Podcasts about virtual futures

In this episode, my guests are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (formerly Facebook, Inc.), and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, M.D., co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). We discuss how CZI plans to cure all human diseases by the end of this century by funding transformative projects and technologies at the intersection of biology, engineering, and artificial intelligence (AI). They describe their funding and development of CZI Biohubs and the progress already underway to accelerate the understanding of cell function, pathways, and disease. Then, Mark discusses social media, its impact on mental health, and new tools for online experiences. We also discuss Meta's virtual reality (VR), augmented and mixed reality tech, and how AI will soon completely transform our online and physical life experiences. This episode ought to interest anyone curious about biology, medicine, mental health, AI, and the future of technology and humanity. For the full show notes, including the episode transcript (available exclusively to Huberman Lab Premium members), please visit hubermanlab.com. Pre-sale password: HUBERMAN Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman The Brain Body Contract Tickets: https://www.hubermanlab.com/events Timestamps (00:00:00) Mark Zuckerberg & Dr. Priscilla Chan (00:02:15) Sponsors: Eight Sleep & LMNT; The Brain Body Contract (00:05:35) Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) & Human Disease Research (00:08:51) Innovation & Discovery, Science & Engineering (00:12:53) Funding, Building Tools & Imaging (00:17:57) Healthy vs. Diseased Cells, Human Cell Atlas & AI, Virtual Cells (00:21:59) Single Cell Methods & Disease; CELLxGENE Tool  (00:28:22) Sponsor: AG1 (00:29:53) AI & Hypothesis Generation; Long-term Projects & Collaboration (00:35:14) Large Language Models (LLMs), In Silico Experiments (00:42:11) CZI Biohubs, Chicago, New York (00:50:52) Universities & Biohubs; Therapeutics & Rare Diseases (00:57:23) Optimism; Children & Families (01:06:21) Sponsor: InsideTracker (01:07:25) Technology & Health, Positive & Negative Interactions (01:13:17) Algorithms, Clickbait News, Individual Experience (01:19:17) Parental Controls, Meta Social Media Tools & Tailoring Experience (01:24:51) Time, Usage & Technology, Parental Tools (01:28:55) Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality Experiences & Smart Glasses (01:36:09) Physical Exercise & Virtual Product Development (01:44:19) Virtual Futures for Creativity & Social Interactions (01:49:31) Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses: Potential, Privacy & Risks (02:00:20) Visual System & Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (02:06:42) AI Assistants & Creators, Identity Protection (02:13:26) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac Disclaimer

www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Jesse Damiani is a writer, curator, and cultural producer living in Los Angeles, CA. He covers art, media, and technology on Forbes, and serves as  . Other writing appears in Billboard, Entrepreneur, Quartz, The Verge, and WIRED. He has consulted with Google, Oculus, and the Sundance Institute, and served as a mentor in the YouTube VR Creator Lab. He is also Founder and Series Editor of Best American Experimental Writing. He was the Curator/Producer for the XR art exhibition, Spatial Reality, at sp[a]ce gallery; Co-Curator of Virtual Futures with LACMA for LA Art Show; and Co-Curator of SIM-CINEMA with FLOAT and Wevr. He is Curatorial Advisor for CURRENTS New Media and founded the AWE Arts Initiative, where he curated and produced the Immersive Arts Symposium. He also curates The Tech Zone at DesignerCon and XR For Change, the XR summit at Games For Change. Topics Discussed In This Episode: NFTs and the blockchain The future of NFTs  Artists managing the sale of their work  VR exhibitions powered by NFTs and blockchains Unlocking the potential of NFTs The ecological impact of NFT transactions How an artist can use NFTs to sell their artwork Jesse’s entry point into emerging technologies Human and A.I. collaborations Translating high-level concepts into tangible and practical applications Simulation Theory Poetry as it relates to emerging tech www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/jessedamiani

There’s an anti-human agenda embedded in our markets and technologies, which has turned them from a means of human connection into facilitators of isolation and repression. Our corporations and the culture they create glorify individualism at the expense of cooperation, threatening the sustainability not just of our economy but our species. In his book, Team Human, Douglas Rushkoff reveals this agenda at work and invites us to remake society toward human ends rather than the end of humans. Rushkoff's observations are as true today as they were when he delivered this talk at SXSW 2019. There’s still time to contemplate our path before we hit the switch and automate ourselves out of existence. Rushkoff was unable to travel to Austin for the event, so the session was held remotely with moderation provided by the Director of Virtual Futures, Luke Robert Mason.

