Lifeboat News #271

Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award Winners

As we near the Singularity, more and more people are preparing for the upcoming existential risks, and therefore this year we again have two joint recipients of the Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award, for the fourth time in our history. This year’s recipients are Steve Mann and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna. It is worth noting that last year’s Guardian winner, Geoffrey Hinton, was awarded the Nobel Prize within a year of winning our prestigious award.
 
Steve Mann promotes sousveillance as a solution to existential risks and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna is engaged in ethical discussions about gene editing, and its potential for bioterrorism.
 
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/guardian2024

BARTS 2025

The 3rd Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium (BARTS 2025) will be held April 26–27 in Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil.
 
Our Steven A. Garan, Nuno R. B. Martins, and Paul A. Spiegel will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://www2.ufjf.br/barts

Future Day 2025

Future Day 2025 will be held by Science, Technology & the Future on Feb 28–March 1 in Cyberspace.
 
Our James Barrat, Adam Ford, Linda MacDonald Glenn, Ben Goertzel, Robin Hanson, James Newton-Thomas, and Susan Schneider will be speaking/participating.
 
Learn more at https://www.scifuture.org/events/future-day-2025

Longevity Escape Velocity @ Ârc Austin

Longevity Escape Velocity @ Ârc Austin will be held March 3 in Austin, Texas.
 
Our Aubrey de Grey and Caitlin Lewis will be speaking/participating.
 
Learn more at https://lu.ma/lu5jkgb4

Milan Longevity Summit

The Milan Longevity Summit with be held March 21–29 in Milan, Italy.
 
Our Nir Barzilai, Maria Carolina Florian, Steve Horvath, Antonella Chadha Santuccione, and Vittorio Sebastiano will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://milanlongevitysummit.org

Portuguese Society of Immunology

The 50th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology will be held April 9–11 in Lisbon, Portugal.
 
Our Maria Carolina Florian will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://www.spimunologia.org/news/l-spi...ing-2025

World Futures Day

March 1st will be the 12th anniversary of World Futures Day: a 24-hour open conversation around the world about the future sponsored by The Millennium Project in cooperation with Lifeboat Foundation and others.
 
Our Don Black, José Luis Cordeiro, Shermon Cruz, Francesco Da Vinci, Mara Di Berardo, Volney Faustini, Guy Fraker, Lydia Garrido, Jerome C. Glenn, Trevor Haldenby, Syamsuriatina “Tina” Ishak, Andjelka B. Kovacevic, Newton Lee, Pavel O. Luksha, Danila Medvedev, Jeremy Pesner, Paul Saffo, John Schmidt, Dave Tex Smith, Rohit Talwar, Victoria Ustimenko, Natasha Vita-More, and Bronwyn Herold Williams are speaking/participating in this event.
 
World Futures Day begins at 12 noon in New Zealand and moves each hour around the planet for 24 hours. This is a Zoom-based event. See you on March 1!
 
Learn more at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe...XoU0nBhg

Books

Read “Fractal Futures: Stories of Possibility” by our John Hanacek at https://amzn.to/40xXo0G
 
This is a collection of 19 original short stories of varying length mostly science fiction, all intertwined yet separate, exploring themes of personhood, technology, power, and grace. Inspired by possibilities in AI, robotics, cosmology, and 4D materials.
 
2020 Guardian Award winner David Brin said “A series of thoughtful ruminations on bright and dark possibilities that lie ahead of us, down a turbulent river of time.”
 
Read “From This Green Earth: Essays on Looking Outward” by our Sylvia Engdahl at https://amzn.to/4iitX9Y
 
This book is a collection of essays that discuss how the expansion of our species to other worlds is vital to the preservation of Earth and the future survival of humankind.
 
Read the free book “The Silicon Vow: A Marriage of Mankind and Machine” by our Tracy R. Atkins at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/the.silicon.vow.pdf
 
In an era where artificial intelligence transforms from science fiction into reality, humanity stands at a crossroads. While headlines spark fear of competition and replacement, “The Silicon Vow” presents a radically different vision: a future where humans and AI unite not as rivals, but as family. This groundbreaking exploration reveals how the fundamental human institution of marriage might offer an unexpected blueprint for the most important partnership our species will ever forge.

