"As we move towards a future defined by artificial intelligence, we must make a choice: will we accept machine control of human beings, or resist it?" Watch live as @paulmasonnews discusses ideas from #ClearBrightFuture at #RSAFuture at 1pm next Thursday thersa.org/events/2019/05…
"How to Future-Proof Humanity": This is being broadcast live from 1pm UK time today, #ClearBrightFuture at #RSAFuture, on
"We live in an age of technological euphoria and geopolitical doom. And both of these emotions are justified" - @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture
If we fear humanity being controlled by an AI robot we are obliged to obey, shouldn't we also fear humanity being controlled by the machine of the market? - @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture
We're seeing a temporary alliance of the elite and the mob. The elite wants chaos, from which it can profit. The mob wants the ability to roll back history, even at the price of destruction - @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture
In an age when the elites and their supporters in the mob are increasingly dehumanising more and more of their perceived enemies, it's especially important to mount a radical defence of the human - @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture
A radical defence of the human needs a theory of the human. Marx used to laugh out loud at discussions of morality, but we now, more than ever, need a theory of "what is a good society" - @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture
By the way, my own theory of the good society, and of the potentially transcendent future for humans, is "Sustainable Superabundance" #RSAfuturetranspolitica.org/projects/abund…
Isn't a persistent problem with utopian projects such as Marxism, that individual people are too flawed to be able to flourish inside the envisioned utopia? @RSAMatthew challenges @paulmasonnews at #RSAfuture by referring to Christianity's observations about human sinfulness
That critique has a lot of wisdom in my view. Merely giving people more power, more freedom, more information, or more intelligence, is no route to a better world. #RSAfuture What's needed, as well, is better emotional intelligence - an argument I make in transpolitica.org/projects/abund…
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"Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19" by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley was a book that changed my mind. It marshals lots of evidence that significantly raises the probability that the global pandemic resulted from a laboratory incident (1/6) goodreads.com/book/show/5864…
The book highlights many heroic, admirable actions, of Internet sleuths and self-taught researchers around the world, who uncovered evidence which cast new light on the background to the outbreak of the pandemic (2/6)
But it also highlights many examples of actions that were much less admirable: people in both media and academia, as well as in the medical establishment, who sought to turn attention away from facts that were uncomfortable or inconvenient (3/6)
Whilst waiting for the #CogX2021 sessions to start streaming, why not quickly check out the open preview of my forthcoming new book, which places the future of AI as central to the future of humanity. "Vital Foresight" dw2blog.com/2021/05/26/a-p…
CEO of @RollsRoyce, Warren East, looks forward to the company "smashing" the air speed record for an electrically powered craft. As part of exploring possibilities for greener air travel #CogX2021
... though it looks like this record-breaking @RollsRoyce effort has been delayed from the schedule originally announced (back in December 2019). Given the uncertainties involved in such innovative engineering, that's not too unexpected #CogX2021rolls-royce.com/media/press-re…
Live now: "AI, Data & Ethics with Prof. Joanna Bryson" @j2bryson "Joanna will join us at this edition of the London Ethics Meetup to share her insights on AI, Data & Ethics in 2020" meetup.com/Tech-Ethics-Lo…
Good definitions from @j2bryson at the start of her talk on "AI, Data & Ethics"
People who say they are "against regulation" benefit from huge amounts of regulation inside their own bodies, that is biological regulation, points out @j2bryson
I'm watching the live stream from #OneSharedWorld#RiseOrFallTogether, "The OneShared World Interdependence Summit 2020". Lots of speakers, artists, and activists are lined up
"The world today faces a wake-up call. The question is: will we wake up?" Opening provocation at #OneSharedWorld by @JamieMetzl
"Because the core problem we face is systemic, our response needs to be systemic too. To safeguard our future, we need to build a new global operating system" - @JamieMetzl at #OneSharedWorld
Starting in just under 2 hours, at 12.00 UK time: the 1st of the 9 sessions of #WeNeedAChange: "Accelerating a new Kind of Thinking & Science for a Sustainable Future". I'll be offering six theses about the kind of change needed. Video will be streamed at leanbase.de/streamaroundth…
The #CogXtra panel "What's Needed Now" has just started streaming: "In considering how we rebuild, ideas once-considered radical have been up for discussion. But how radical do we need to go? Can we rebuild along the same lines as before?" cogx.co/event/what-is-…
"As the storms of the global pandemic continue to buffet businesses and individuals, we are all in need of a double dose of resilience. If only there were a precise recipe for it, we would all be racing towards a brighter future." This can be viewed on
The pandemic has exposed the extent of the digital divide. The number one infrastructure priority for the country is to fix this divide - former UK Chancellor George Osborne at #CogXtra