FUTURATI PODCAST

Olu Amusan is an Artificial Intelligence Evangelist, an UNLEASH Alumnus, HIVE Global Leader, the Author of "A-Z of AI Consulting", and a global shaper of the World Economic Forum. He is the CEO of Coven Works, an AI Education and Consulting firm based in Dallas Texas with offices in Lagos Nigeria. He has been recognized multiple times for his work by top technology organizations like Microsoft and was recently pronounced one of JCI Top Ten Outstanding young persons in October, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson is a researcher in emerging technologies who helped to pioneer Machine Vision techniques through her company QuantaCorp, which enables fast and accurate body measurement from just two photos.Nell serves as Chair & Vice-Chair respectively of the IEEE’s ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group, and P7001 Transparency of Autonomous Systems committee on AI Ethics & Safety, engineering credit score-like mechanisms to safeguard algorithmic trust. She also chairs EthicsNet.org, a community teaching prosocial behaviors to machines, CulturalPeace.org, crafting Geneva Conventions-style rules for cultural conflict, EDCsymbol.org, informing consumers of endocrine disruptors, and Pacha.org, connecting a network of service providers to help enable the automated accounting of externalities (shifted costs) such as pollution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us (including your hosts) spend huge amounts of time on the internet. It is responsible for launching whole new industries, new ways of connecting, and a steady progression of digital-first empires. It may surprise you to learn that there are people who nevertheless think the internet is fundamentally broken and needs to be replaced altogether. One of these people is Galen Wolfe-Pauly, CEO of Tlon, a company working on Urbit. He grew up in the woods near Santa Cruz, drawing, painting, building software and digital tools. He eventually left the cypherpunks and hippies of California to study architecture at the Cooper Union in New York, which informs the design sensibilities he brings to code. Galen is interested in building long-lasting software to help people control and shape their digital lives and communities. Finding all our existing software platforms to be deeply disappointing, he started building Urbit, a new OS and network, in 2014 with a small team. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation caused all of us to substantially revise our opinions about the viability of near-future commercial uses of quantum computing, and we hope you find it as thought provoking as we did. Dr. Mark Jackson is the Scientific Lead at Cambridge Quantum Computing. He received his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Duke University and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Columbia University. He then spent 10 years researching superstring theory and cosmology, co-authoring almost 40 technical articles. To promote the public understanding of science, he founded the science crowdfunding platform Fiat Physica and non-profit Science Partnership Fund. He is Adjunct Faculty at Singularity University and a Director of Astronomers Without Borders. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Hoy is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at UC Berkeley studying decision making, reward learning, and emotion. Prior to his Ph.D., Colin worked at the National Institute of Mental Health developing “mind reading” techniques to decode ongoing cognitive states using functional MRI brain scans. He applies his deep knowledge of the brain to the prospect of Elon Musk's company Neuralink, the ethical conundrums of emerging technologies, and a variety of other fascinating topics. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Among fans of this show David Brin surely needs no introduction. He is an astronomer, the author of dozens of highly-acclaimed works of science fiction such as the Uplift series, and an in-demand speaker on topics ranging from governance to the Fermi Paradox. Our conversation focused on what's required to sustain civilization, what the role of science fiction is in shaping our worldviews, and what we can expect living in a post-Covid world.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jarred is an interdisciplinary scientist combining modern Data Science techniques with research expertise in the fields of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Pharmacology, and Immunology. He spoke with us about his work at DataRobot, a company looking to use automation to dramatically increase the productivity of data scientists, and about what he thinks a more automated future will look like.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Enke is a Senior Space Research Analyst at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. For nearly 20 years, he has worked on space-related research projects that have touched every planet (and former planet) in the solar system, as well as several asteroids and moons. Mars has always been his favorite, and in his spare time he writes science fiction novels about humanity's future on the Red Planet. Many of us are drawn to science fiction and science fact which explores the possibility of humanity becoming a multi-planetary species, and in this episode Brian shares his deep expertise on these subjects and more.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Baker is a leading Technology Product Designer of the 21st century. His designs are found across the world in enterprise software, ecommerce, apps, connected devices, mobile phones, televisions and even kitchen appliances. Mr. Baker is a recipient of the coveted ‘Best of CES,’ and ‘Red Dot’ awards, and he has been recognized by Forbes, Yahoo, and Wired magazine for his work in Digital. In this episode, Brian discusses how he got into the design industry, dishes on little-known episodes in the life of tech giant Steve Jobs, and fills us in on where he thinks the field of design is headed.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial intelligence is undeniably one of the major technologies that will impact the future. Join Thomas Frey, Trent Fowler, and AI researcher David Jilk as they discuss the promise and the perils of this fascinating field. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices