The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa

What if immortality didn’t arrive as a single breakthrough but quietly, step by step?In this clip, George Church explains the idea of “longevity escape velocity”: the point where medical progress extends life faster than we age. If each generation of therapies buys us more time to develop the next, the path to dramatically longer lives or even practical immortality may already have begun.Watch the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0c2x5fNYLSzvvfIil3c7WK?si=854bb724225e4136

What if the Singularity isn’t coming but already here?

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AI is accelerating breakthroughs across science, medicine, and technology at a pace once considered impossible. Peter Diamandis believes the next 5–10 years could redefine what humanity can achieve.

Yet AI’s promise is competing with fear, disruption, and dystopian narratives. The challenge is not only building the future, but shaping how people imagine it.

For Peter Diamandis, the answer is actionable optimism: identify the risks, believe they can be solved, and pursue the biggest moonshots. Longevity, education, and space could become the foundations of a radically different future.

Peter Diamandis is an entrepreneur, physician, and founder of XPRIZE and Singularity University. He is a leading advocate for moonshot thinking and breakthrough technologies.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:10 The Blinding Speed of Change
02:06 A Future Where Anything Is Possible
04:06 Why Is the West Afraid of AI?
08:39 Why Fear AI?
10:23 AGI Is Already Here
11:37 Blind Optimism vs. Actionable Optimism
13:01 The Next Great Moonshot
14:01 The Rise of an Alien-Looking Economy
15:10 Who Will Win the XPRIZE?
15:46 If Tomorrow Was Your Last Day...

Connect with Peter: 
Website: https://www.diamandis.com/ 
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Are large language models like ChatGPT and Claude enough to create AGI?In this clip, Ben Goertzel explains why today’s LLMs are incredibly powerful, but still fundamentally different from true artificial general intelligence.He argues that simply building a bigger version of ChatGPT or Claude is unlikely to produce human-level AGI. Instead, reaching AGI will require new AI architectures that can go beyond their training, generalize to unfamiliar problems and make genuinely novel leaps in reasoning.Ben also explains why current models can already outperform humans in areas like coding, mathematics and knowledge retrieval, while still struggling with the kind of imagination and general intelligence humans use to push beyond existing knowledge.

Full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wGN1x0vQQgdzoktHipqBK?si=454702357d55415e

How close are we to AGI?

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The race toward AGI is entering a new phase. Ben Goertzel explores alternative paths to intelligence beyond simply building bigger models.

The conversation also examines the global AI race. The U.S. and China are competing for technological leadership. But the future of AI may not remain centralized.

Then comes the bigger question: what happens after superintelligence? Goertzel imagines AI that could protect humanity. It could even help overcome aging, disease, and other human limitations.

Ben Goertzel is an AI researcher, futurist, and CEO of SingularityNET and BGI Labs. Widely recognized as one of the pioneers of Artificial General Intelligence, he has spent more than two decades developing decentralized AI systems designed to benefit humanity.

What You’ll Learn
Why the AI revolution may be bigger than previous technological shifts

How AI could become an extension of human intelligence

Why agency may matter more than machine consciousness

How the brain creates a simulated model of reality

Whether consciousness could emerge on different substrates

Why AI alignment is also a problem of human alignment

How AI could help humanity become smarter and more coherent

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:07 What Happens in the Next 12 Months?
03:41 Why China Is Catching Up
07:36 Why China Wants AI Control
10:18 Can Governments Control AI?
13:02 Human-Level AGI vs Superintelligence
15:35 Will ASI be Chinese or American?
17:47 The Next Breakthrough to AGI
21:05 How AI Could Become More Intelligent
22:23 Why Language Powers AI
27:33 Can Decentralized AI Change Everything?
32:23 The Global Race vs Decentralized AI
36:22 Would Superintelligence Protect Humanity?
40:19 Can We Build Compassionate AGI?
46:27 Why AI Arms Races Are Dangerous
51:14 Why Governments Shouldn’t Control AI
53:17 Can the Government Keep Up With AI?
54:00 Will Open AI Challenge Big Tech?
55:12 The Future of Decentralized AI
56:27 Could 2045 Arrive by 2028?

Connect with Ben
Website: https://singularitynet.io/ 
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Ramesh Raskar explains how artificial intelligence is evolving and why the coming phase may be critical for its long-term impact on society. He discusses the role of economic systems in guiding responsible innovation and the importance of moving from simply using AI tools to actively participating in their development and governance.

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