Matt Browne, an IT professional living in Frankfurt, Germany, is this
week's featured interview. With a Masters degree in Computer Science
and Computational Linguistics, Matt Browne has been involved in
projects developing natural language processing with a strong focus on
machine translation systems.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 16, 2008 episode of
The Future And You. [Running time: 87 minutes]
Podcast available here:
http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=297155
Matt talks about natural language processing and how long it might be
before a computer passes the Turing Test; human resistance to the
creation of human level artificial intelligences; and how this will
lead to the singularity. But also how, long before The Singularity,
huge profits will be made with AI applications.
He also describes catastrophic dangers to the human race such as
supervolcanoes and asteroids, and why this has lead him to become a
member of The Lifeboat Foundation. He also covers many of the social
and political trends growing in Germany and throughout Europe.
Including his observation that prosperity is on the rise in Europe and
all around the world; and how it is that English is becoming the
common world language, and why the French are not happy about it.
Matt is also the author of the Hard SF novel 'The Future Happens
Twice' in which he explores concepts such as: interstellar space
colonization using frozen embryos; earth-like extrasolar planets;
embryo-splitting technology and artificial wombs; the cryopreservation
of human embryos; children being raised by sophisticated androids; and
human survival threatened by an impending extinction-level event.
Official author website: http://www.meet-matt-browne.com
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