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London Futurists
London Futurists
London Futurists

Anticipating and managing exponential impact - hosts David Wood and Calum ChaceCalum Chace is a sought-after keynote speaker and best-selling writer on... more

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Episodes

To sidestep death, preserve your connectome, with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

In David's life so far, he has read literally hundreds of books about the future. Yet none has had such... more

18 Nov 2024 · 41 minutes
Insights from 15 years leading the self-driving vehicle industry, with Sterling Anderson

Our guest in this episode is Sterling Anderson, a pioneer of self-driving vehicles. With a masters degree and a PhD... more

05 Nov 2024 · 41 minutes
The race for AI supremacy, with Parmy Olson

Our guest in this episode is Parmy Olson, a columnist for Bloomberg covering technology. Parmy has previously been a reporter... more

29 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
A narrow path to a good future with AI, with Andrea Miotti

Our guest in this episode is Andrea Miotti, the founder and executive director of ControlAI. On their website, ControlAI have... more

21 Oct 2024 · 40 minutes
Gen AI cuts costs by 30%: lessons from a leading law firm, with David Wakeling

Our guest in this episode is David Wakeling, a partner at A&O Shearman, which became the world’s third largest law... more

11 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Climate change and populism: Grounds for optimism? with Matt Burgess

Our guest in this episode is Matt Burgess. Matt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, where he... more

26 Sep 2024 · 38 minutes
Rejuvenation biotech - progress and potential, with Karl Pfleger

Our guest in this episode is Karl Pfleger. Karl is an angel investor in rejuvenation biotech startups, and is also... more

18 Sep 2024 · 45 minutes
ChatGPT runs for president, with Pedro Domingos

Our guest today is Pedro Domingos, who is joining an elite group of repeat guests – he joined us before... more

01 Sep 2024 · 49 minutes
The rise of digital pandemics, with James Ball

Our guest in this episode is the journalist and author James Ball. James has worked for the Bureau of Investigative... more

20 Aug 2024 · 39 minutes
Thinking more athletically about the future, with Brett King and Rob Tercek

In this episode, we have not one guest but two – Brett King and Robert Tercek, the hosts of the... more

12 Aug 2024 · 55 minutes
The low-cost future of preserving brains, with Jordan Sparks

Our guest in this episode is Jordan Sparks, the founder and executive director of Oregon Brain Preservation (OBP), which is... more

02 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
Surveillance and diversity: surprising insights from the Gulf, with Holly Joint

Our guest in this episode is Holly Joint, who was born and educated in the UK, but lives in Abu... more

25 Jul 2024 · 35 minutes
The double-edged sword of technology, with Wendell Wallach

How do we keep technology from slipping beyond our control? That’s the subtitle of the latest book by our guest... more

19 Jul 2024 · 53 minutes
Stop cryocrastinating! with Emil Kendziorra

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Emil Kendziorra. Emil graduated summa cum laude, which means, with the highest honours,... more

12 Jul 2024 · 40 minutes
Introducing Conscium, with Daniel Hulme and Ted Lappas

This episode is a bit different from the usual, because we are interviewing Calum's boss. Calum says that mainly to... more

01 Jul 2024 · 42 minutes
Taming the Machine, with Nell Watson

Those who rush to leverage AI’s power without adequate preparation face difficult blowback, scandals, and could provoke harsh regulatory measures.... more

20 Jun 2024 · 45 minutes
AI Impacts Survey - The key implications, with Katja Grace

Our guest in this episode grew up in an abandoned town in Tasmania, and is now a researcher and blogger... more

13 Jun 2024 · 33 minutes
Cryonics, cryocrastination, and the future: changing minds, with Max More

Our guest in this episode is Max More. Max is a philosopher, a futurist, and a transhumanist - a term... more

05 Jun 2024 · 48 minutes
Stem cells, lab-grown meat, and potential new medical treatments, with Mark Kotter

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Mark Kotter. Mark is a neurosurgeon, stem cell biologist, and founder or co-founder... more

27 May 2024 · 34 minutes
The economic case for a second longevity revolution, with Andrew Scott

The public discussion in a number of countries around the world expresses worries about what is called an aging society.... more

16 May 2024 · 41 minutes
Can AI be conscious? with Nicholas Humphrey

In this episode we return to the subject of whether AIs will become conscious, or, to use a word from... more

07 May 2024 · 45 minutes
Progress with ending aging, with Aubrey de Grey

Our topic in this episode is progress with ending aging. Our guest is the person who literally wrote the book... more

