The Trajectory

Jan 24 2025 18 ep. 69 mins 25

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What should be the trajectory of intelligence beyond humanity?

The Trajectory pull covers realpolitik on artificial general intelligence and the posthuman transition - by asking tech, policy, and AI research leaders the hard questions about what's after man, and how we should define and create a worthy successor (danfaggella.com/worthy). Hosted by Daniel Faggella.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky - Human Augmentation as a Safer AGI Pathway

Jan 24 2025 74 mins

This is an interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI Researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.This is the sixth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlsvQO

Connor Leahy - Slamming the Brakes on the AGI Arms Race [AGI Governance, Episode 5]

Jan 10 2025 105 mins

This is an interview with Connor Leahy, the Founder and CEO of Conjecture.This is the fifth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/1j--6JYRLVkSee the full article from this episode: ht

Andrea Miotti - A Human-First AI Future [AGI Governance, Episode 4]

Dec 27 2024 101 mins

This is an interview with Andrea Miotti, the Founder and Executive Director of ControlAI.This is the fourth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/LNUl0_v7wzESee the full article from

Stephen Ibaraki - The Beginning of AGI Global Coordination [AGI Governance, Episode 3]

Dec 13 2024 50 mins

This is an interview with Stephen Ibaraki, the Founder of the ITU's (part of the United Nations) AI for Good initiative, and Chairman REDDS Capital.This is the third installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.This episode referred to the following other essay

Mike Brown - AI Cooperation and Competition Between the US and China [AGI Governance, Episode 2]

Nov 29 2024 69 mins

This is an interview with Mike Brown, Partner at Shield Capital and the Former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the U.S. Department of Defense.This is the second installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore how important AGI governance is, what it should achieve, and how it should be implemented.Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https:

Sébastien Krier - Keeping a Pulse on AGI's Takeoff [AGI Governance, Episode 1]

Nov 15 2024 93 mins

This is an interview with Sebastien Krier, who works in Policy Development and Strategy at Google DeepMind.This is the first installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SKl7kcZt57A This episode referred to the

Joscha Bach - Building an AGI to Play the Longest Games [Worthy Successor, Episode 6]

Oct 25 2024 121 mins

This is an interview with Joscha Bach, cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and AI Strategist at Liquid AI.This is the sixth and final installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/dP4VlkSa87cThis episode referr

Jeff Hawkins - Building a Knowledge-Preserving AGI to Live Beyond Us (Worthy Successor, Episode 5)

Oct 11 2024 74 mins

This is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Numenta and author of “A Thousand Brains."This is the fifth installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/pfqsbT0cW0o This episode referred to the following

Scott Aaronson - AGI That Evolves Our Values Without Replacing Them (Worthy Successor, Episode 4)

Sep 13 2024 77 mins

This is an interview with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.This is the fourth episode in the "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity. This episode referred to the following other essays an

Anders Sandberg - Blooming the Space of Intelligence and Value (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 3)

Aug 23 2024 89 mins

This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research.---This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:-- A Worthy Successor