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Jul 31, 2017

Opinion: Super-intelligence and eternal life—transhumanism’s faithful follow it blindly into a future for the elite

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, genetics, life extension, nanotechnology, robotics/AI, transhumanism

The rapid development of so-called NBIC technologies – nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science – are giving rise to possibilities that have long been the domain of science fiction. Disease, ageing and even death are all human realities that these technologies seek to end.

They may enable us to enjoy greater “morphological freedom” – we could take on new forms through prosthetics or . Or advance our cognitive capacities. We could use brain-computer interfaces to link us to advanced artificial intelligence (AI).

Nanobots could roam our bloodstream to monitor our health and enhance our emotional propensities for joy, love or other emotions. Advances in one area often raise new possibilities in others, and this “convergence” may bring about radical changes to our world in the near-future.

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