As medical science improves and lifespans rise, we must consider not only if life extension is possible, but if it is ethical. Watch my exclusive video Dark Stars At The Beginning Of Time: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-dark-stars-at-the-beginning-of-time Get...
The China Brain thought problem suggests that if it is possible for a big enough computer to run an uploaded copy of a human mind, then a sufficiently large number of humans run calculations by hand could too. But if they did, would this represent a Hive Mind?...
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/isaacarthur06237 What will life be like 300 years in our future, or for those living 300 million miles away? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula:...
Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have...
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur As Humanity moves into the future, traveling to other worlds and exploring genetics, AI, transhumanism, and cybernetics, we may begin to diverge into a thousand post-human species. Visit our...
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of "The Singularity Trap" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. The ability to be able to copy or upload the mind has been discussed much in science fiction, and...
It is often thought that if we cure aging or find out how to upload a human mind that humans will be immortal. Today we will examine that notion and see how well it holds up against astronomical time lines. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the...
We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Saturn's moon Titan. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://www.Brilliant.org/IsaacArthur We will examine the options for less classic colonization by exploring alternatives to manned colonization and...
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac and get a free audio book with a 30 day trial! In the previous episode we saw how civilizations might not simply survive after all the stars in the Universe had died, but might indeed thrive far better during the Black Hole Era...
A look at how emerging concepts in science & technology could disrupt our most our understandings of identity, consciousness, and free will. This is the 5th episode of the Existential Crisis series which looks at concepts like Transhumanism, Life Extension, the...
Today we are looking at two topics, the Anthropic Principle and the idea of greater than human intelligence, generally called Super-Intelligence or SI. Support the Channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?ty=h&u=3365828
A look at the Simulation Hypothesis, or Simulation Argument, along with its implications for identity, consciousness, and the Fermi Paradox. Links, Nick Bostrom's original "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?" paper...