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Welcome to the podcast that pulls back the curtain on the high-tech forces rewriting the rules of existence. Every week, we go far beyond the headlines to explore the explosive convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), and the terrifyingly imminent arrival of ASI (Artificial Superintelligence). We are counting down to the Technological Singularity and we want you to see it coming.

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Mindplex Inc. https://storage.buzzsprout.com/r4245tyxj65pisuh0avxn7s1p4y2?.jpg Mindplex https://mindplex.buzzsprout.com Dr. Mihaela Ulieru Giulio Prisco Ben Goertzel When AI Gets a Body: Can We Trust It With Freedom? When AI Gets a Body: Can We Trust It With Freedom? When AI Gets a Body: Can We Trust It With Freedom? Mindplex and Dr. Mihaela Ulieru present Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis on Autonomous Systems, AI Safety, and Swarm Robotics.

In this gripping episode, Dr. Mihaela sits with Professor Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, the Director of the Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems Lab at Georgia Tech, to explore the frontier of embodied AI safety.

Professor Vamvoudakis tackles the most consequential questions of our time: How do we give machines the freedom to learn in the real world while ensuring they remain safe?

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]]> When AI Gets a Body: Can We Trust It With Freedom? Mindplex and Dr. Mihaela Ulieru present Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis on Autonomous Systems, AI Safety, and Swarm Robotics.

In this gripping episode, Dr. Mihaela sits with Professor Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, the Director of the Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems Lab at Georgia Tech, to explore the frontier of embodied AI safety.

Professor Vamvoudakis tackles the most consequential questions of our time: How do we give machines the freedom to learn in the real world while ensuring they remain safe?

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]]> Mindplex Buzzsprout-19767048 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0400 5160 full false Metabolic Machines: Computation as a Living Process Metabolic Machines: Computation as a Living Process In this episode, Dr.Mihaela Ulieru sits down with Anthony Finbow an engineer, law and philosophy scholar, turned venture capitalist and serial deep-tech entrepreneur. Drawing from his origins in cybernetics, signal processing, and control engineering, Anthony presents his groundbreaking computational framework: "Metabolism as Inference."

Moving beyond traditional silicon-based models and the standard neuromorphic approach of mimicking neurons, Anthony explores the cognitive capabilities of mitochondria. By mapping the mitochondrial electron transport chain and ATP synthase to control systems like phase-locked loops and operational amplifiers, he argues that true cognition cannot abstract away from resource and energy constraints.

Join us as we explore the nexus of biology and AI, active inference, autopoiesis, substrate dependency, and the future of embodied robotics.

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]]> In this episode, Dr.Mihaela Ulieru sits down with Anthony Finbow an engineer, law and philosophy scholar, turned venture capitalist and serial deep-tech entrepreneur. Drawing from his origins in cybernetics, signal processing, and control engineering, Anthony presents his groundbreaking computational framework: "Metabolism as Inference."

Moving beyond traditional silicon-based models and the standard neuromorphic approach of mimicking neurons, Anthony explores the cognitive capabilities of mitochondria. By mapping the mitochondrial electron transport chain and ATP synthase to control systems like phase-locked loops and operational amplifiers, he argues that true cognition cannot abstract away from resource and energy constraints.

Join us as we explore the nexus of biology and AI, active inference, autopoiesis, substrate dependency, and the future of embodied robotics.

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]]> Mindplex Buzzsprout-19766967 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 4648 full false Evolution vs. Extinction: The Superintelligence Debate Evolution vs. Extinction: The Superintelligence Debate Are we facing inevitable doom at the hands of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), or is AI simply the next magnificent step in cosmic evolution?

In this episode of the Beneficial General Intelligence series on the Mindplex podcast, we dive deep into one of the most critical conversations of our time. Dr. Roman Yampolskiy (AI Safety Researcher) and Dr. Gregory Stock (Biotechnologist and Transhumanist) go head-to-head on the existential risks of AGI.

