The World Transformed, Part 7
Are we living in the Matrix? Can we be sure? And even if we’re
not, are there reasons why we might want to live there? 
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About our guests:
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Dr. Bruce Katz is a
leading thinker and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.
He is the Chief AI
Scientist at ColdLight
Solutions and the author of
the Future: Virtual Minds and the Creation of Immortality.
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Michael Anissimov is a
science/technology writer and consultant. He is the creative force
behind one of the leading futurist blogs,
Future. He is a co-founder of the Immortality
Institute, the Media Director for the
Intelligence, and the Fundraising Director for North America for
the Lifeboat Foundation.
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Greg Campbell is an Intel
alumnus and veteran of several Internet startups. He is an information
technology consultant, virtual worlds researcher, and contributing
editor to h+ Magazine, where he writes under the name Surfdaddy Orca.
Recent articles related to the show’s topic include
Chip and
that Design Themselves.
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Are we living in the Matrix? Can we be sure? And even if we’re
not, are there reasons why we might want to live there?
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon welcome a distinguished panel to
discuss our future in virtual worlds, our future virtual selves, and
Nick Bostrom’s
Hypothesis, which argues that we are already probably living in a
computer simulation.
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Archived recording available here:
About our guests:
leading thinker and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.
He is the Chief AI
Scientist at ColdLight
Solutions and the author of
the Future: Virtual Minds and the Creation of Immortality.
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science/technology writer and consultant. He is the creative force
behind one of the leading futurist blogs,
Future. He is a co-founder of the Immortality
Institute, the Media Director for the
Intelligence, and the Fundraising Director for North America for
the Lifeboat Foundation.
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alumnus and veteran of several Internet startups. He is an information
technology consultant, virtual worlds researcher, and contributing
editor to h+ Magazine, where he writes under the name Surfdaddy Orca.
Recent articles related to the show’s topic include
Chip and
that Design Themselves.
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