Oct 11, 2023

Journalist Richard Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of taking a long view of the future, why short-termism is the greatest threat to civilisation, and how metaphors are key to our comprehension of time.

Richard Fisher is a Senior Journalist with BBC Global News in London, where he writes and commissions...

Jul 31, 2023

Transhumanists Elise Bohan, Prof. Steve Fuller and Anders Sandberg share their thoughts on the future of humanity, the role artificial intelligence will play in society, and the radical ways advanced technology may redefine what it means to be human.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Kings Place, London on 16...

May 1, 2023

Bioethicist Dr. Sarah Chan shares her thoughts on the ethics of human genome editing, the potential of developing a social model of enhancement, and the possibility of using biotechnology to improve the cognitive abilities of animals.

Sarah Chan is a Chancellor’s Fellow working in interdisciplinary bioethics at the...

Apr 24, 2023

Media scholar David J. Gunkel shares his thoughts on the philosophical case for the rights of robots, the challenge artificial intelligence presents to our existing moral and legal systems, and how tools like ChatGTP force us to confront our human exceptionalism.

David J. Gunkel is Presidential Research, Scholarship,...