To claim your matching donation with Givewell, go to https://www.givewell.org/isaac In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? And should we embrace or resist...
Is a Technological Singularity Inevitable?
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Synthetic Life
Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them,...
Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur01211 Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity...
Let’s Dismantle the Solar System!
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Conscious Stellar Objects
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would star with a mind of its own be like? Visit...
Space Whales & Bioships
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The idea of spaceships or other machines that were essentially alive and able to repair and operate themselves has long been a popular one in science fiction. We'll take a look today at how that might be...
The Fermi Paradox & Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space
Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaac6 Many believe humanity's future lies among the stars, colonizing distant planets around alien suns, or perhaps building artificial worlds, space habitats, and megastructures. But what if...
