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Here the notorious but eloquent transhumanism critic Wesley J. Smith takes a swipe at the quickly growing movement to overcome death with science. New story in Merion West!
“Utopians often produce evil because their movement’s aspirations become paramount —that is, more important than avoiding acts ‘traditionally perceived as immoral.’ If enough people follow Istvan on the transhuman roller coaster, people could eventually get hurt.”
“I’m not afraid of dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen.
In 2016, transhumanism proselytizer Zoltan Istvan ran for president promising to defeat death while touring the country in a bus redesigned to look like a coffin. It was a great gimmick that made him, perhaps, the most famous transhumanist in the world.
What does the future hold? What will become of this planet and its inhabitants in the centuries to come?
We are living in a historical period that sometimes feels like the prelude to something truly remarkable or terribly dire about to unfold.
This captivating video seeks to decipher the signs and attempt to construct plausible scenarios from the nearly nothing we hold in our hands today.
As always, it will be scientific discoveries leading the dance of change, while philosophers, writers, politicians, and all the others will have the seemingly trivial task of containing, describing, and guiding.
Before embarking on our journey through time, let me state the obvious: No one knows the future!
Numerous micro and macro factors could alter this trajectory—world wars, pandemics, unimaginable social shifts, or climate disasters.
Nevertheless, we’re setting off. And we’re doing so by discussing the remaining decades of the century we’re experiencing right now.
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00:00 Intro.
01:20 Artificial Intelligence.
02:40 2030 The ELT telescope.
03:20 2031 The International Space Station is deorbited.
04:05 2035 The cons.
04:45 2036 Humans landed on mars.
05:05 2037. The global population reaches 9 billion.
05:57 2038 2038. Airplane accident casualties = 0
06:20 Fusion power is nearing commercial availability.
07:01 2042 Supercomputers.
07:30 2045 turning point for human-artificial intelligence interactions.
08:58 2051 Establishment of the first permanent lunar base.
09:25 2067 The first generation of antimatter-powered spacecraft emerging.
10:07 2080 Autonomous vehicles dominate the streets.
10:35 2090 Religion is fading from European culture.
10:55 2099 Consideration of Mars terraforming.
11:28 22nd century Moon and Mars Settlements.
12:10 2,130 transhumanism.
12:41 2,132 world records are shattered.
12:57 2,137 a space elevator.
14:32 2,170 By this year, there are dozens of human settlements on the Moon.
15:18 2180
16:18 23rd century Immortality.
16:49 2,230 Hi-Tech and Automated Cities.
17:23 2,310 23rd Century: Virtual Reality and Immortality.
18:01 2,320 antimatter-powered propulsion.
18:40 2,500 Terraforming Mars Abandoned.
19:05 2,600 Plastic Cleanup.
19:25 2,800 Silent Probes.
19:37 3,100 Humanity as a Type 2 Civilization.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to upload your mind to a computer? To have a digital copy of your personality, memories, and skills that could live on after your biological death? This is the idea behind whole brain emulation, a hypothetical process of scanning a brain and creating a software version of it that can run on any compatible hardware. In this video, we will explore the science and challenges of whole brain emulation, the ethical and social implications of creating digital minds, and the potential benefits and risks of this technology for humanity. Join us as we dive into the fascinating world of whole-brain emulation!
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One of the most distinctive features of the Transhumanist project is its unflagging confidence that the advances of science and technology will usher humanity into a marvellous post-human future.
No one has expressed this more sharply than Ray Kurzweil, the futurist and engineering director at Google. In his book, The Singularity is Near (2005), Kurzweil famously writes:
… A future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed. Although neither utopian or dystopian, this epoch will transform the concepts that we rely on to give meaning to our lives, from our business models to the cycle of human life, including death itself.
M any prominent people in the tech industry have talked about the increasing convergence between humans and machines in coming decades. For example, Elon Musk has reportedly said he wants humans to merge with AI “to achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence”
His company Neuralink aims to facilitate this convergence so that humans won’t be “left behind” as technology advances in the future. While people with disabilities would be near-term recipients of these innovations, some believe technologies like this could be used to enhance abilities in everyone.
These aims are inspired by an idea called transhumanism, the belief that we should use science and technology to radically enhance human capabilities and seek to direct our own evolutionary path. Disease, aging and death are all realities transhumanists wish to end, alongside dramatically increasing our cognitive, emotional and physical capacities.
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Personal identity seems so strong. We have the same sense of ourselves throughout our lives, even though everything about our physical bodies and brains is changing constantly. What then causes the continuity of personal identity? Where does transhumanism fit in? Some say personal identity is an illusion, but that seems like cheating. Others credit a nonphysical soul. That seems as though it’s cheating too.
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Natasha Vita-More is a faculty member in design, media arts, and theory at the University of Advancing Technology. She is a strategic designer in the area of human enhancement and life extension. Her interests are located within the ethical uses of science and technology and socio-political implications of revolutionary advances impacting humanity’s future.
Engineers have tried for decades to develop bionic eyes to reverse blindness. But the brain is far more complex than a computer.
In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI), few voices resonate as profoundly as Dr Ben Goertzel’s. With a background in mathematics and decades of experience as an AI researcher, Ben’s insights into the future of AI and its convergence with human intelligence offer a compelling narrative.
This article goes into his perspectives as shared in the session IA générale: vers la singularité — avec Dr Ben Goertzel, exploring the technological singularity, the mainstreaming of transhumanist ideas, and the profound societal and philosophical implications of these advancements.
Ben Goertzel’s journey into AI began in the 1970s, when the concept of machines matching human intelligence was confined to science fiction. Today, however, we are on the brink of achieving this milestone. He expresses his excitement and trepidation about this development, highlighting the double-edged nature of such a revolutionary transformation.
Meet LincGPT
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A Mormon Transhumanist has trained a chatbot that was trained on his entire collection of writings, internet social media posts, and presentations.
I’ve merged with artificial intelligence. Well, I’m working on it. And I’m excited to share the results with you.
! Trained on everything that I’ve written publicly since 2000, he might be better at Mormon Transhumanism than I am.
Friends, I’m excited to introduce you to LincGPT! This artificial intelligence, built on the OpenAI platform, is designed to engage with you on topics related to technological evolution, postsecular religion, and Mormon Transhumanism. I’ve trained LincGPT on all of my public writings since the year 2000. That includes the following: