Frank Tipler's summary of his recent talk at the Terasem Colloquium

Frank Tipler gave a kickass talk at the Terasem Colloquium on July 20, 2025, via Zoom. He elaborated in space expansion, artificial intelligence (AI), the physics of ultimate space propulsion systems, and the far future of the universe.

The Colloquium explored diverse points of view on the topic of space expansion in the age of AI. In particular, it explored answers to the question: Should we still want to send human astronauts to colonize space? Or should we want to leave space expansion to AI?

Also listen to my conversation with Frank a few months ago (different topics, same intellectual high).

I talked to Frank two days before the Colloquium to make sure that Zoom worked OK for him. I insisted on having a backup solution to use just in case Zoom didn’t work for him at the Colloquium. Here’s what Frank said:

Frank Tipler and Giulio Prisco, July 18, 2025.

This is only a short summary of Frank’s talk at the Terasem Colloquium, so please watch his full talk.