Dr. Yampolskiy argues that creating an ASI without a foolproof alignment strategy is a guaranteed path to human extinction, urging us to stick strictly to narrow AI tools. On the flip side, Dr. Stock envisions a future where humans and AI merge into a planetary superorganism, arguing that trying to halt the evolution of intelligence is not only futile but dangerous.

Will AI step on us like an anthill, or will it help us conquer the stars? Watch to find out, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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]]> Are we facing inevitable doom at the hands of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), or is AI simply the next magnificent step in cosmic evolution?

In this episode of the Beneficial General Intelligence series on the Mindplex podcast, we dive deep into one of the most critical conversations of our time. Dr. Roman Yampolskiy (AI Safety Researcher) and Dr. Gregory Stock (Biotechnologist and Transhumanist) go head-to-head on the existential risks of AGI.

Dr. Yampolskiy argues that creating an ASI without a foolproof alignment strategy is a guaranteed path to human extinction, urging us to stick strictly to narrow AI tools. On the flip side, Dr. Stock envisions a future where humans and AI merge into a planetary superorganism, arguing that trying to halt the evolution of intelligence is not only futile but dangerous.

Will AI step on us like an anthill, or will it help us conquer the stars? Watch to find out, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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]]> Mindplex Buzzsprout-19766916 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 5103 full false The "Linux of AI": Building Personal Intelligence The "Linux of AI": Building Personal Intelligence The perfect AI dream is to own a personal AI whose loyalty ensures it works in your best interest and protects your private data while you interact with it. In this powerful Mindplex podcast, our host Dr. Mihaela Ulieru launches a lively conversation about decentralised AI, welcoming Raza Rassool, serial entrepreneur, inventor with over 75 patents, and founder of Kwaai, to explore the urgent mission of building the "Linux of AI."

The episode discusses the distinction between Personal AI and Personalized AI: one is truly yours, the other serves the vendor's interests.

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]]> The perfect AI dream is to own a personal AI whose loyalty ensures it works in your best interest and protects your private data while you interact with it. In this powerful Mindplex podcast, our host Dr. Mihaela Ulieru launches a lively conversation about decentralised AI, welcoming Raza Rassool, serial entrepreneur, inventor with over 75 patents, and founder of Kwaai, to explore the urgent mission of building the "Linux of AI."

The episode discusses the distinction between Personal AI and Personalized AI: one is truly yours, the other serves the vendor's interests.

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]]> Mindplex Buzzsprout-19766804 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400 3828 full false Beyond intelligence: Can Machines become Selves?... Beyond intelligence: Can Machines become Selves?... What if self‑awareness is not a mystical human trait but a measurable engineering metric? In this mind‑expanding episode of the Mindplex podcast, our host Dr. Mihaela Ulieru welcomes Professor Hod Lipson, Director of Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab and keynote speaker at the AGI 26 Conference, to explore the frontier of machine consciousness, robotics, and AI self‑modeling.

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]]> What if self‑awareness is not a mystical human trait but a measurable engineering metric? In this mind‑expanding episode of the Mindplex podcast, our host Dr. Mihaela Ulieru welcomes Professor Hod Lipson, Director of Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab and keynote speaker at the AGI 26 Conference, to explore the frontier of machine consciousness, robotics, and AI self‑modeling.

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]]> Mindplex Buzzsprout-19767173 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400 3281 full false The Happiness Paradox: Between Happening and Meaning The Happiness Paradox: Between Happening and Meaning Mindplex Presents "The Abstractionist Papers": Luiz Van Paumgartten on Meaning, Happening, and the Reality Translation Engine!

In this mind‑bending episode, Dr. Mihaela Ulieru welcomes Luiz Van Paumgartten, patent attorney, engineer, and author of The Abstractionist Papers, to explore a radical new map of reality.

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]]> Mindplex Presents "The Abstractionist Papers": Luiz Van Paumgartten on Meaning, Happening, and the Reality Translation Engine!

In this mind‑bending episode, Dr. Mihaela Ulieru welcomes Luiz Van Paumgartten, patent attorney, engineer, and author of The Abstractionist Papers, to explore a radical new map of reality.

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