Speaker
Polly Higgins
Barrister and activist who argues that ecocide should be considered a crime. She has taken her proposal to the UN and tried a test case in the UK’s Supreme Court.
Barrister and activist who argues that ecocide should be considered a crime. She has taken her proposal to the UN and tried a test case in the UK’s Supreme Court.
Polly Higgins Videos
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What Machines Can't Do
Will computers ever match human intelligence?
Corruption and Climate Change
Piers Corbyn | We misunderstood climate change
Humans versus Nature
Are humans part of nature or a hostile enemy?
Blind Data
The secrets behind compatibility science
March of the Machines
Is AI a threat to mankind?
The World in Our Hands
Rationality and climate change
The Puzzle of Progress
Has technology brought us the good life?
The Dark Side of Environmentalism
Are we just trying to repent of our consumerism?
Mind Machines
The future of AI
James Lovelock: Creativity in Science & Gaia Theory
The life of a lone scientist
What We Don't Know About CO2
The science of climate change
Can We Control AI?
Nigel Shadbolt | The right questions to ask on AI
Is Digital Thinking Different?
The internet revolution & the human brain
Climate Change and Britain’s Future
Huhne predicts wars and violence
How to Thrive in a Digital Age
Creative Robots
How to make an inventive bot
The Habits of Nature
Do natural laws evolve over time?
Genes, Memes and Temes
The Myth of Scarcity
What is the future of sustainable farming?
The Fifth Crime
Designing Life
Nine Million Steps in Solitude
What it’s like to walk the Amazon
Staying Human in Cyberspace
Mindfulness in cyberspace
The Internet is Not a Waffle Iron Connected to a Fax Machine
Global Overhaul
Rupert Read | Why going green matters
Future Storm
Where will lightning strike next?
Why Trolls Matter
The threat to 'polite' society
Rise of the Machines
AI: a science fiction fantasy?
My Avatar, Myself
How to extend yourself into the virtual
Touching Cyberspace
Back to the physical
Science is broken
An interview with Helen Czerski
Mind over matter
The potential of mind-computer interface technology
The consciousness test
Is AI sentient?
The accurate, the perfect and the dangerous
The potential and the threat of data
Zanna Clay | In-depth Interview
On animal empathy, evolution, and beyond
How oceans shaped the world
Saving the heart of our planet
The dawn of machine consciousness with Joscha Bach
AI, emotions and the tech evolution
Building a better world around AI
The dream and danger of AI
How to tame AI
Science alone won't solve climate change
Tackling the climate emergency
How to live forever
Radical life extension' technology
Capitalism and the climate
Our planet and the economy
Digital Apes
Technology as a force for good
AI and the end of humanity
Does AI change what it means to be human?
The next environmental crisis
Are our current solutions just a short term fix?
AI and the story of the universe
How AI will help us make scientific discoveries
How volcanoes could change the world
The power and promise of geoengineering
The real risks of AI
A decade on and a decade to go
Technology in trouble
Getting to grips with the future of technology
Cities of the future
What is the architecture of a sustainable world?