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Dr Anders Sandberg joins Oxford Martin School academics for the Oxford Literary Festival's Science and the Future event: 'Death - nothing more certain?'

Submitted by FHI_admin on Fri, 17/05/2013 - 18:15

Oxford Martin School academics joined Oxford Literary Festival's Science and the Future event: 'Death - nothing more certain?' chaired by Georgina Ferry.

Anders Sandberg and Paul Fairchild were among panellists discussing: Can we rejuvenate ourselves with spare parts grown in the laboratory? Can technology provide a longer-term substitute for living bodies and brains? For how long can - or should - the end be postponed?

The video from the panel discussion can be found here, http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/view/284

Futuretech's Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh will be on BBC Radio Gloucester on Bank Holiday Monday at 12:15pm speaking about Existential Risks

Submitted by FHI_admin on Fri, 03/05/2013 - 15:49

Futuretech's Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh will be on BBC Radio Gloucester on Bank Holiday Monday at 12:15pm speaking about Existential Risks.

He'll be discussing with Anna King how real and immediate threats to the human race may be, what risks we should be most worried about, and how we can work together globally in our best interests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiogloucestershire

Dr. Toby Ord to debate on charitable priorities at the Oxford Union: ‘This House Would Help Britain Before Burundi’

Submitted by FHI_admin on Tue, 30/04/2013 - 18:43

Dr. Toby Ord to debate on charitable priorities at the Oxford Union: ‘This House Would Help Britain Before Burundi’

Proposition:
James Delingpole, Frederik Erixon, David Goodhart

Opposition:
Dame Margaret Anstee, Toby Ord, Peter Singer

Date: Thursday 02 May 2013
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm GMT
Location: Oxford Union http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Oxford+Union&hl=en

Dr Anders Sandberg speaks about "The future of cognitive enhancers" tonight at Trinity College Oxford

Submitted by FHI_admin on Tue, 30/04/2013 - 15:06

Dr Anders Sandberg speaks about "The future of cognitive enhancers" tonight at Trinity College Oxford

Tuesday 30th April
8:20pm for an 8:30pm start
The Danson Room, Trinity College

Nick Bostrom speaking on BBC4’s The World Tonight at 10:00pm and BBC5 at 10:30pm tonight

Submitted by FHI_admin on Wed, 24/04/2013 - 18:57

Nick Bostrom will be speaking on both BBC4’s The World Tonight at 10:00pm and BBC5 at 10:30 tonight, elaborating on some of the topics discussed in today's BBC article on Existential Risk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtl3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00psvgw

Futuretech AI research in Wired UK

Submitted by FHI_admin on Tue, 09/04/2013 - 17:08

Mark Piesing discusses a recent Futuretech research paper (forthcoming in the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence) in Wired UK. The piece focuses on the difficulty and challenges in predicting AI. It features a lot of work from our FHI & Futuretech researchers, Stuart Armstrong, Kaj Sotala and Seán Óh Éigeartaigh along with FHI research associate Robin Hanson's response.

For more on this topic, please see work published online:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/e36/ai_timeline_predictions_are_we_getting_better

Pilsen Beyond AI conference proceedings

Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu's work on the "love drug" in the Canadian media

Submitted by FHI_admin on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 15:46

Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu's work on the "love drug" Oxytocin has recently been the subject of in-depth discussion in the Canadian media:

“Chemical seduction: How 'love drugs' may one day help couples save failing relationships" *The National Post *(Canada)
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/30/chemical-seduction-how-love-drug...

"Chemically altering emotions to prolong relationships: Is there a case
to be made to enhance the romance?" *Winnipeg Free Press* (Canada)

Nick Bostrom's talk from the TedX Oxford - now online

Submitted by FHI_admin on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 15:23

Nick Bostrom's talk from the TedX Oxford, where he discusses the concept of Existential Risk, is now online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Nf3TcMiHo

Nick Bostrom's paper on 'Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority' is published in Global Policy

Submitted by FHI_admin on Thu, 28/03/2013 - 19:38

Professor Nick Bostrom clarifies the concept of Existential Risk and discusses the importance of reducing these risks, as well as the implications that Existential Risk has on the ideal of global sustainability.

The paper can be found here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.12002/abstract
or on Professor Bostrom’s page:
http://www.existential-risk.org/concept.pdf

Event on Nanotechnology "How can we capture the possibilities but avoid the pitfalls of nanotechnology?" - Next Big Thing

Submitted by FHI_admin on Mon, 25/03/2013 - 18:44

The Oxford Martin School features an exciting event titled
"How can we capture the possibilities but avoid the pitfalls of nanotechnology?" - Next Big Thing

Date:Tuesday 26th March
Time:18:30 - 19:45
Location:1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE

Speakers include:
Sonia Contera and Eric Drexler from the Oxford Martin School

For more information, please visit http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/1576