Eliezer Yudkowsky on Predicting the Future

We are entering an era of accelerating technological change. Modern advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence may soon revolutionize the structure of society and the nature of experience. It has become increasingly important to forecast the future, for taking corrective action only when cataclysmic shifts arrive may prove futile.

The survival of human civilization may depend on our collective ability to predict the forces of change, to better enable us to turn our great potential into a benevolent future while averting dystopic scenarios.

Eliezer Yudkowsky will speak on how popular culture can distort our perceptions of the future, and how we should go about rethinking these models and predictions.

Eliezer Yudkowsky is one of the foremost experts on the Singularity. He has spoken to many audiences about the important mission of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, where he is a director and researcher. For some popular and accessible introductions to the Singularity and other subjects, please visit www.singinst.org.

Refreshments provided. Free and open to the public.