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Discounted tickets for LSE Future Impact Summit
Dear Futurists, The weekend of 25th and 26th of November is your chance to gather with other people interested in future opportunities and risks, at the Future Impact Summit that is being held on the LSE Campus in Central London. … Continue reading
London Futurists in the Pub, in Bletchley
Dear Futurists, Sometimes the best insights about the future arise from conversations in a pub. That’s when we can reflect, in personal and creative ways, on some of the mind-stretching ideas that speakers or panellists have shared at an immediately … Continue reading
Multiple options, 31st Oct to 26th Nov
Dear Futurists, 1st November poses us all with a pleasant problem: three different events are taking place, simultaneously, on various aspects concerning the safe and beneficent usage of AI. We’re each going to have to make a hard choice that … Continue reading
The curve of public awareness
Dear Futurists, How does public awareness change? First slowly, and then quickly. At first, for a long time, people don’t allow themselves to think various ideas, since these ideas would (they think) be disliked or even mocked by their friends, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bletchley Park, Conway Hall, Dublin Longevity Declaration, London Futurists, LonFut, Mustafa Suleyman
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Six panellists are ready. Are you?
Dear Futurists, A few days ago, I shared this question on social media: If you had a chance to speak for ten minutes to the politicians and other international leaders who will gather at the UK’s Bletchley Park on 1-2 … Continue reading
A final chance for discounted tickets for CogX
Dear Futurists It’s now less than four weeks until the start of this year’s CogX Festival – which is taking place at the O2, London from 12-14 September. The festival is described as “The Festival of Inspiration, Impact, and Transformational … Continue reading
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Tagged AGI, CogX Festival, DNA-Seq, Intelligence Squared, London Futurists, LonFut, Longevity Summit Dublin, Telepresent
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Questions about AGI
Dear Futurists It’s sometimes encouraging but it’s often exasperating. I’m referring to the ongoing public discussion about the possible arrival of AGI – Artificial General Intelligence. Some of the material that has recently been published reaches new heights of quality. … Continue reading
Some excellent speakers coming to London
Dear Futurists, You’re going to want to read this newsletter quickly, as it contains news of a one-day-only code for a 50% reduction on the registration tickets for this year’s CogX. And there’s lots more that might also interest you… … Continue reading
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Tagged CogX Festival, DeSci, London Futurists, London Futurists Podcast, LonFut
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Emerging Technologies Radar
Dear Futurists, Friends of London Futurists at Emerging Tech Radar (ETR) have kindly agreed to make available a small number of tickets to an online event they’re holding this Wednesday (12th July). Read on for more details of that event, … Continue reading
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Tagged AGI, Emerging Technologies Radar, London Futurists, LonFut, Peter Scott, The Death of Death
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More speakers announced for CogX
Dear Futurists, At an event last week, I found my mouth opening wide with exasperation and frustration. More than once. I was listening to people who were described as “experts in AI”. “Don’t worry”, one of them said to the … Continue reading
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Tagged AGI, CogX Festival, José Cordeiro, London Futurists, LonFut, The Death of Death
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