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Singularity.FM is the 1st and best singularity podcast - the place where we interview the future! Singularity.FM is a series of podcast interviews with the best scientists, writers, entrepreneurs, philosophers and artists, debating the technological singularity. The podcast is a conversation about exponential tech, accelerating change, artificial intelligence and ethics: Because technology is not enough!
Episódios
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David Orban: What is the question I should be asking?
22/11/2011 Duração: 01h04minThis Thursday I interviewed David Orban for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that David is one of my favorite singularitarians and I enjoyed talking to him immensely. During our conversation, we discuss issues such as David’s personal background and early interest in science and technology; the motivation and goals behind his work; his involvement […]
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Greg Wientjes: How do you cultivate creative GENIUS in Technology?
19/11/2011 Duração: 29minThis week I interviewed Greg Wientjes for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Greg at Singularity University and picked up a copy of his book Creative Genius in Technology: Mentor Principles from Life Stories of Geniuses and Visionaries of the Singularity. The book is very well researched and examines the question: “How do you mentor, educate and […]
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Robert J. Sawyer: The Human Adventure is Just Beginning
09/11/2011 Duração: 55minLast Sunday I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that, despite the fact that he is a very well-known and successful best-selling science fiction writer, I only recently stumbled onto Robert’s work. I was taking a ride on the Toronto subway and couldn’t help but notice the posters for […]
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Sonia Arrison: Make Regenerative Medicine A Top Priority
20/10/2011 Duração: 36minLast week I interviewed Sonia Arrison for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Sonia at the Singularity University, where she is a founder and a trustee, and there I picked up a copy of her seminal book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, from Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. The […]
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Spencer Greenberg: To Become Better Thinkers – Study Our Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies
24/09/2011 Duração: 29minYesterday I interviewed Spencer Greenberg for Singularity 1 on 1. Spencer is the Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, the quantitative hedge fund that he co-founded in 2005 at the age of 22. During our conversation with Spencer, we discuss issues such as the unique approach that Rebellion Research takes in investing; artificial intelligence and machine learning; […]
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Astronaut Dan Barry: Don’t Let Anyone Tell You That You Can’t Reach Your Dreams
20/09/2011 Duração: 20minDuring my 10 weeks at Singularity University, I was able to ambush Dan Barry for a 20 min interview for Singularity 1 on 1. Former NASA astronaut and veteran of 3 space missions, Dan is currently the head of faculty at Singularity University and the co-chair for AI, Robotics, Space, and Physical Sciences. (As always you […]
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Salim Ismail: We Are Already Gods, We Might As Well Start Acting As Such
11/09/2011 Duração: 31minDuring my time at Singularity University, I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Salim Ismail for Singularity 1 on 1. During our conversation we discuss issues such as Salim’s personal background and early childhood in India; his motivation, goals, and aspirations for Singularity University; the term “exponential organization”; his take on the technological […]
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Peter Diamandis: Singularity University is Starfleet Academy for the World’s Biggest Challenges
04/07/2011 Duração: 25minLast week I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Peter Diamandis for Singularity 1 on 1. Peter is not a very tall man but I have to say that he has the energy of a giant because interviewing him is like plugging into a nuclear power plant – afterward, I felt as […]
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Charlie Stross: The World is Complicated. Elegant Narratives Explaining Everything Are Wrong!
01/06/2011 Duração: 43minToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is award-winning science fiction author Charlie Stross. It was his seminal singularity book Accelerando that not only won the 2006 Locus Award (in addition to being a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and on the final ballot for the Hugo Award) but was also […]
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Jaron Lanier: The Singularity Is A Religion for Geeks
12/05/2011 Duração: 44minToday my guest is Jaron Lanier. Jaron lives in Berkeley, California, and, like John Horgan, is one of the better-known critics of both Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity. Unlike many other critics, however, Lanier is neither a technophobe nor a Luddite. In fact, he is known as the father of virtual reality technology. In […]
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R.U. Sirius: Question the Authority of Your Brain
07/05/2011 Duração: 50minToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is digital culture and cyberpunk icon R.U. Sirius. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) During our conversation, we discuss issues such as R.U.’s early life and Yippie years; his multiple identities […]
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Vernor Vinge: We Can Surpass the Wildest Dreams of Optimism
16/04/2011 Duração: 01h01minToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge — the very person who coined the technological singularity as a term. Currently Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. The new book is titled The Children of the Sky and is already available for […]
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Transhumanist Philosopher Max More: Question Everything
20/03/2011 Duração: 52minToday my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is transhumanist strategic philosopher Max More. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full.) As the CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. More has a full schedule. Nevertheless, he generously managed […]
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Kevin Warwick: Be/Come the Cy/Borg
21/02/2011 Duração: 58minThis is my second interview with Prof. Kevin Warwick. Last time I had him on – You Have to Take Risks to be Part of the Future, he shared his views on a wide variety of topics such as human and artificial intelligence, robotics, the technological singularity, God, the beginning of the universe and so on. […]
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Dr. Aubrey de Grey: Better Funding and Advocacy Can Defeat Aging
18/02/2011 Duração: 45minLast time I had Dr. Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1 the interview turned out to be a hit. In fact, it is still by far the most popular podcast that I have done and the audio file has been listened to or downloaded over 30,000 times. Given Aubrey’s popular appeal and the […]
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James Martin: We Can Control Accelerating Technology
11/02/2011 Duração: 52minYesterday I was privileged to have an hour-long Skype interview with James Martin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. James Martin is Andrew Crofts‘ archetype Change Agent in addition to being a world-renowned computer scientist, author, lecturer, teacher, philanthropist, futurist, and film-maker. During our conversation, we cover a whole spectrum of interesting topics such […]
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Andrew Crofts on The Change Agent, the Ghostwriter, and the Singularity
02/02/2011 Duração: 46minA couple of months ago I saw Roman Polanski’s film The Ghost Writer based on the titular bestselling book by Robert Harris. At the time, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of months after the movie premiere I will be communicating with Andrew Crofts – the archetype ghostwriter on whom Ewan McGregor’s character […]
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Stephen Wolfram: To Understand the Future, Explore the Computational Universe
27/01/2011 Duração: 55minYesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such […]
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Andrew Hessel: Don’t Fear Synthetic Biology
22/01/2011 Duração: 33minToday I am very happy to have Andrew Hessel as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During the interview, Andrew shares his truly infectious passion for synthetic biology and the unique opportunities […]
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Natasha Vita-More on Singularity 1on1
30/11/2010 Duração: 51minWant to find out who, according to the NY Times, is “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”? Today’s episode of Singularity 1 on 1 features Natasha Vita-More. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in full.) During our conversation with Natasha, she […]