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Feb 19, 2021 • 1h 5min

Ep. 21: Peter Leyden on predicting the future and the world in 2100

Peter's personal website: https://www.peterleyden.com/Our episode with David Brin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfagXnjFgYRenowned futurist Peter Leyden is a former editor at Wired magazine, the founder of Reinvent, and a sought-after consultant and keynote speaker. He joins us to talk about his methodology for building forecasts and what he thinks the future holds.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 12, 2021 • 57min

Ep. 20: Luca Dellanna on antifragility, ergodicity, and building a better business.

Luca Dellanna joins us to talk about how his research into adaptive systems applies across management, psychology, investing, and economics. Check out more of his work here:https://www.luca-dellanna.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 5, 2021 • 59min

Ep. 19: Karl Dakin on small business fundraising and the economic consequences of COVID19.

Karl Dakin is an expert in fundraising, with a long career in helping businesses raise capital in innovative ways. In this conversation we talk about how businesses are faring with the lockdowns, promising new technologies for ridding the air of pathogens, professional rugby, and lots of other interesting things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 29, 2021 • 1h 2min

Ep. 18: Dr. Erik Istre discusses his research on the foundations of mathematics.

Erik has a PhD in mathematics specializing in non-classical foundations of mathematics and naive set theory. His work centers around attempting to circumvent classical limitative results and reviving naive set theory as a viable theory.We spend a lot of this conversation discussing how his work will impact AI Safety and its implications for metaphysics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 22, 2021 • 52min

Ep. 17: Kai Faust on the promise and peril of spatial computing.

Kai Faust is the CEO and Founder of Infopop, where he builds products that increase access to spatial information. Their first product helps retail customers find products using their mobile phones. He and his team are also building indoor maps which they are using as the bedrock for a future spatial computing platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 18, 2021 • 59min

Ep. 16: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety.

Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department ofComputer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville. He is the foundingand current director of the Cyber Security Lab and an author of many books including"Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approach". Dr. Yampolskiy’s main areas ofinterest are Artificial Intelligence Safety and Cybersecurity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 16, 2021 • 1h 3min

Ep. 15: Kristin Lindquist on rationality and decision making under uncertainty.

Kristin is a multi-disciplinary geek and fifteen year startup veteran. She is particularly interested in the intersection of epistemology, neuroscience, and nonviolence, and for the last five years has been working on her startup Rationally--what began as “Quora but with evidence-based answers” but ended up as an evidence synthesis platform for clinical research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 16, 2021 • 1h 4min

Ep. 14: Kristinn R Thórisson on building an artificial general intelligence

Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson is Full Research Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavik University and Managing Director of the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines. His work in applied AI for the past 30 years has included diverse projects at LEGO, NASA and Honda, as well as numerous startups in Europe and the U.S. such as Radar Networks which was funded by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures. For the past 15 years his theoretical work has focused on human-level AI, constructivist learning, cumulative understanding, and cognitive control architectures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 8, 2021 • 58min

Ep. 13: Steve Meyer on entrepreneurship and building a successful company.

Steve is the founder of Main Street Pedicabs, one of the most successful pedicab ventures in the world. In this conversation he joins Thomas and Trent to discuss his journey in business, urban planning, and the way communities evolve in response to changes in infrastructure and transportation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 2min

Ep 12: Michał Stęchły on building software for quantum computers.

Michał is a Polish software engineer working on Zapata's quantum computing platform. His main interest is in so-called “variational quantum algorithms” – hybrid classical-quantum algorithms that will potentially be useful for near-term quantum computers. Apart from his day job at Zapata Computing he manages a mentorship program at the Quantum Open Source Foundation, creates educational content for his blog, and is involved in the Q4Climate initiative, an organization devoted to exploring ways in which quantum computers can help with climate change.He is also interested in topics such as effective altruism, design, and how the mind works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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