Singularity Without Compromise

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 […]

Jun 30, 201039 min

James Harvey: We are Singularia

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 […]

Jun 27, 201050 min
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