10/12/2011 - Video Q&A with Singularity Institute Executive Director
A full transcript of this video is hosted at Less Wrong.
22/12/2010 - Michael Vassar on the Singularity Institute at the Audacious Optimism Dinner
27/10/2010 - Presentation by Joshua Fox/Carl Shulman at ECAP 2010: “Super-intelligence Does Not Imply Benevolence”
Anders Sandberg has a good overall writeup about what happened at the Singularity track at the European Conference on Computing and Philosophy. Fox and Shulman’s presentation was one among five SIAI presentations at the conference. Carl Shulman is a former Visiting Fellow of the SIAI and a recipient of a grant from SIAI-Canada. Joshua Fox is a long-time SIAI supporter and volunteer.
06/01/2010 - SIAI Media Director Michael Anissimov on KUSP Radio in Santa Cruz
On Sunday, January 3rd, I did an interview on KUSP in Santa Cruz, California, a National Public Radio affiliate. I talked to Rick Kleffel for an hour about the Singularity, the Singularity Institute, what we do, anthropomorphism, Friendly AI, and the like. It was for his “Talk of the Bay” radio program. Here is the audio archive.
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28/05/2009 - Videos from Global Catastrophic Risks Conference Available
Video is now available from the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference held at Oxford University, July 2008. Lecturers include SIAI Scientific Advisor Prof. Nick Bostrom and SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky.
26/05/2009 - Lectures by Steve Omohundro
A compilation of talks by SIAI Advisor Dr. Steve Omohundro, some not previously mentioned on this blog, is at Future Current.
In particular, note Omohundro’s talk on “AI and the Future of Human Morality” at the Silicon Valley World Transhumanist Association Meetup, May 2008. Video and a transcript are available online.
26/05/2009 - SIAI Team Members on The Future and You
Several SIAI Team members have been interviewed over the last year for Stephen Euin Cobb’s podcast, The Future and You:
- Scientific Advisor Professor Nick Bostrom , September 2008.
- SIAI Media Director Michael Anissimov, March 2008.
- As well as Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel, August 2008, mentioned earlier on this blog.
22/05/2009 - AGI-08 Video Available
Video from the AGI-09 conference, chaired by SIAI Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel and with the participation of SIAI Scientific Advisor Dr. Moshe Looks, is now available online.
14/04/2009 - Yudkowsky?s Talks
Jeriaska has compiled links to talks by SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky, including some not yet mentioned on this blog, at Accelerating Future.
In addition, Tim Tyler has collected lectures and discussions by Yudkowsky. See the collection of links at Facebook.
06/04/2009 - Goertzel interviewed at the Immortality Institute
SIAI Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel was interviewed by Immortality Institute Executive Director Justin Loew at the ImmInst Sunday Evening Updates, Dec. 2008. Video is available online. Topics include Goertzel’s AGI roadmap, the Global Brain, and AGI risks.
30/03/2009 - Goertzel, Omohundro, Pell, and Lamis at Convergence08
SIAI Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel participated in a panel discussion on “AI Convergence with SIAI Scientific Advisors Dr. Barney Pell and Dr. Steve Omohundro, SIAI Director of Partnerships Jonas Lamis, and Google Director of Research Dr. Peter Norvig at Convergence ‘08.
21/03/2009 - Pitt Interviewed on OpenCog
Dr. Joel Pitt, working on OpenCog with support from SIAI, was interviewed by Russell Brown of the New Zealand TV show “Media7.”
15/03/2009 - Yudkowsky?s ?Heuristics, Biases & Rationality? Available Online
SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky spoke on “Heuristics, Biases & Rationality” at the Global Catastrophic Risks Seminar in Mountain View on November 14, 2008. Audio, video, and a transcript are now available online.
26/02/2009 - Singularity Summit 2008: More Multimedia Available
The Singularity Summit 2008 media collection has been improved: MP3 audio added, bugs fixed in the video, and content descriptions attached to each talk; along with a podcast feed.
11/02/2009 - Singularity Summit 2008 Videos Now Available
After a delay, the Singularity Summit 2008 videos are again available online, both the first batch announced earlier and more.
Access them on the SIAI site.
05/01/2009 - Singularity Summit videos available
The first batch of Singularity Summit 2008 videos is now available online, with more to come.
16/12/2008 - De Grey speaks with Yudkowsky
SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky interviewed Dr Aubrey de Grey, SIAI Advisor and chairman and chief science officer of the Methuselah Foundation, about the effort to end aging.
03/12/2008 - Emerson Interviewed at Fast Forward Radio
SIAI Executive Director Tyler Emerson was interviewed by Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon of The Speculist on FastForward Radio.
Topics included the definition of the Singularity; and how the Singularity impacts what we can and should expect of the future.
15/11/2008 - Convergence08 Unconference on FastForward Radio
The Convergence08 Unconference will be happening this weekend.
If you can’t attend, follow the details live this Saturday and Sunday at FastForward Radio, presented by The Speculist.
03/11/2008 - Yudkowsky Speaks with Jaron Lanier
SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky spoke with Jaron Lanier, virtual reality pioneer and Interdisciplinary Scholar-in-Residence at the University of California Berkeley, in “Science Saturday: Dreaming of an Artificial Intelligence”, at Bloggingheads.tv.