Billions of dollars go into policing in this country, but where is that money going now and what happens to it amid the calls to defund police? We break down the numbers in police budgets and explain just how much police officers make. Plus we turn to teenagers — and someone from the opposite end of the age spectrum — to find out how to look professional and up your video-charisma-game in the age of home webcam meetings. And if everyone is working from home, what happens to the land of fluorescent lights and thermostats held under plastic lock and key? is the office dead? Or is the shift to the virtual workplace just that — virtual — and we'll be back to the office just as soon as you can type CTRL-Z on the pandemic.

 In this episode I talk to Kate Devlin. Kate is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. Kate's research is in the fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), investigating how people interact with and react to technology in order to understand how emerging and future technologies will affect us and the society in which we live. Kate has become a driving force in the field of intimacy and technology, running the UK's first sex tech hackathon in 2016. She has also become the face of sex robots – quite literally in the case of one mis-captioned tabloid photograph. We talk about her recent, excellent book Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots, which covers the past, present and future of sex technology.You download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher (the RSS feed is here).Show Notes0:00 - Introduction2:08 - Why did Kate talk about sex robots in the House of Lords?3:01 - How did Kate become the face of sex robots?5:34 - Are sex robots really a thing? Should academics be researching them?11:10 - The important link between archaeology and sex technology15:00 - The myth of hysteria and the origin of the vibrator17:36 - What was the most interesting thing Kate learned while researching this book? (Ans: owners of sex dolls are not creepy isolationists)23:03 - Is there are moral panic about sex robots? And are we talking about robots or dolls?30:41 - What are the arguments made by defenders of the 'moral panic' view?38:05 - What could be the social benefits of sex robots? Do men and women want different things from sex tech?47:57 - Why is Kate so interested in 'non-anthropomorphic' sex robots?55:15 - Is the media fascination with this topic destructive or helpful?57:32 - What question does Kate get asked most often and what does she say in response?  Relevant LinksKate's WebpageKate's Academic HomepageTurned On: Science, Sex and Robots by Kate DevlinKate and I in conversation at the Virtual Futures Salon in London'A Failure of Academic Quality Control: The Technology of the Orgasm' by Hallie Lieberman and Eric Schatzberg (on the myth that vibrators were used to treat hysteria)Laodamia - Owner of the world's first sex doll?'In Defence of Sex Machines: Why trying to ban sex robots is wrong?' by Kate'Sex robot molested at electronics festival' at Huffington Post'First tester made love to sex robot so furiously it actually broke' at Metro.co.ukThe 2nd London Sex Tech HackathonRobot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications edited by Danaher and McArthur #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Subscribe to the newsletter

