When Robots Rule: A Talk With Robin Hanson

Washington, D.C. Campus

GA D.C.
509 7th Street NW, 3rd Floor
Washington D.C. 20004

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When Robots Rule: A Talk With Robin Hanson | Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. Campus

GA D.C.
509 7th Street NW, 3rd Floor
Washington D.C. 20004

Past Locations for this Event

About this event

In the future, or so some people think, it will become possible to upload your consciousness into a computer. Software emulations of human brains – ems, for short – will then take over the economy and world.
Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Join us for an evening with author, Robin Hanson, applies consensus science from many fields to construct a detailed picture of a future ruled by a certain kind of smart robot. Short for ‘brain emulation’, an ‘em’ results from taking a particular human brain and scanning it to record its particular cell features and connections, and then building a computer model that processes signals the same way. The picture Hanson paints is encyclopedic in scope, including mind speeds, body sizes, labor markets, career paths, friendships, aging, reproduction, conversation, wealth, law, war, and death.
Event Agenda

  • 6:00 - 6:30 - Networking / Mingling
  • 6:30 - 7:10 - Robin Hanson Talk
  • 7:10 - 7:30 - Q&A with Robin
  • 7:30 - 8:00 - Mingling & Networking

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