https://youtu.be/rctk6ZLQnzI Presenting and discussing Cyber Republic with David Wood and the London Futurists.
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Launching Cyber Republic at the LSE
https://youtu.be/TA2FjzPu-hI Video of my conversation with Lichelle Wolmarans about Cyber Republic, organized by the LSE Alumni on October 27, 2020.
Citizen Assemblies: a TEDx talk
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKQmKlxytkI] Do you trust your politicians? The people who represent you, and take decisions on your behalf about vital things, like health, education, national defence, and importantly where your taxes are spent Research data show that trust in politicians is at an all-time low across most liberal democracies. In...
AI Explained
This TechCrunch video explains AI and makes reference to my book "In Our Own Image". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiXwXg2CUWM&feature=youtu.be
The back flipping robot
I know you've seen a robot walk, but have you ever seen one do a backflip? pic.twitter.com/1ch3vnFu7U — Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) November 16, 2017
The three main questions in my book “In Our Own Image”
A short video where I explain the three main questions that I address in my book on Artificial Intelligence, "In Our Own Image".
Will robots destroy the human race? A debate at the Art Club
The full video of the debate that took place at the Art Club in London on Monday 14th September 2015. For the motion were Ian Yorston (Director of Digital Strategy at Radley College) and Dale Lane (Senior Developer at IBM Watson). Against the motion were Murray Shanahan (Professor of cognitive...
English Language and Science: a lecture and discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgb0OALoL08#t=4418 I was honoured to be a participant in a public discussion about Science and the English Language, held at the English Speaking Union in London on 13the November 2014. My co-panelists are astrophysicist Roberto Trotta and geneticist Aarathi Prasad. The discussion follows a lecture by Trotta around his book...
Hybrid thinking: an idea from Ray Kurzweil
[ted id=2015] In his March 20, 2014 TED talk Ray Kurzweil suggested that in a couple of decades from now we will be able to increase our neocortex's power many-fold at an instant by accessing the processing power of the cloud. He suggested that this will be possible thanks to...
Famelab International for the best “stand-up scientist”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs32UWuLzys&w=560&h=315] This is the final of Famelab International 2014, held at the Cheltenham Science Festival on June 5, 2014. I was one of the three judges, together with Jim Al-Khalili and Alice Roberts. I have been involved with Famelab International since its conception in 2007, have trained contestants, co-organized...