The Trajectory
What should be the trajectory of intelligence beyond humanity?
The Trajectory pull covers realpolitik on artificial general intelligence and the posthuman transition - by asking tech, policy, and AI research leaders the hard questions about what's after man, and how we should define and create a worthy successor (danfaggella.com/worthy). Hosted by Daniel Faggella.
Podcasting since 2024 • 27 episodes
The Trajectory
Latest Episodes
Joshua Clymer - Where Human Civilization Might Crumble First (Early Experience of AGI - Episode 2)
This is an interview with Joshua Clymer, AI safety researcher at Redwood Research, and former researcher at METR.Joshua has spent years focused on institutional readiness for AGI, especially the kinds of governance bottlenecks that coul...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:51:37
Peter Singer - Optimizing the Future for Joy, and the Exploration of the Good [Worthy Successor, Episode 10]
This is an interview with Peter Singer, one of the most influential moral philosophers of our time. Singer is best known for his groundbreaking work on animal rights, global poverty, and utilitarian ethics, and his ideas have shaped...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:25:55
David Duvenaud - What are Humans Even Good For in Five Years? [Early Experience of AGI - Episode 1]
This is an interview with David Duvenaud, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, co-author of the Gradual Disempowerment paper, and former researcher at Anthropic.This is the first episode in our new “Early Experience of AGI” ser...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:55:59
Kristian Rönn - A Blissful Successor Beyond Darwinian Life [Worthy Successor, Episode 9]
This is an interview with Kristian Rönn, author, successful startup founder, and now CEO of Lucid, and AI hardware governance startup based in SF.This is an additional installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:47:40
Jack Shanahan - Avoiding an AI Race While Keeping America Strong [US-China AGI Relations, Episode 1]
This is an interview with Jack Shanahan, a three-star General and former Director of the Joint AI Center (JAIC) within the US Department of Defense. This the first installment of our "US-China AGI Relations" series - where we explor...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:41:56
