Hi I’m

Daniel Faggella

My work focuses on exploring and positive trajectories for the great, emergent process-of-life (of which humanity is part).

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 enterprise AI leaders (Raytheon, US Bank, etc), AI unicorn founders (Dataiku, OakNorth, etc.), and AI researchers (Yoshua Bengio, etc).

I believe:

• The greater process-of-life of which humanity is part is now evolving and expanding at faster-than-Darwinian speeds, largely due to advances in technology. In the face of these impending changes, mankind has no choice but to attenuate or transform.
• 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:

• Encouraging a worldview shift towards the flourishing of posthuman life via The Trajectory Forum (especially through our online Philosophy Circle sessions, featuring ideas from leading AGI thinkers / academics).
• Exploring ideas about AGI governance and worthy successors with leading intellectuals on The Trajectory YouTube channel.

Stay in touch:

Twitter / LinkedIn / Trajectory newsletter / AI in Business Podcast

Other:

• Literature, esp. Plutarch, Emerson, Montaigne.
• History and classical architecture.
• Εξασκώ τα ελληνικά μου, αλλά είναι ακόμα μέτρια.