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Anders Sandberg on Exploratory Engineering Value Diversity and Grand Futures EAGxCambridge 2023
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Hear This Idea is a podcast about new thinking in effective altruism, hosted by Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti. In this episode, recorded live at EAGxCambridge 2023, they interview Anders Sandberg, who is a researcher, futurist, transhumanist and author. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. His research covers human enhancement, exploratory engineering, and 'grand futures' for humanity. They talk about: - What is exploratory engineering and what is it good for? - Progress on whole brain emulation - Are we near the end of humanity's tech tree? - Is diversity intrinsically valuable in grand futures? - How Anders does research - Virtue ethics for civilisations - Anders' takes on AI risk and whether LLMs are close to general intelligence And much more. Find out more about Hear This Idea and discover more episodes: https://hearthisidea.com/
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