Humanity's Distant Future | Anders Sandberg

Humanity's Distant Future | Anders Sandberg

Author: IAI July 28, 2020 Duration: 18:07

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Should we upgrade our bodies and minds? Will developing technologies create utopian or dystopian futures? On today’s episode we’re discussing transhumanism, artificial intelligence and ageing.

Anders Sandberg is a researcher, science debater, futurist, transhumanist and author. He holds a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.

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