21 Apr 2024 · 40 minutes
What’s it like to be an AI, with Anil Seth

As artificial intelligence models become increasingly powerful, they both raise - and might help to answer - some very important... more

13 Apr 2024 · 44 minutes
Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich

Our guest in this episode is Adam Kovacevich. Adam is the Founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, which... more

04 Apr 2024 · 38 minutes
The case for brain preservation, with Kenneth Hayworth

In this episode, we are delving into the fascinating topic of mind uploading. We suspect this idea is about to... more

29 Mar 2024 · 42 minutes
AGI alignment: the case for hope, with Lou de K

Our guest in this episode is Lou de K, Program Director at the Foresight Institute.David recently saw Lou give a... more

22 Mar 2024 · 34 minutes
The Political Singularity and a Worthy Successor, with Daniel Faggella

Calum and David recently attended the BGI24 event in Panama City, that is, the Beneficial General Intelligence summit and unconference.... more

15 Mar 2024 · 42 minutes
The Longevity Singularity, with Daniel Ives

In the wide and complex subject of biological aging, one particular kind of biological aging has been receiving a great... more

07 Mar 2024 · 46 minutes
Where are all the Dyson spheres? with Paul Sutter

In this episode, we look further into the future than usual. We explore what humanity might get up to in... more

21 Feb 2024 · 39 minutes
Provably safe AGI, with Steve Omohundro

AI systems have become more powerful in the last few years, and are expected to become even more powerful in... more

13 Feb 2024 · 42 minutes
Robots and the people who love them, with Eve Herold

In this episode, our subject is the rise of the robots – not the military kind of robots, or the... more

06 Feb 2024 · 36 minutes
Education and work - past, present, and future, with Riaz Shah

Our guest in this episode is Riaz Shah. Until recently, Riaz was a partner at EY, where he was for... more

25 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
What is your p(doom)? with Darren McKee

In this episode, our subject is Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World. That’s... more

18 Jan 2024 · 42 minutes
Climate Change: There’s good news and bad news, with Nick Mabey

Our guest in this episode is Nick Mabey, the co-founder and co-CEO of one of the world’s most influential climate... more

11 Jan 2024 · 44 minutes
Meet the electrome! with Sally Adee

Our subject in this episode is the idea that the body uses electricity in more ways than are presently fully... more

05 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
Don't try to make AI safe; instead, make safe AI, with Stuart Russell

We are honoured to have as our guest in this episode Professor Stuart Russell. Stuart is professor of computer science... more

27 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Aligning AI, before it's too late, with Rebecca Gorman

Our guest in this episode is Rebecca Gorman, the co-founder and CEO of Aligned AI, a start-up in Oxford which... more

09 Dec 2023 · 34 minutes
Shazam! with Dhiraj Mukherjee

Our guest in this episode is Dhiraj Mukherjee, best known as the co-founder of Shazam. Calum and David both still... more

27 Nov 2023 · 32 minutes
The Politics of Transhumanism, with James Hughes

Our guest in this episode is James Hughes. James is a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as Associate Provost at... more

13 Nov 2023 · 42 minutes
How to make AI safe, according to the tech giants, with Rebecca Finlay, CEO of PAI

The Partnership on AI was launched back in September 2016, during an earlier flurry of interest in AI, as a... more

30 Oct 2023 · 30 minutes
The shocking problem of superintelligence, with Connor Leahy

This is the second episode in which we discuss the upcoming Global AI Safety Summit taking place on 1st and... more

25 Oct 2023 · 43 minutes
Preparing for Bletchley Park: behind the scenes, with Ollie Buckley

The launch of GPT-4 on the 14th of March this year was shocking as well as exciting. ChatGPT had been... more

18 Oct 2023 · 34 minutes
The future of space-based solar power, with John Bucknell

In the future, energy will be too cheap to meter. That used to be a common vision of the future:... more

11 Oct 2023 · 35 minutes
Whatever happened to self-driving cars, with Timothy Lee

Self-driving cars has long been one of the most exciting potential outcomes of advanced artificial intelligence. Contrary to popular belief,... more

27 Sep 2023 · 34 minutes
Generative AI, cybercrime, and scamability, with Stacey Edmonds

One of the short-term concerns raised by artificial intelligence is cybercrime. Cybercrime didn’t start with AI, of course, but it... more

