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The Future of Conflict in a World Without War
26:50 - 33:35 (06:45)
While a future without physical war may seem ideal, AI systems have emerged as potential new agents of conflict. The Connectome Project offers the possibility of digitizing human memories and sensations, creating digital copies of ourselves.
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The Connectome Project aims to create a digital copy of ourselves, leading to the possibility of digital immortality.
26:50 - 31:06 (04:15)
Summary
The Connectome Project aims to create a digital copy of ourselves, leading to the possibility of digital immortality. However, this raises unresolved ethical issues and potential use of artificial intelligence in conflict.
ChapterThe Future of Conflict in a World Without War
EpisodeMichio Kaku: Future of Humans, Aliens, Space Travel & Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The possibility of shooting laser beams for transportation, with the aid of avatars, could make traveling at the speed of light a reality.
31:06 - 31:58 (00:52)
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The possibility of shooting laser beams for transportation, with the aid of avatars, could make traveling at the speed of light a reality. This could eliminate the need for booster rockets, weightlessness problems and concerns over meteorites.
ChapterThe Future of Conflict in a World Without War
EpisodeMichio Kaku: Future of Humans, Aliens, Space Travel & Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Astrophysicist Michio Kaku speculates that outside planet Earth there could be a superhighway, a laser highway of blinking drone ships, drones with super sophisticated humanoids on board, or crafts containing billions of souls of aliens zapping their way across the galaxy.
31:58 - 33:35 (01:37)
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Astrophysicist Michio Kaku speculates that outside planet Earth there could be a superhighway, a laser highway of blinking drone ships, drones with super sophisticated humanoids on board, or crafts containing billions of souls of aliens zapping their way across the galaxy. He believes it's possible that aliens may already be here, surrounding us, but we are just too technologically unintelligent to prove or disprove its existence.