In July 2018, Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu’s Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake.Presented here in Episode 95 is Part Two of this live event featuring Douglas in conversation with Rupert Sheldrake, followed by a group conversation and audience question and answer session. If you missed part one with Pat Cadigan, find it here.Douglas and Rupert discuss science, materialism, spiritualism, and how we might break free from the machine metaphor that programs so many of our assumptions about human consciousness. In a unique impromptu treat, Rupert's wife Jill Purce joins the stage to demonstrate the power of resonance.Patrons and supporters not only got into this show for free, but have access to the complete, uncut audio on our members' blog at www.patreon.com/teamhumanRupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University he worked in developmental biology as a Fellow of Clare College. He was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and From 2005 to 2010 was Director of the Perrott-Warrick project, Cambridge.Rupert's latest book is Science and Spiritual PracticesThis show features a clip from Rupert's banned TedX talk. Find out more here: https://www.sheldrake.org/reactions/tedx-whitechapel-the-banned-talkAn extra special thanks to Luke Robert Mason for producing and recording this live event. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On July 9th 2018 Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu's Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake.Presented here is Part One of the program, featuring Douglas in conversation with Pat Cadigan. Pat and Douglas take a winding path through topics including virtual reality, identity, and telling the future. Inspired by Pat's vivid and clairvoyant imagination Rushkoff asks his audience to use the term "future" as a verb, exclaiming, "We can future together!"Opening the show, Rushkoff digs deeper into his recent, now viral essay, "Survival of the Richest." Rather than succumb to the notion that the future is something we must insulate ourselves from, what if we both imagined and committed to building a future that amplifies connection and mutual aid?Pat Cadigan is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, three-time winner of the Locus Award, twice-winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, one-time winner of the Hugo Award. Recovering American living in North London with her husband, the Original Chris Fowler, and their cats, Gentleman Jynx and the Angel Castiel.Learn more about Pat at https://patcadigan.wordpress.com/ Patrons have immediate access to the complete, uninterrupted show with Pat, Rupert, and an audience Q&A.Visit https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman to support the show.A special thanks to Luke Robert Mason for producing this live event. The music you hear is thanks to Dischord Records and Fugazi, R.U.Sirius, and Mike Watt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week is a special episode of Team Human. We are sharing an excerpt of a panel discussion recorded on location at IBM Watson in New York from August 2015, hosted by Douglas Rushkoff and produced by our friends at Virtual Futures in London. Douglas was joined by philosopher-sociologist Steve Fuller, tech entrepreneur and ethicist Martine Rothblatt, IBM Watson researcher Michael Karasick, and philosopher of technology, Dan O'Hara.Patreon subscribers have exclusive access to the full, unedited video with an engaging question and answer session at https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman. Start your monthly subscription today to support the show and get access to the Team Human Slack Channel as well as other subscriber rewards. July and August rewards are shipping this week!Enjoy this discussion and please review Team Human on iTunes or your preferred podcast platform and help spread the word about the show!Thanks Luke Robert Mason for sharing the audio! Music on today's show is Mike Watt, Stephen Bartolomei, and Fugazi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the birth of the internet and advance of digital networks, we’ve been promised everything from creative cooperation and digital democracy, to the end of work and a new abundance of leisure time. It’s a promise of a techno-utopia that persists today. Playing for team human today, Dr. Richard Barbrook challenges this imaginary future by unearthing the neoliberal underpinnings of Silicon Valley’s vision of progress. Rushkoff and Barbrook engage in a conversation that both uncovers the economic forces driving the evolution of technology while simultaneously acknowledging the utility of our tech tools as evidenced in the recent organizing around Labour underdog, Jeremy Corbyn. Rushkoff opens with a monologue challenging his own initial enthusiasm for Universal Basic Income. Is UBI just another gaming of the system in order to perpetuate consumption in an vastly unequal society?Team Human is supported entirely by listeners. Visit https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman to become a supporter and receive a variety of patron exclusives. Special thanks to Luke Robert Mason of Virtual Futures who facilitated this exchange and recorded this interview on location in London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we look towards the future with a 'virtual' Luke Robert Mason, co-founder and director of Virtual Futures. We bring you the top 5 futurist predictions for 2100, a coin-tossing Freakonomics Experiment to help us decide our own future, and explore the power of language in science, shaping how we think about the world. We also discuss the ultimate question - what does it mean to be human in the 21st century?! Plus the hidden message in some backwards Taylor Swift, 'dark' and 'intelligent' science news, and of course, our weekly brainteaser! #science #mixtape #experiment #live #radio #virtual #future #futurist #prediction #2100 #human #technology #21stcentury