Lifeboat News #280

• The Singularity Has Begun
• End of the Year Fundraiser
• Lifeboat Store
• Books
• Updated Website
• Visions of the Future
• Nobel Prize
• Free Lifeboat Foundation Board Advice
• Longevity Summit 2025 Update
• Papers
• More Papers
• Reports
• Free Books
• More Books
• Plays
• Substack
• Blog
• Growing Membership

The Singularity Has Begun

A lot of people are talking about an AI bubble since it is normal for tech to explode in growth for a while, then collapse a bit, and then eventually move forward again.
 
We are not in an AI bubble. The Singularity has begun.
 
There will not be a year between now and the upcoming AI takeover where AI data center spending will decline worldwide.
 
Discuss this at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/ai-bubble

End of the Year Fundraiser

Participate in our End of the Year Fundraiser at https://lifeboat.com/ex/end.of.the.year.fundraiser and learn what we accomplished this year!

Lifeboat Store

Check out our upgraded Lifeboat Store at https://lifeboat.com/store
 
While upgrading tons of items in our store, we even decided to update our banner that is in the upper left of every lifeboat.com page and we now have a modern font for “Safeguarding Humanity”!

Books

Learn about 577 interesting books authored by our board members by checking our book carousel at the top of https://lifeboat.com/ex/reports and also see the full list at https://lifeboat.com/ex/board.books
 
This list will be updated over time. (Our board members have authored over 10,000 books so this is just some of the more interesting ones.)

Updated Website

Our site has been considerably upgraded. Check it out at https://lifeboat.com
 
Our site now includes hundreds of AI videos and images to improve the look of our site. Even more upgrades are coming soon!

Visions of the Future

We are finishing up our third edition of “Visions of the Future” and will release it before year’s end.
 
“In Visions of the Future, you’ll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence, androids, faster-than-light travel, and the extension of human life. You’ll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just a reprisal of the classical elements of science fiction and futurism. At their core, each of these pieces has one consistent, repeated theme: us.”
 
We have also begun work on a part II for this book since we have run out of space. (Our last edition was 730 pages!) This book is a mixture of science fiction stories and nonfiction articles about the future. If you have an article or story that you would like included, email [email protected] with the subject “Lifeboat Foundation Book”.
 
Check out the second edition at https://amzn.to/2NHb8A0

Nobel Prize

We congratulate Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award Winner Geoffrey Hinton for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics just one year after winning our award. We applaud the Nobel Committee’s good judgement!
 
Learn about his award at https://lifeboat.com/ex/guardian2023

Free Lifeboat Foundation Board Advice

Do you have a project that would benefit from the advice and input of our advisory board members? If so, send an email with the subject “Lifeboat Foundation Projects” to [email protected]

Longevity Summit 2025 Update

The Longevity Summit 2025 will be held December 9–10 at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California.
 
Our David Barzilai, Gil Blander, Anastasiya K. Giarletta, Christin Glorioso, Joshua Helman, Dylan V. Livingston, Salah Mahmoudi, and Robin Mansukhani will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://longevitygl.org/longevity-summit

Papers

Read “The Cake and The Table: Systems Thinking for the 21st Century” by our Frank D. Smith at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/the.cake.and....able.pdf
 
Read “The Great Convergence” by our Ahmed Bouzid at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/the.great.con...ence.pdf
 
Read “Out of the Past: A new species of Tantilla of the calamarina group (Squamata: Colubridae) from southeastern coastal Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on relationships among members of the group”, coauthored by our Lydia Allison Fucsko at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/out.of.the.pa...illa.pdf
 
We also now have a papers section at https://lifeboat.com/ex/papers

More Papers

Read “Assessment of U.S. Sustainable Energy Needs and Transition Options” by our Mike Snead at https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio..._Options
 
Read “Comprehending Connectivity between Logic, Emotion, Intuition and Practice: Strategic implications of the relationship between incommensurable cognitive modalities” by our Anthony Judge at https://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs20...swas.php
 
Read “The Manipulation Problem: Conversational AI as a Threat to Epistemic Agency” by our Louis Rosenberg at https://github.com/GenerativeAIandHCI/G...3%20.pdf
 
Read “Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Older Adults and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, coauthored by our Domenico Praticó at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.323...R-240057

Reports

Read “Outer Space Cyberattacks: Generating Novel Scenarios to Avoid Surprise”, coauthored by our Keith Abney at https://ethics.calpoly.edu/spacecyberattacks.pdf
 
Our Jason Batt and Jaym Gates served as the facilitators for the initial gathering and then as creative writers for the scenarios in the final report.

Free Books

Read the “Cryonics Guidebook: A Resource for Social Workers, Doulas, Caregivers, and Caring Others, coauthored” by our Charles Tandy at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/cryonics.guidebook.pdf
 
This free guidebook is now part of our reports section at https://lifeboat.com/ex/reports
 
Just this year, our reports section has expanded from one free book to three free books! (Plus tons of free reports!)

