Unbox Your World

Maria Selting

Challenging our beliefs for a brighter future. Dare to rethink how we live and think in today's society? Together with brilliant minds across the world, we are connecting the dots between philosophy, technology, society, science and progressive thought. Hosted by Tech Philosopher Maria Selting, who truly believes that all progress in society starts with asking the question “why?”. She is on a mission to challenge the way we think and live in today's society, to co-create a brighter future. Ready to get unboxed? Tune in! Book Maria for a talk: https://www.phuturist.se/talks

  1. Aug 20

    Can AI be conscious?

    Can AI and machines be conscious?  Mike Johnson, a philosopher and neuroscientist studying the structure of experience, emotion, and cognition, believes machines can be conscious. But not in the same way as humans. In this episode, we dive into the science of consciousness and frameworks for approaching the question of whether or not AI and machines can be conscious.  We also discuss what it means if an AI can become conscious – is it a good or a bad thing?  You’ll learn: • How you can approach AI consciousness through a scientific lens  • Why Mike Johnson believes machines can be conscious, according to his theories • Potential implications of machine consciousness – do we need to stop the AI advancement or can a conscious AI help humanity? • Implications for tech executives and why they should care about AI consciousness Tune in to listen to the interview!

    Can AI be conscious?

  2. 12/16/2025

    Future of Design: Life-Centered Design

    What happens if we don't just put humans, but all life on Earth, at the centre when we design businesses, products and services?For the past decades, we've designed our societies and products putting humans at the centre – so-called human-centered design. At what cost? Our planet, fuelled by the consumption of oil. The good news is that the tools to design businesses, services and products in symbiosis with the planet already exist. It is called life-centered design. In this episode, I've interviewed the Swedish design ecologist and systems innovation strategist Anna Gyllenklev, about life-centered design and how this can benefit businesses.You'll learn:1. What is life-centered design and why businesses should care2. The basic principles of life-centered design3. Real-life examples of how products or services could be designed according to life-centered design 4. What would be the business reasons or benefits of caring about these design principles5. What would be a simple way to get started

    Future of Design: Life-Centered Design

  3. 05/15/2025

    Should you let AI tell you who you are and what you should do?

    In today’s episode, we’re interviewing Muriel Leuenberger who is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich. She works on ethics of technology with a focus on generative AI and neuroethics. In those fields, she analyses the impact of different technologies on identity, authenticity and meaning in life. We dive into her latest research paper ‘Should you let AI tell you who you are and what you should do?”. We discuss to what extent AI actually can impact who you are and your process of self-creation.  Some questions we address:  How do humans form their identify? How could lack of randomness, and bad choices, prevent you from finding out who you are? What could be the implications if we let AI provide recommendations in most aspects of our lives? Where do we draw the line between harmless suggestions and deeper influence over our identity or life choices? What does a future where we get AI right look like?  Tune in to listen to the interview!

    Should you let AI tell you who you are and what you should do?

  4. 10/10/2024

    RCO: The business form that works like an organism

    What if questions could replace our KPIs and companies could legally work like an organism? Companies are one of the most powerful technologies humans have ever invented. But they can no longer maximise profit at the cost of the planet, we need a new approach. This is why Amit Paul, previous member of A-teens and co-founder of Innrwrks, has invented a new legal business form that is inspired to function like nature. By hacking the current system, Amit and his co-founder Nils von Heijne, has found a way to legally register a company new form, called a Regenerative Community Organism, that: ​Is legally bound towards optimising the best solution towards a certain purpose or question - not shareholder profit ​Has the autonomy like a business, but the responsibility of a non-profit organisation ​Just like nature, the company goes through phases of Growth, Maturation, Decay and Death What happens when we incorporated companies in a structure inspired by nature? They come alive. ______ About the guest Amit Paul has had 3 careers in his life. The first entailed selling millions of records and topping the charts starting at the age of 15 as a member of the band A-teens. The second as the CEO of a green chemistry startup aiming to eliminate persistent chemicals in plastics. Currently as a systems dancer and co-founder of a transformation lab with the ambition to transforming business into something that creates a future we want for our kids. This talk draws on his experience of creating and implementing a regenerative hybrid organisational structure - the RCO, that’s grounded in living systems principles. An exploration that led to the discovery of the enlivening power of structuring business around questions.

