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Two meetings in the next four days
Dear Futurists, 1.) Experiments with AI I start this newsletter with an experiment. “Imagine a map of the world highlighting London, Paris, and Riyadh”, I asked the Midjourney AI. I thought that such an image would be a good lead-in … Continue reading
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Tagged AI Safety, Global Healthspan Conference, Kristian Rönn, London Futurists, LonFut, Paris, Riyadh
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Priorities for 2025 and beyond
Dear Futurists, What should we do less in 2025, to allow ourselves more time and energy to increase our focus on other matters that we decide deserve more of our attention? Here, by the word “we”, I mean each of … Continue reading
Four opportunities to meet during the next eight days
Dear Futurists, For much of 2024, I’ve prioritised podcast episodes more than webinars and/or physical meetups. However, over the next eight days, there will be (count them) four different chances for friends and members of London Futurists to meet. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged ControlAI, London Futurists, London Futurists in the Pub, London Futurists Podcast, LonFut, PauseAI, Ploutos
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Futurist points of view. And fake news
Dear Futurists, The next seven days provide us with not one but two opportunities to exchange and debate ideas and insights about future possibilities. Tomorrow, there’s a chance to gather online, in a new platform called Ploutos, to review potential … Continue reading
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Tagged Fake news, London Futurists, London Futurists in the Pub, London Futurists Podcast, LonFut, Ploutos
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Two chances to meet this week
Dear Futurists, It’s been some time since there’s been a formal meeting of London Futurists. However, there’s a chance to meet in the Marlborough Arms this Wednesday. And another chance to meet, at another pub, this Thursday. For the details, … Continue reading
Vitalism, LEV, LSD, Codex, and AI Safety
Dear Futurists, Here are some pointers to info you might have missed about forthcoming events or projects. 1.) The case for Vitalism, Sat 4th May Vitalism declares itself as being “a great plan to save us from aging & death… … Continue reading
Enhancing beneficial collaboration
What determines whether people can collaborate effectively, accomplishing much more than they could as individuals, rather than getting in each other’s way in confusion and opposition? When is it the case that the combination of 1 and 1 exceeds 2, … Continue reading
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Tagged BGI24, DeSci, London Futurists, London Futurists Podcast, LonFut
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AI needs philosophy
Dear Futurists, To help us with AI, we need philosophy. That was one of the conclusions that emerged, time and again, during discussions at TransVision 2024 in Utrecht just over two weeks ago. To be clear, attendees did not expect … Continue reading
Countdown to Utrecht
Dear Futurists, As I write these words, there are just five full days before the main part of TransVision Utrecht. (If you are considering joining the optional extra workshop on the Friday afternoon on open longevity GPT, it’s just four … Continue reading
Anticipating Transvision Utrecht and BGI24
Dear Futurists, At this time of year, minds sometimes become preoccupied with activities around the Christmas and New Year holidays. But as futurists, we should of course look further ahead. So in this newsletter, I’ll be encouraging you to consider … Continue reading
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Tagged AGI, BGI, Existential Risk Observatory, Telepresent, The Vital Syllabus, TransVision Utrecht
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