Existential Hope
@HopeExistential
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Building radically better futures through tech, foresight, and imagination. #XHope 🚀
Joined September 2021
$10,000 for a meme?! P(doom), the paperclip maximizer, Black Mirror, Brave New World, and 1984 are common references for dystopian futures. But where are the hopeful ones? For abundant clean energy, infinite knowledge, no infectious disease, no poverty, solved aging, and
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If you haven’t checked out our episode with Nathan Labenz yet, we really recommend giving it a listen. It’s one of the most grounded and practical conversations out there about how AI could genuinely improve a wide range of sectors.
.@labenz, host of @cogrev_podcast, joins Beatrice Erkers on @HopeExistential to discuss building positive visions for AI futures. They discuss: * Why self-driving cars could eliminate 30,000+ US road deaths annually while transforming daily life through mobile sleeper cars and
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We dream of AGI and space travel, but what if the real frontier is housing, transit, and energy? Sam Bowman @s8mb of @WorksInProgMag on how fixing our foundations could reignite growth, optimism, and belief in progress itself. Listen → https://t.co/Boe7khMec7
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What if brain disorders could be treated as precisely as heart disease? In this new podcast episode, @ARIA_research 's @JacquesCarolan joins us to explore the new science of precision neurotechnology, ultrasound for mood, gene therapies that prevent seizures, and how AI could
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Submitting my poem “For concrete” to @HopeExistential’s $10K Meme Prize. Please RT if you like the work!
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👇 Some of the entries for our $10k Meme Prize. Think you can do better? Submit your meme for a positive future by Nov 23:
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One month left – submit your meme for a positive future, for a chance at the $10k prize!
$10,000 for a meme?! P(doom), the paperclip maximizer, Black Mirror, Brave New World, and 1984 are common references for dystopian futures. But where are the hopeful ones? For abundant clean energy, infinite knowledge, no infectious disease, no poverty, solved aging, and
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New podcast episode! Microbiologist Amy Proal (@microbeminded2, @polybioRF) on how persistent infections might drive chronic disease, aging, and even Alzheimer’s, and what a healthier, more resilient civilization could look like if we tackled the root causes. Listen →
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$5,000 prize pool – share your AI takes! Two months ago, we launched “AI Pathways” – two in-depth reports on what desirable futures with AI could actually look like. With @metaculus you can make predictions on the scenarios, we award a $5,000 prize pool to the commenters making
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AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI
What futures could, and should, we create with advanced AI? Today we are announcing two possible paths – Tool AI and d/acc – with contributors like @VitalikButerin @owocki @AdamMarblestone and @AnthonyNAguirre
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Amazing episode. Must recommended listen !
What does it take to build the best possible future? A very #ExistentialHope question! In our new episode, @FinMoorhouse of @forethought_org argues we must focus on flourishing, not just survival. We explore moral catastrophes, digital minds, and the path to a "Viatopia." An
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As AI reshapes our world, which stories will guide humanity through the transition? Ken Liu – Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award winner, translator of The Three-Body Problem, and author of the Dandelion Dynasty – joins the Existential Hope podcast to explore sci-fi as modern
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There isn't some mysterious force that's just guaranteed to make things better and better. That's not the way the universe works. In fact, quite the contrary, the universe kind of tries to grind us down. And if we've made progress, it's because of human efforts. (From the
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Things that were once considered inevitable by very large groups of people: - Rule by kings - Almost every family losing a child to disease or hunger - War as the main way to settle disputes between countries - Overpopulation leading to mass starvation - Widespread
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In this episode of the Existential Hope podcast, we speak with @DavidDuvenaud (@UofT, @AnthropicAI) about: - Why no one has a plan for post-AGI futures - Gradual disempowerment and why UBI may not save us - When human values clash with machine incentives - Forecasting & Robin
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What could a good AI future actually look like? In our latest episode, we asked @labenz of The Cognitive Revolution podcast to paint a picture. We cover self-driving cars, curing disease, AI-powered education, and why a "positive vision" is our most vital resource right now.
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A $10K prize for the best meme for a hopeful future, by @hopeexistential
$10,000 for a meme?! P(doom), the paperclip maximizer, Black Mirror, Brave New World, and 1984 are common references for dystopian futures. But where are the hopeful ones? For abundant clean energy, infinite knowledge, no infectious disease, no poverty, solved aging, and
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