20 Sep 2023 · 34 minutes
The Economic Singularity, Bletchley Park, and the Future of AI

The UK government has announced plans for a global AI Safety Summit, to be held in Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire,... more

13 Sep 2023 · 30 minutes
Longevity Summit Dublin: four new mini-interviews

This episode, like the previous one, consists of a number of short interviews recorded at the Longevity Summit Dublin between... more

06 Sep 2023 · 44 minutes
A triple debrief from the Longevity Summit Dublin

The Longevity Summit Dublin took place from 17th to 20th August. In between presentations, Calum and David caught up with... more

30 Aug 2023 · 31 minutes
The Legal Singularity, with Benjamin Alarie

The legal profession is rarely accused of being at the cutting edge of technological development. Lawyers may not still use... more

23 Aug 2023 · 38 minutes
Innovation as a mindset, with Aidan McCullen

Our guest in this episode is Aidan McCullen. For ten years from 1998 to 2008, Aidan was a professional rugby... more

16 Aug 2023 · 37 minutes
What's new in longevity, with Martin O'Dea

Our guest in this episode is Martin O'Dea. As the CEO of Longevity Events Limited, Martin is the principal organiser... more

09 Aug 2023 · 30 minutes
Investing in AI, with John Cassidy

Our topic in this episode is investing in AI, so we're delighted to have as our guest John Cassidy, a... more

02 Aug 2023 · 39 minutes
Transformational transformers, with Jeremy Kahn

Our guest in this episode is Jeremy Kahn, a senior writer at Fortune Magazine, based in the UK. He writes... more

26 Jul 2023 · 35 minutes
The Death of Death, with José Cordeiro

An intriguing possibility created by the exponential growth in the power of our technology is that within the lifetimes of... more

19 Jul 2023 · 32 minutes
AI transforming professional services, with Shamus Rae

Our guest in this episode is Shamus Rae. Shamus is the co-founder of Engine B, a startup which aims to... more

12 Jul 2023 · 36 minutes
Innovating in education: the Codam experience, with David Giron

In this episode our guest is David Giron, the Director at what is arguably one of the world's most innovative... more

06 Jul 2023 · 33 minutes
Generative AI drug discovery breakthrough, with Alex Zhavoronkov

Alex Zhavoronkov is our first guest to make a repeat appearance, having first joined us in episode 12, last November.... more

29 Jun 2023 · 43 minutes
Catastrophe and consent

In this episode, co-hosts Calum and David continue their reflections on what they have both learned from their interactions with... more

21 Jun 2023 · 31 minutes
The 4 Cs of Superintelligence

The 4 Cs of Superintelligence is a framework that casts fresh light on the vexing question of possible outcomes of... more

16 Jun 2023 · 32 minutes
GPT-4 transforming education, with Donald Clark

The launch of GPT-4 on 14th March has provoked concerns and searching questions, and nowhere more so than in the... more

08 Jun 2023 · 45 minutes
GPT-4 and the EU’s AI Act, with John Higgins

The European Commission and Parliament were busily debating the Artificial Intelligence Act when GPT-4 launched on 14 March. As people... more

31 May 2023 · 31 minutes
Longevity, the 56 trillion dollar opportunity, with Andrew Scott

Technological changes have economic impact. It's not just that technology allows more goods and services to be produced more efficiently... more

24 May 2023 · 33 minutes
The key workforce skills for 2026, with Mike Howells

One of the questions audiences frequently used to ask futurists was, which careers are most likely to be future-proof? However,... more

17 May 2023 · 34 minutes
How to use GPT-4 yourself, with Ted Lappas

The last few episodes of our podcast have explored what GPT (generative pre-trained transformer) technology is and how it works,... more

10 May 2023 · 42 minutes
GPT: To ban or not to ban, that is the question

On March 14th, OpenAI launched GPT-4 , which took the world by surprise and storm. Almost everybody, including people within... more

03 May 2023 · 33 minutes
The AI suicide race, with Jaan Tallinn

The race to create advanced AI is becoming a suicide race. That's part of the thinking behind the open letter... more

26 Apr 2023 · 29 minutes
A defence of human uniqueness against AI encroachment, with Kenn Cukier

Despite the impressive recent progress in AI capabilities, there are reasons why AI may be incapable of possessing a full... more

19 Apr 2023 · 37 minutes
Against pausing AI research, with Pedro Domingos

Should the pace of research into advanced artificial intelligence be slowed down, or perhaps even paused completely?Your answer to that... more

