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Alternate timelines of the future

What could be, may be with these talks exploring the implications of tech we're developing now.

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Why we need to imagine different futures
14:31

Anab Jain

Why we need to imagine different futures

14 minutes 31 seconds
Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa
09:10

Nnedi Okorafor

Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa

9 minutes 10 seconds
We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
22:45

Zeynep Tufekci

We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads

22 minutes 45 seconds
What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?
12:06

Robin Hanson

What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?

12 minutes 6 seconds
What a driverless world could look like
11:21

Wanis Kabbaj

What a driverless world could look like

11 minutes 21 seconds
How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives
09:36

Tom Gruber

How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives

9 minutes 36 seconds
Can we build AI without losing control over it?
14:18

Sam Harris

Can we build AI without losing control over it?

14 minutes 18 seconds
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