UK node MPPC 2021 v1

David Wood
David WoodFuturist, catalyst, author, singularitarian
15 Dec
2021
UK Node mini-report
Rohit Talwar
Fast Future
David Wood
London Futurists
The Millennium Project Planning Committee
A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
Context (1/3): Publications by UK node members in 2021
A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
Context (2/3): UK ex-PMs active in field of foresight
Gordon Brown
PM 2007-2010
Global health
Climate change and environmental damage
Nuclear proliferation
Global financial instability
The humanitarian crisis and global poverty
Barriers to education and opportunity
Global inequality and global tax havens
Tony Blair
PM 1997-2007
Add 30 years
to average
healthspan
by 2050
Live Longer
or Healthier?
The Science
That Is
Making Both
Possible
A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
Context (3/3): The city most likely to create AGI?
Demis
Hassabis
Shane
Legg
Victoria
Krakovna
David
Silver AlphaGo
AlphaZero
AlphaFold
AI safety
AI music/art
Mathematics
Weather forecasting
Quantum scale simulation
AGI,
sooner than
expected?
Urgent need for
MP foresight
londonfuturists.com/education/singularity/
Five key new videos
>> A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
A series of jointly-hosted online global events:
“Anticipating the governance of the transition from AI to AGI”
These events would carry a number of collaborating brands
Academic
Partner?
Commercial
sponsor 1?
Commercial
sponsor 2?
Could be held once each month from February to July
Each event could contain (if available) an MP project news update
Themes for individual events could include:
• Scenarios for timescales for various technical breakthroughs;
• Ethical perspectives; Economic angles; Implications for businesses;
• Geopolitical dimensions; Skills gaps and actions to address them;
• Winning mindshare for the project in a world of confusion & chaos.
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UK node MPPC 2021 v1

  • 1. 15 Dec 2021 UK Node mini-report Rohit Talwar Fast Future David Wood London Futurists The Millennium Project Planning Committee A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+
  • 2. A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+ Context (1/3): Publications by UK node members in 2021
  • 3. A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+ Context (2/3): UK ex-PMs active in field of foresight Gordon Brown PM 2007-2010 Global health Climate change and environmental damage Nuclear proliferation Global financial instability The humanitarian crisis and global poverty Barriers to education and opportunity Global inequality and global tax havens Tony Blair PM 1997-2007 Add 30 years to average healthspan by 2050 Live Longer or Healthier? The Science That Is Making Both Possible
  • 4. A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+ Context (3/3): The city most likely to create AGI? Demis Hassabis Shane Legg Victoria Krakovna David Silver AlphaGo AlphaZero AlphaFold AI safety AI music/art Mathematics Weather forecasting Quantum scale simulation AGI, sooner than expected? Urgent need for MP foresight
  • 6. >> A suggestion for cooperation in 2022+ A series of jointly-hosted online global events: “Anticipating the governance of the transition from AI to AGI” These events would carry a number of collaborating brands Academic Partner? Commercial sponsor 1? Commercial sponsor 2? Could be held once each month from February to July Each event could contain (if available) an MP project news update Themes for individual events could include: • Scenarios for timescales for various technical breakthroughs; • Ethical perspectives; Economic angles; Implications for businesses; • Geopolitical dimensions; Skills gaps and actions to address them; • Winning mindshare for the project in a world of confusion & chaos.