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Hi I’m
Dan Faggella
I founded Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research, a market research company focused on the ROI of AI among the Fortune 500. I’ve conducted nearly a thousand interviews with Fortune 500 AI leaders (Raytheon, US Bank, etc), AI unicorn startup C-level folks (Dataiku, Domino Data Labs, OakNorth, etc.), and AI researchers (Yoshua Bengio, Nick Bostrom, etc).
I believe:
- Creating posthuman intelligence will be the most morally consequential event we can think of. We should aim to ensure that this final creation is a worthy successor.
- Moralizing AGI governance and innovation (calling some “bad” and others “good”) is disingenuous. All players are selfish. We should focus squarely and with good faith on the incentives of the players involved in order to find a way forward for humanity, and intelligence itself.
Present focus:
- Growing Emerj.
- Putting the realpolitik of AGI and the posthuman transition on blast with the Trajectory.
Stay in touch:
Twitter / LinkedIn / Trajectory newsletter / AI in Business Podcast
Other:
- Literature, esp. Plutarch, Emerson, Montaigne
- Classical architecture, and history.
- Εξασκώ τα ελληνικά μου, αλλά είναι ακόμα μέτρια.
Latest articles and podcasts
Yoshua Bengio – Why We Shouldn’t Blast Off to AGI Just Yet [The Trajectory Series 1: AGI Destinations, Episode 1]
Episode 1 of The Trajectory is with none other than the Turing Award winner, MILA Scientific Director, ML godfather, and (very recently) AI safety advocate, Yoshua Bengio. My first interview…
Green Eggs and Ham – Facing Future Technology and AI Like an Adult
If you were a child at any point in the last 50 years, you’re probably familiar with the story. Sam I Am tries to get a protagonist (let’s call him…
A Worthy Successor – The Purpose of AGI
Assuming AGI is achievable (and many, many of its former detractors believe it is) – what should be its purpose? A tool for humans to achieve their goals (curing cancer,…
The AGI Mandate of Heaven [AGIMoH] – Mapping the Winners of the Race to Build God
The ancient and imperial China, rulers were legitimized by an ideology of the Mandate of Heaven – the idea that heaven selects a rightful virtuous ruler. Capable and benevolent rulers…
Potentia – The Highest Moral Goal for Humanity
Discussions around AGI and technological progress often hinge upon near-term policy decisions. Okay, so we want this or that near-term decision on governance. More privacy. Less regulation. Whatever. But all…