The Biggest AI Risks Ahead | Susan Schneider

*Are we underestimating the risks of advanced AI?* Susan Schneider reflects on MindFest 2025, discussing autonomous AI agents, transhumanism, mind uploading, AI safety, and why humanity needs global cooperation before AI capabilities outpace our ability to govern them. 0:00 What MindFest 2025 Revealed 2:01 The Biggest Questions About Transhumanism 4:34 Can We Upload the Human Mind? 8:59 The Philosophy Behind Mind Uploading 10:30 What Is Human Identity? 12:40 Why AI Ethics Matters 15:38 The Rise of Autonomous AI Agents 17:41 Preventing an AI Arms Race 20:30 Susan Schneider's AI Predictions *Susan Schneider* is an American philosopher and artificial intelligence expert. She is the founding director of the Center for the Future of AI, Mind, & Society at Florida Atlantic University where she also holds the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professorship. She is also Co-Principal Investigator at the Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory (MPCR Lab) in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. Schneider has also held the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation at NASA and the Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. *More from Susan Schneider on Closer To Truth:* * Closer To Truth: The Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_ * CTT x MindFest 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pI-usOrbim0W1cyUA7aK2TU * AI & Transhumanism: Consciousness & Virtual Immortality: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLBykRIT50N-7muyq8MCPgP * Schneider and Bailey’s Entangled Superpsychism: https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/schneider-and-bailey-s-entangled-superpsychism * Virtual Immortality: https://loc.closertotruth.com/implications/virtual-immortality * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/susan-schneider/ *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *