XPC #6: Adam Marblestone and Anastasia Gamick: FROs, the future of research

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The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 6:

Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Adam Marblestone and Anastasia Gammick. You can learn more about convergent research and their other efforts here: https://convergentresearch.org/

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

1:47 - Research Overview (Neuralink, Deepmind, Kernal, COVID)

6:54 - What makes an FRO different from DARPA

8:07 - How to start a Focused Research Organization

12:12 - Lessons learned for FROs

13:42 - FRO interaction

19:18 - Current FROs

25:07 - What is the Rejuvenome?

30:02 - Any Time for Research?

31:38 - Stand Out Stories and Working with Covid Testing

36:48 - Kernal and Brain Machine Interfaces

40:25 - Biologically Inspired Machine Learning and Cooperation

44:43 - Existential Risk

51:00 - Personal Lives

53:20 - Are you a Transhumanist?

56:27 - The Path to Consciousness

1:04:49 - How would FROs change with Limitless Funding

1:10:18 - Advice to Students

1:12:15 - Closing

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