[NEW episode of the Roman Forum] a fascinating conversation with Prof. Hugo de Garis, author of The Artilect War, one of the most prophetic books on AI ever written.

We discussed whether humanity should build godlike superintelligent machines, the coming divide between “Terrans” and “Cosmists,” recursive self-improvement, the U.S.-China AGI race, simulation theory, cryonics, the death of universities, and whether humans are about to become the number two species. This one is intense.