Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Dr. Robin Hanson explores the implications of a future world in which researchers have not created artificial general intelligence but have learned to copy humans onto computers, creating “ems,” or emulated people, who quickly come to outnumber the real ones.

James Hughes Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago, where he also taught bioethics at…

Dr. Susan Schneider is a philosopher and artificial intelligence (AI) expert. She is the founding director of the Center for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University where she also holds the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professorship. Schneider has also held the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation…

Dr. Mark Bailey writes about the intersection between artificial intelligence, complexity, and national security. He is an associate professor at the National Intelligence University, where he is the Department Chair for Cyber Intelligence and Data Science, as well as the Director of the Data Science Intelligence Center.

James Hughes Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago, where he also taught bioethics at…

Dr. Mark Bailey writes about the intersection between artificial intelligence, complexity, and national security. He is an associate professor at the National Intelligence University, where he is the Department Chair for Cyber Intelligence and Data Science, as well as the Director of the Data Science Intelligence Center.

Dr. Joseph A. Corabi is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and specializes in metaphysics and epistemology. His scholarly work delves into topics such as consciousness, personal identity, and the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Mark Bailey writes about the intersection between artificial intelligence, complexity, and national security. He is an associate professor at the National Intelligence University, where he is the Department Chair for Cyber Intelligence and Data Science, as well as the Director of the Data Science Intelligence Center.

As a psychologist who explores new ways of thinking, Jonathan Schooler shares his perspective on analyzing the AI-related themes of sentience, autonomy, and the future of human-AI interaction. Can AI become conscious? What are the meta-theories about artificial intelligence, including whether anomalous cognition (if “real”) might have standing or influence with AI?

Dr. Julia Mossbridge is an American cognitive neuroscientist, author, and educator who works on exceptional human performance including psi effects, notably on precognition and presentiment. She is Senior Distinguished Fellow in Human Potential at the Center for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University, Member of the Loomis Innovation Council at the nonpartisan Stimson Center,…

Professor Susan Schneider discusses her Chatbot epistemology. From brain machine interfaces to neural implants, present and future technological developments are not merely tools, but will change human beings themselves. Of particular interest is human integration with AI. Read her paper “Mind Design, AI Epistemology, and Outsourcing” here.

How does the brain give rise to the mind—and can machines do the same? Neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski joins Robert Lawrence Kuhn to explore the deep connections between neurobiology and artificial intelligence. What can studying the human brain teach us about building intelligent machines? And what are the implications for understanding consciousness itself? Sejnowski’s latest book,…