12 Apr 2023 · 34 minutes
Facing our Futures, with Nikolas Badminton

2023 is still young, but there's already a change in the attitudes of many business people regarding the future. Previously,... more

05 Apr 2023 · 32 minutes
GPT-4 and the Two Singularities

In the last few weeks, the pace of change in AI has been faster than ever before. The changes aren't... more

29 Mar 2023 · 32 minutes
Creating Benevolent Decentralized AGI, with Ben Goertzel

Ben Goertzel is a cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher. He is CEO and founder of SingularityNET, leader of the... more

22 Mar 2023 · 37 minutes
What the good future could look like, with Gerd Leonhard

At a time when many people find it depressingly easy to see how "bad futures" could arise, what is a... more

15 Mar 2023 · 35 minutes
ChatGPT raises old and new concerns about AI, with Francesca Rossi

Our guest in this episode is Francesca Rossi. Francesca studied computer science at the University of Pisa in Italy, where... more

08 Mar 2023 · 35 minutes
ChatGPT has woken up the House of Commons, with Tim Clement-Jones

In this episode, Tim Clement-Jones brings us up to date on the reactions by members of the UK's House of... more

01 Mar 2023 · 36 minutes
Assessing the AI duopoly, with Jeff Ding

Advanced AI is currently pretty much a duopoly between the USA and China. The US is the clear leader, thanks... more

22 Feb 2023 · 30 minutes
Peter James, best-selling crime-writer and transhumanist

Peter James is one of the world’s most successful crime writers. His "Roy Grace" series, about a detective in Brighton,... more

15 Feb 2023 · 32 minutes
Curing aging: $100B? with Andrew Steele

Our guest in this episode is a Briton who is based in Berlin, namely Andrew Steele. Earlier in his life... more

08 Feb 2023 · 37 minutes
Overcoming limitations, with Natasha Vita-More

It is nearly 40 years since our guest in this episode, pioneering transhumanist Natasha Vita-More, created the first version of... more

01 Feb 2023 · 35 minutes
Presenting gedanken experiments, with David Brin

Our guest in this episode is the scientist and science fiction author Davin Brin, whose writings have won the Hugo,... more

25 Jan 2023 · 38 minutes
Inventing the future of computing, with Alessandro Curioni

OpenAI's ChatGPT and picture generating AI systems like MidJourney and Stable Diffusion have got a lot more people interested in... more

18 Jan 2023 · 35 minutes
Assessing Quantum Computing, with Ignacio Cirac

Quantum computing is a tough subject to explain and discuss. As Niels Bohr put it, “Anyone who is not shocked... more

11 Jan 2023 · 32 minutes
Questioning the Fermi Paradox, with Anders Sandberg

In the summer of 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi and some colleagues at the Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico... more

04 Jan 2023 · 36 minutes
Enabling Extended Reality, with Steve Dann

An area of technology that has long been anticipated is Extended Reality (XR), which includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality... more

28 Dec 2022 · 31 minutes
Governing the transition to AGI, with Jerome Glenn

Our guest on this episode is someone with excellent connections to the foresight departments of governments around the world. He... more

21 Dec 2022 · 33 minutes
Introducing Decision Intelligence, with Steven Coates

This episode features the CEO of Brainnwave, Steven Coates, who is a pioneer in the field of Decision Intelligence.Decision Intelligence... more

14 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
Developing responsible AI, with Ray Eitel-Porter

As AI automates larger portions of the activities of companies and organisations, there's a greater need to think carefully about... more

07 Dec 2022 · 31 minutes
Anticipating Longevity Escape Velocity, with Aubrey de Grey

One area of technology that is frequently in the news these days is rejuvenation biotechnology, namely the possibility of undoing... more

30 Nov 2022 · 30 minutes
Expanding humanity's moral circle, with Jacy Reese Anthis

A Venn diagram of people interested in how AI will shape our future, and members of the effective altruism community... more

23 Nov 2022 · 32 minutes
Hacking the simulation, with Roman Yampolskiy

In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato theorised that humans do not perceive the world as it really... more

16 Nov 2022 · 29 minutes
Pioneering AI drug development, with Alex Zhavoronkov

This episode discusses progress at Insilico Medicine, the AI drug development company founded by our guest, longevity pioneer Alex Zhavoronkov.1.20... more

09 Nov 2022 · 38 minutes
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In the summer of 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi and some colleagues at the Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico were walking... more