Juan Benet and Foresight's CEO on Brain Emulation, BCI, and Superintelligence
juanbenet · x · 2026-07-22
Juan Benet hosted Allison Duettmann, CEO of the Foresight Institute, for a deep dive into futurism and frontier technologies.
Key Topics:
- Existential Hope: Accelerating technology by imagining and building flourishing futures.
- Neurotech & BCIs: Connecting minds beyond the limits of language and improving lives today.
- Whole Brain Emulation & Connectomics: Exploring how emulation can keep humans compatible with Superintelligent AI and enable vastly longer, richer lives.
- Nanotechnology: Reshaping the physical world, addressing sustainability, and enabling space exploration.
The Foresight Institute has spent 40 years backing interdisciplinary frontier science too early for legacy institutions.
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