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Daniel Faggella is Head of Research at Emerj. Called upon by the United Nations, World Bank, INTERPOL, and leading enterprises, Daniel is a globally sought-after expert on the competitive strategy implications of AI for business and government leaders.
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Monkey Suit
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Programmatically Generated Everything (PGE)
Human are being pulled into increasingly personalized virtual worlds (see: Lotus Eaters and World Eaters), making the physical computational substrate which houses these programmatic human experiences to be the most…
Grand Challenges | AI Policy and Governance | Core Objectives | Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration | Managing the Transhuman Transition
The Political Singularity – When AGI is the Only Issue on the Table
The Political Singularity hypothesis: At some point in the 21st century, global and national politics will center entirely around the questions related to the (a) creation and (b) control of…
The Vessel is Flawed
The Shamefully Poor State of Human Wellbeing “For when he saw that almost all things necessarily required for subsistence, and which may render life comfortable, are already prepared to their…
Consciousness is What Counts | Core Ethical Principles | Core Objectives | Discerning the Good Itself
Artificial General Intelligence – Finding the Good is Better Than Doing Good
The universe doesn’t seem to be inherently imbued with meaning, but it would seem that anything we could do to find said meaning, to make our time here “worthwhile”, would fall…
Substrate Monopoly – The Future of Power in a Virtual and Intelligent World
The substrate monopoly hypothesis: In the remaining part of the 21st century, all competition between the world’s most powerful nations or organizations (whether economic competition, political competition, or military conflict)…
Consciousness is What Counts | Core Ethical Principles | Core Objectives | Improving Sentient Experience | The Good Must Be Explored
Is Artificial Intelligence Worse Than Nukes? Maybe – but it May Be Better, Too
Both artificial intelligence and nuclear warheads could both wipe out human life, though it might be possible for superintelligent AI to be even more destructive. That being said, AI is…
Core Ethical Principles | Creating or Enhancing Consciousness | Grand Challenges | Reflecting on What I've Read | The Good Must Be Explored | Topics (Assorted)
Is AI Safety Research a Waste of Time?
Many months ago, Peter Voss came through San Francisco and we sat down for a coffee at my favorite place in Hayes Valley, Arlequin. We chatted a bit of business…
Consciousness is What Counts | Core Ethical Principles | Reflecting on What I've Read | Topics (Assorted)
Does it Matter if Future AI is Conscious?
I spoke recently at a United Nations and INTERPOL event in Singapore, on the topic of artificial intelligence use-cases in law enforcement. One of the only other Americans at the…