    RCO: The business form that works like an organism

  5. 07/30/2024

    Future of Democracy: Solving the Political Prisoner's Dilemma

    Einstein once said: "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Someone that understands this is John Bunzl, a businessman and a political activist from the UK. He’s the founder of Simpol, the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation, a new political innovation to overcome the obstacles that are today refraining governments to cooperate with each other. By applying game theory from business school, he explains the concept "The Political Prisoner's Dilemma" to visualise why governments are held back on taking true action to solve global problems. Simpol is a solution to overcome this obstacle that keeps governments from true cooperation and is designed in such an ingenious way so that all countries can keep their competitiveness and only gain benefits from supporting it. Episode learnings: - What is Simpol - Why governments refrain from cooperating - What needs to be done to overcome the obstacles that keep us from global cooperation - How you can design a system to solve global matters - How evolutionary biology has solved big problems for humanity in the past - and what we can learn from it - How the future of global votes can change democracy __________________ To support the cause, go to Simpol.org and make your global vote count. Want to learn more about the research behind it, evolutionary biology and how to design a global vote system? Listen to the ebook - it is a highly recommended read. The political initiative Simpol is today supported by over 100 Members of the Parliament in the UK, and growing internationally as well. It is supported by many eminent professionals and researchers across the globe, such as José Ramos-Horta, previous Noble Peace Prize Laureat.

    Future of Democracy: Solving the Political Prisoner's Dilemma

  6. 05/09/2024

    Four approaches to navigate ethics in AI & business

    New disruptions and technological advancements always lead to new ethical dilemmas and uncertainties. In the past year, we've seen an explosion of technological advancements, and hence, new ethical discussions have become a hot topic. Ben Wilberforce-Ritchie is an Ethics Manager and Philosopher who helps companies think better and make wiser decisions. During this episode, Ben guides us through four approaches to ethics that can help your decision-making process. There are no easy answers to ethics, but if we approach situations from different moral perspectives, we can increase the likelihood of making the right decision. In this episode, you'll learn: The basic principles of four ancient moral philosophies How businesses can use these approaches to ethics to guide their decisions How companies may think when approaching new AI tools ___Ben Wilberforce-Ritchie is a Philosopher partnering with the organisation Philosophy at Work – who deliver workshops and talks to organisations on topics such as Curiosity, Critical Thinking and Navigating Change, practicing philosophical thought techniques to help people “think better, do better”. He is also an author and his first novel Furze: Sweethearts and Swan Songs was published in Nov-21. Lastly, he is an Ethics Manager at the FTSE100 Aerospace and Defence firm BAE Systems.

    Four approaches to navigate ethics in AI & business

  7. 03/07/2024

    The plant who could rule the world

    What if we let a plant rule the world?  It is, in fact, already possible.  In this episode, we discover Herbie, a plant that has been given autonomy through the power of AI to make its own decisions based on its own health. Herbie can decide to invest in things like replanting a forest or protecting wetlands.  Mark Bünger is the co-founder and CTO of Futurity Systems, who has built Herbie as part of the 'Plantiverse' project.  In this episode, you’ll learn:  How a plant can be given autonomy to rule the world How the project could be scaled to large ecosystems, like Antarctica or rainforests How a piece of land could sue the government  What a future of 'non-humans' ruling the world could look like ____ About the the guest Mark Bünger Mark is co-founder and CTO of Futurity Systems an observatory for deeptech: science-driven technologies that will have disruptive impacts on industry, such as synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, private spaceflight, or quantum computing. His clients include venture capitalists, product developers, and R&D teams at more than 150 of the world’s largest companies.

    The plant who could rule the world

  8. 10/12/2023

    Five nature-inspired ways to navigate the AI disruption

    The word artificial in artificial intelligence, is the polar opposite of nature's natural intelligence. What if we could find some answers on how to navigate the AI disruption in nature itself? In today's solo episode, we'll dive into five ways to navigate the AI disruption, drawing inspiration from nature's intelligence itself. We'll discuss: AI from an Anti-Fragility Point of View AI from the Lens of Parenthood AI Ethics from a Biological Evolutionary Perspective AI from an Ecosystem Point of View AI from a Religious Point of View Happy to heard your thoughts and ideas for future episodes. For more content or to book a talk, go to phuturist.se. Talk to you in the next episode!

    Five nature-inspired ways to navigate the AI disruption
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Challenging our beliefs for a brighter future. Dare to rethink how we live and think in today's society? Together with brilliant minds across the world, we are connecting the dots between philosophy, technology, society, science and progressive thought. Hosted by Tech Philosopher Maria Selting, who truly believes that all progress in society starts with asking the question “why?”. She is on a mission to challenge the way we think and live in today's society, to co-create a brighter future. Ready to get unboxed? Tune in! Book Maria for a talk: https://www.phuturist.se/talks

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  • Creator
    Maria Selting
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
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    © Maria Selting
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