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Recordings

Explore presentations on the frontier of science and technology by the world’s leading experts – including Nobel laureates – recorded at our seminars and events.

Towards Embodied, Whole Brain Emulations

Philip Shiu

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Accelerating Neurotech Breakthroughs @ Vision Weekend USA 2025

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From Epoch to Ecosystem: Growing Robust Lunar PNT Networks

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FLUTE (Fluidic Telescope): From Puddles to Giant Space Observatories

Edward Balaban

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Autonomous and Surgery-free Nano-Electronics for Brain-Computer Symbiosis

Deblina Sarkar

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It’s Time to Harvest the Secure AI Tech Tree

Andrew Trask

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How to Become Exceptionally Delusional… and Win – Lightning Talk @ VW 2026

Timothy Chen

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What Can You Build with Bitcoin? – Lightning Talk @ Vision Weekend Puerto Rico 2026

Erik Alvarez

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Podcast

The Existential Hope Podcast invites leading experts in various fields to share what a positive future looks like to them, and how their work contributes to that vision.

Jaron Lanier on The AI future where humans get paid to be creative

Jaron Lanier

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Thorsten Zander on How we could teach AI empathy using brain signals

Thorsten Zander

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Jan-WIllem van Putten on How to build a career that actually changes the world

Jan-WIllem van Putten

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Constance Li on How AI could impact trillions of animals

Constance Li

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David Eagleman on How an AI boyfriend or girlfriend can improve your real love life

David Eagleman

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Marc Canal on 22 Stats That Prove Global Prosperity by 2100 is Possible

Marc Canal

Podcast

SJ Beard on Can You Build a Great Future by Just Being a Good Person?

SJ Beard

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Anastasia Gamick on Why Most Scientists Aren’t Solving the World’s Biggest Problems, and What They Should Do Instead

Anastasia Gamick

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Space
November 2024

Space Futures & Governance (Workshop)

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Longevity Biotechnology
November 2024

Longevity Frontiers (Workshop)

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Tech Trees

Secure AI Tech Tree

The Secure AI Tech Tree is a map of potential technical paths toward secure and beneficial AI, designed to help researchers, funders, and policymakers navigate the field, identify key bottlenecks, and coordinate efforts more effectively.
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