Futurists try to see what is coming before it arrives: new technologies, new economies and new ways of living. London Real has spent more than a decade asking them what the world will look like. These conversations cover artificial intelligence, transhumanism, longevity, electric and self-driving cars, decentralised finance, cybercrime and radical ideas for a world without money. Some guests are optimistic, others are worried, and they rarely agree. Every full interview is free to watch.
From XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis and former Google X Chief Business Officer Mo Gawdat to Wired founding executive editor Kevin Kelly, publisher Tim O’Reilly, AGI researcher Dr Ben Goertzel, Brain Games host Jason Silva and the late Venus Project founder Jacque Fresco: what the future holds.
Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer at Google X, argues that AI is growing at an exponential rate and will change the fabric of society. In his 2025 return he describes AI as an infant that will become our master. Dr Ben Goertzel, who is credited with popularising the term AGI, compares Google’s Bard with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and explains his aim of building benevolent superhuman AI. Peter Diamandis, founder of XPRIZE, explains how AI, gene therapy and exponential technology are driving a race to end ageing, and what he means by Longevity Escape Velocity.
Zoltan Istvan, a writer, futurist and author of the novel The Transhumanist Wager, makes the case for transhumanism; in late 2014 he announced a run for US President. Jason Silva, a filmmaker and host of Brain Games, talks about the Singularity, why he believes humans are becoming gods and how death anxiety defines us. He returns in Transform Your Consciousness to explain how he uses technology to excite people about philosophy and science. Futurist and design scientist Melissa Sterry explains the goals of Earth 2 Hub and why she is a big fan of body-hacking.
Jacque Fresco (1916 to 2017) told Brian in 2012, aged 96, how The Venus Project would replace money with a resource-based economy. Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired, explains the inevitable technologies and why we need to teach AI ethics. Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, asks what’s the future. Whitney Tilson, founder of Empire Financial Research, looks at the electric and self-driving car revolution, and crypto influencer Ben Armstrong argues that decentralised finance is the future. Author Marc Goodman explores what crime and terrorism could look like in the near future.
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Who has London Real interviewed about the future? Brian Rose has interviewed Peter Diamandis, Mo Gawdat, Dr Ben Goertzel, Kevin Kelly, Tim O’Reilly, Jason Silva, Zoltan Istvan, Melissa Sterry, Marc Goodman, Whitney Tilson and the late Jacque Fresco, among others.
Are the guests optimistic about the future? Mostly, with caveats. Peter Diamandis and Jason Silva are openly optimistic about what technology can do. Mo Gawdat warns about the risks of unchecked AI. Marc Goodman looks at how the same technologies could be used for crime.
How is Futurism different from Technology? Futurism looks ahead: AI, transhumanism, longevity and new ways of organising society. The Technology page covers the companies, tools and investing trends of today.
Are the full futurism episodes free to watch? Yes. Every full-length interview on this page can be watched free on londonreal.tv.
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