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Future of Science & Technology Q&A (42 videos)

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Future of Science & Technology Q&A:
Future of Science and Technology Q&A (July 18, 2025) »

1 hour 20 minutes

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Personalized pedagogy and AI in education Computer simulations vs. physical experimentation Aging and longevity science AI, consciousness and human-machine interaction Medical breakthroughs and disease eradication Future of communication Gene editing and CRISPR Algorithmic decision-making View Less »
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A:
Future of Science and Technology Q&A (June 13, 2025) »

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The limits and future of software-defined everything Molecular design and biological engineering Human enhancement and genome-level modification View Less »
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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 16, 2025) »

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Copyright and creative ownership in an AI world AI built into personal systems Data scraping, consent and privacy tradeoffs Limits of LLM accuracy and emergent behavior AI roles in the real world AI and the future of teaching and learning First encounters with computers View Less »
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A:
Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 2, 2025) »

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Fusion energy and nuclear fuel design AI reasoning, learning and scientific roles Mathematics, computation and physical reality Jobs and fields at risk from AI Philosophy of knowledge and future roles View Less »
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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 11, 2025) »

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What is your view on photonic computing? The Platonic solids have fascinated humans like us for years. Do you think the exploration of the four-dimensional hyper-Platonic solids may be useful? Do you think there'll be, in the short-to-mid-term future, an AI architecture that manages to synthesize mental images to the level most humans do (mainly visual-spatial)? Have you come across the synthetic biology field, e.g. biological computer chips, Neuralink? What is your opinion on such fields in science and the future? Do you think training AI for generative video will end up with an internal model of physics? View Less »
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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (March 28, 2025) »

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What roles do category and type theory play in our understanding and the future of mathematics? ​​​​What would be an example of a hierarchy of types in theoretical physics? Would you ever take a trip on Blue Origin or Space X ? Do you see more for the future of space travel happening sooner or later? Do you think humans could/will evolve to adapt to space travel? Say you could teleport to the Moon or Mars instead of travel by spaceship—would you take that travel option? Space is a very hazardous place compared to Earth (radioactivity etc.). Chips in space would need to be very shielded and hence very expensive, I believe. Why don't we use shielded nuclear waste to heat buildings (like in the basement attached to the HVAC system, in secure buildings)? Closer to Earth, what do you see as the short-to-medium term future for inhabited orbital space stations and beyond that, in the longer-term future? From genetic issues to space travel damage, do you think the main advances and solutions will come more from preventing or from repairing or an equal mix of both? How would you think about AI-controlled humans if bionic brains become mainstream? View Less »
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