Using AR Glasses to Transport You to New Worlds

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"I'm counting on the technology to develop and extend my mind faster than my mind than my biological mind shrinks," he says. "This will really be helpful for me, because I as a parent of a few kids, walking into the parent nights and there's so many people and they all have different children." He adds that with augmented reality glasses you can walk around ancient ruins and see a full 3D display ofAncient Rome rising up from remaining stones in the ground.

Last year, Rufus sat down with philosopher David Chalmers to talk about the allure of virtual reality, whether robots will ever achieve consciousness, and the likelihood that we’re living in a simulation (David thinks it’s about 25 percent). It was a fascinating, freewheeling conversation, and we left large chunks of it on the cutting room floor. Now, though, with ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms taking the world by storm, those unaired sections, many of which were about the ethics of artificial intelligence, feel super relevant. So today, we’re sharing our complete interview with David. Buckle up. It’s a wild ride.