Lynn J. Rothschild is a research scientist at NASA Ames and Adjunct Professor at Brown University and Stanford University working in astrobiology, evolutionary biology and synthetic biology. Rothschild’s work focuses on the origin and evolution of life on Earth and in space, and in pioneering the use of synthetic biology to enable space exploration. From […]

In What is Intelligence?, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, VP, Fellow and CTO of Technology & Society at Google, explores what intelligence really is, and how AI’s emergence is a natural consequence of evolution. Encompassing decades of theory, existing literature, and recent artificial life experiments, Agüera y Arcas’ research argues that certain modern AI systems do

Creative technologist and futurist Kim Carson pushes back on the idea of “human-centered design,” and instead advocates for a new mode of vulnerable, interconnected design that sees humanity as part of a greater ecosystem. From Kim Carson’s Long Now Talk: Inspired by Intelligence: Purpose and Creativity in the AI Era Kim Carson | Inspired by

Creative technologist and futurist Kim Carson explains how we can honor the human capacity for creativity even as we make use of artificial intelligence tools. From Kim Carson’s Long Now Talk: Inspired by Intelligence: Purpose and Creativity in the AI Era Kim Carson | Inspired by Intelligence: Purpose and Creativity in the AI Era |

What if AI is not here actually to replace us, but to remind us who we actually are? That was the question at the heart of Kim Carson’s Long Now Talk. In “Inspired by Intelligence: Purpose and Creativity in the AI Era,” Carson, a creative technologist and futurist, challenged us to avoid the easy narratives

Astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker discusses the flaws in the current paradigm of how we simulate the universe, and proposes a new foundational approach to simulating the complexity of life in our universe. From Sara Imari Walker’s Long Now Talk: An Informational Theory of Life https://youtu.be/zhzxQraB2m0 This Talk is part of Long Now Talks. Launched by

Astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker explains Assembly Theory — her theory of how and why life exists in the context of historical contingency and informational complexity.

Astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker explains Assembly Theory — her theory of how and why life exists in the context of historical contingency and informational complexity.

Astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker explains Assembly Theory — her theory of how and why life exists in the context of historical contingency and informational complexity. From Sara Imari Walker’s Long Now Talk: An Informational Theory of Life https://youtu.be/zhzxQraB2m0 This Talk is part of Long Now Talks. Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks

Astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker discusses the flaws in the current paradigm of how we simulate the universe, and proposes a new foundational approach to simulating the complexity of life in our universe. From Sara Imari Walker’s Long Now Talk: An Informational Theory of Life https://youtu.be/zhzxQraB2m0