{"id":8452,"date":"2013-06-12T12:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T19:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:29:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:29:53","slug":"transhumanism-eugenics-and-the-dirrogate-immigration-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/transhumanism-eugenics-and-the-dirrogate-immigration-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Transhumanism, Eugenics and the Dirrogate Immigration Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transhumanism, Eugenics and IQ:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The aim of this short essay is not to delve into philosophy, yet on some level it is un-avoidable when talking about Transhumanism. An important goal of this movement is the use of technology for the enhancement, uplifting and perhaps\u2026the transcendence of the shortcomings of the human condition. Technology in general seems to be keeping pace and is in sync with both Moore\u2019s law and Kurzweil\u2019s law and his predictions.<\/p>\n

Yet, there is an emerging strain of Transhumanists \u2014 propelled by radical ideology, and if left un-questioned might raise the specter of Eugenics, wreaking havoc and potentially inviting retaliation from the masses. The outcome being, the stymieing human transcendence. One can only hope that along with physical augmentation technology and advances in bio-tech, Eugenics will be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

Soon enough, at least IQ Augmentation technology will be within reach (cost-wise) of the common man \u2014 in the form of an on-demand, non-invasive, memory and intelligence augmentation device. So\u2026 will Google Glass or similar Intelligence Augmentation device, forever banish the argument for \u201cintellectual\u201d Eugenics? Read an article on 4 ways that Google glass makes us Transhuman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Technology without borders:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an essay on IEET titled: The Specter of Eugenics: IQ, White Supremacy, and Human Enhancement<\/a>. It makes for interesting reading, including, the comments that follow it.<\/p>\n

The following passage from the novel \u201cMemories with Maya\u201d is relevant to that essay.<\/p>\n

He took a file out and opened it in front of us. Each paper was watermarked \u2018Classified\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a proposal to regulate and govern the ownership of Dirrogates,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Krish and I looked at each other, and then we were listening.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI see it, and I\u2019m sure you both do as well, the immense opportunity there is in licensing Dirrogates to work overseas right at clients\u2019 premises. BPO two point zero like you\u2019ve never seen,\u201d he said. \u201cOur country is a huge business outsourcing destination. Why not have actual Dirrogates working at the client\u2019s facility where they can communicate with other human staff. \u2014 Memories with Maya<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A little explanation: Dirrogates are Digital Surrogates in the novel. An avatar of a real person, driven by markerless performance capture hardware such as a Kinect-like depth camera. Full skeletal and facial tracking animates a person\u2019s Digital Surrogate and the Dirrogate can be seen by a human wearing Augmented Reality visors. Thus a human (the Dirrogate operator) is able to \u201ctele-travel\u201d to any location on Earth, given its exact geo-coordinates.<\/p>\n

At the chosen destination, another depth cam streams a live, real-time 3D model of the room\/location so the Dirrogate (operator) can \u201csee\u201d live humans overlaid with a 3D mesh of themselves and a fitted video draped texture map. In essence \u2014 a live person cloaked in a Computer generated mesh created in real-time by the depth camera\u2026 idea-seeding for Kinect 2 hackers.<\/p>\n

What would a Dirrogate look like in the real-world? The video below, is a crude (non photo-realistic) Dirrogate entering the real world.<\/p>\n