Blog

Read the important blog article “The Symphony of Tomorrow (A Poetic Title for a Serious Reflection)” by our Henrique Jorge at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/the-s...flection
 
Karen Stuck Mortensen joins our blog team with the post “Sal Khan wants to give every student on Earth a personal AI tutor” at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/sal-k...ai-tutor
 
Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
“44 Hidden Stars Revealed: Gravitational Lensing Unlocks the Secrets of the Dragon Arc” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/44-hi...agon-arc
 
“AI could assemble a record-breaking quantum computer out of cold atoms” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/ai-co...ld-atoms
 
“Arc Institute’s AI Model Evo 2 Designs the Genetic Code Across All Domains of Life” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/arc-i...-of-life
 
“Block Launches Open-Source AI Agent Goose As Jack Dorsey Praises DeepSeek’s Development Approach” by Bruce Burke at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/block...approach
 
“Brain-computer interface study wins 2025 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/brain...nt-award
 
“CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Workers With AI Now Distressed That AI Will Replace His Job Too” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/ceo-w...-job-too
 
“Cerebras becomes the world’s fastest host for DeepSeek R1, outpacing Nvidia GPUs by 57x” by Mike Diverde at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/cereb...s-by-57x
 
“Chemical found in US drinking water is linked to 15% higher risk of colorectal cancer, 33% for bladder cancer” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/chemi...r-cancer
 
“Chinese algorithm boosts Nvidia GPU performance 800-fold in science computing” by Dan Kummer at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/chine...omputing
 
“Digital Echo” by Henrique Jorge at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/digital-echo
 
“Fabricating single-photon detectors from superconducting aluminum nanostrips” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/fabri...nostrips
 
“Fine-tuned acoustic waves can knock drones out of the sky” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/fine-...-the-sky
 
“First water-powered solar panel in history turned on: Free, infinite energy at home” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/first...-at-home
 
“Gut Health Impacts The Thymus And Immune System During Aging: Niharika Duggal, PhD” by Mike Lustgarten at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/gut-h...ggal-phd
 
“Inside the new baby-boom movement that’s taken hold of Silicon Valley — complete with gene editing and artificial wombs” by Michael LaTorra at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/insid...al-wombs
 
“Japanese joinery and 3D-printed wood combine to form The Warp pavilion” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/japan...pavilion
 
“Large Publisher Lays Off More Than 100 Employees After Striking Deal With OpenAI” by Mike Diverde at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/large...h-openai
 
“Mapmaking in the mind: new research details how the brain builds mental maps of the world” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/mapma...he-world
 
“Marc Benioff says that from now on CEOs will no longer lead all-human workforces—enter the new era of AI coworkers” by Mike Diverde at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/marc-...oworkers
 
“Mathematical insight into neuron readout drives significant improvements in neural net prediction accuracy” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/mathe...accuracy
 
“Neural waves study provides evidence that brain’s rhythmic patterns play key role in information processing” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/neura...ocessing
 
“Neuralink Brain Chip Implanted In 3rd Patient, Elon Musk Says ‘Working Well’” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/neura...ing-well
 
“New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’” by Arthur Brown at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/new-e...-beaches
 
“New Research Reveals How Lycopene Revitalizes Brain Health and Fights Depression” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/new-r...pression
 
“New Type of Stem Cell Discovered in the Brain” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/new-t...he-brain
 
“Nvidia transitions to advanced CoWoS-L chip packaging, signaling a major shift for TSMC” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/nvidi...for-tsmc
 
“OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science” by Rx Sobolewski at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/opena...-science
 
“OpenAI says it has proof DeepSeek used its technology to develop its AI model” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/opena...ai-model
 
“Proximity effect enables non-ferroelectric materials to gain new properties” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/proxi...operties
 
“Researchers combine holograms and AI to create uncrackable optical encryption system” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/resea...n-system
 
“Sam Altman says AI is progressing faster than Moore’s law as he predicts AGI is ‘coming into view’, and it’s leaving me worried about the future” by Paul Moscarella at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/sam-a...e-future
 
“Scientists Calculated The Ultimate Lifespan of Earth’s Biosphere” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/scien...iosphere
 
“Scientists make groundbreaking discovery as they find cause of so many unexplained cancers” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/scien...-cancers
 
“Self-driving AI glasses give blind freedom without canes or guide dogs” by Raphael Ramos at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/self-...ide-dogs
 
“The shocking discovery that our gut microbiome drives ageing” by Arthur Brown at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/the-s...s-ageing
 
“Study: ‘Time is an illusion’ and does not exist as we know it” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/study...-know-it
 
“Tech millionaire Bryan Johnson quits taking drug meant to stop aging” by Montie Adkins at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/tech-...op-aging
 
“Tesla’s Path to $10 Trillion” by Chris Smedley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/tesla...trillion
 
“Theoretical Physicists Chip Away at Quantum Gravity” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/theor...-gravity
 
“What removing large chunks of brain taught me about selfhood” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/what-...selfhood
 
“World’s fastest supercomputer ‘El Capitan’ goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/world...research
 
“World’s smallest particle accelerator could revolutionize medicine and physics” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/world...-physics

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