Marcus Hutter is Associate Professor in the RSISE at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. In this video he looks at his model of a universal artificial intelligence and its implications.

Michael Nielsen, a pioneer in quantum computing, explains quantum computing as simply as possible and makes comments on where we are in terms of developing practical QCs.

Biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, CSO of the SENS Foundation, on the similarities and differences between the Singularity and the concept of longevity escape velocity.

Futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil on the future of technology and exponential growth.

Gary Marcus of New York University on the flaws of the human mind and how it could potentially be improved.

Gregory Benford of Genescient on his company, how it bred "Methuselah flies" with 5 times the normal lifespan of normal fruit flies, and what this could mean for humans.

This panel includes Gary Wolf (contributing editor at Wired magazine), Michael Nielsen (quantum computing pioneer), and Robin Hanson (economist at George Mason University), moderated by James Jorasch (founder of Science House).

Award-winning futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil on common criticisms of his concept of the Law of Accelerating Returns.

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Fellow for the Singularity Institute, on cognitive biases and giant risks.

Peter Thiel on the relationship between macroeconomics and the Singularity.