More Books

Read “Advances in 3D Bioprinting”, edited by our Roger Narayan at https://amzn.to/3Lk4fac
 
Read “Centerbook: The Center for Advanced Visual Studies and the Evolution of Art-Science-Technology at MIT”, coauthored by our Elizabeth Goldring at https://amzn.to/4qwdeoC
 
Read “Death And Anti-Death, Volume 22: In Honor Of Saul Kent (First Life Cycle 1939–2023)”, edited by our Charles Tandy with chapters by our David Barzilai, Ben Best, R. Michael Perry, and Charles Tandy at https://amzn.to/4qGiR3K
 
Read “Discovering the Nature of Longevity: Restoring the heart and body by targeting hidden stress” by our Douglas Mulhall at https://amzn.to/490RE5y
 
Read “Visions of Tomorrow: Exploring Classic Sci-Fi Stories Through the Lens of Modern Science” by our Stephen Webb at https://amzn.to/4ownbAU

Plays

Read the play “Coffeehouse Magik” by our Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger at https://www.nextstagepress.com/coffeehouse-magik/
 
Meet Howard Suffect, he’s a brilliant physicist with wisdom that could change the way the world sees itself. Yet there’s one problem — his life is a train wreck — about to make a fatal crash. Enter Derrick Wyman. Wyman claims to be Howie’s actual “dreamweaver”.
 
A metaphysical, quantum odyssey, Coffeehouse Magik gently probes the integration of life’s dimensions by weaving together dreams and waking reality into one seamless garment. As lonely, forlorn Howie meets his Destiny, he realizes the power to change misery to joy is found in every human heart — simply put, it is the will to love.

Substack

Read the Substack “Spatial & Immersive Design – practical overview of doing XR and Spatial Computing design” by our John Hanacek at https://spatialandimmersivedesign.substack.com/

Blog

Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
“A Dental Gel That Regenerates Your Enamel and Removes Cavities? What to Know” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/a-den...-to-know
 
“‘A Google for DNA’: Scientists Launch Groundbreaking Search Engine for Genetic Code” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/a-goo...tic-code
 
“Brain probe powerfully records neural circuits during behavior” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/brain...behavior
 
“Daniel Yon Explains Why Your Brain Is a Brilliant Illusionist” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/danie...usionist
 
“The Dark Side of AI Hacking — Could Online Images Hijack Your Computer?” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/the-d...computer
 
“DeepMind’s robotic ballet: An AI for coordinating manufacturing robots” by Michael LaTorra at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/deepm...g-robots
 
“DOLPHIN AI uncovers hundreds of invisible cancer markers” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/dolph...-markers
 
“Dr. Fred Grossman — Coya Therapeutics — Multi-Modality Treg Therapies For Neurodegenerative Diseases” by Ira S. Pastor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/dr-fr...diseases
 
“Dr. Roman Yampolskiy: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain In 2030!” by Chris Smedley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/dr-ro...-in-2030
 
“The Dyson Sphere Economy — Mega Structures, Mega Markets, and Mega-Wealth” by Chris Smedley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/the-d...a-wealth
 
“Fabrication technique opens door to new materials for quantum hardware” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/fabri...hardware
 
“First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/first...n-action
 
“From carbon particles to diamonds: a Japanese innovation breaks the rules” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/from-...he-rules
 
“Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/goodb...h-enamel
 
“Harvard scientists pinpoint how sleep stabilizes memory in fascinating neuroscience breakthrough” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/harva...kthrough
 
“How a scientific mistake from the 1970s derailed Mars exploration” by Dirk Schulze-Makuch at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/how-a...loration
 
“How Psychedelics Affect the Brain: What We Know, and What We Think We Know” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/how-p...-we-know
 
“How the Brain Moves From Waking Life to Sleep (and Back Again)” by Michael LaTorra at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/how-t...ck-again
 
“How to make metals from Martian dirt” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/how-t...ian-dirt
 
“Human Stem Cell Transplants Boost Vision in Advanced Dry AMD” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/human...-dry-amd
 
“Huntington’s progression slowed by experimental gene therapy” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/hunti...-therapy
 
“Impact of sleep duration on executive function and brain structure” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/impac...tructure
 
“The Impact Of Tech On Geopolitics: Why Business Needs To Rethink Risk” by Chuck Brooks at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/the-i...ink-risk
 
“Inductive charging for a convenient energy supply” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/induc...y-supply
 
“Israel Pumps Desalinated Water Into Depleted Sea of Galilee” by Brent Ellman at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/israe...-galilee
 
“Jeremy Barton | A Path to Atomically Precise Manufacturing @ Paths to Progress” by Karina Lunai at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/jerem...progress
 
“Multilingualism and Aging: New Study Shows Slower Aging” by Better Than Yesterday: Biohacking & Healthy Aging at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/multi...er-aging
 
“Nanoparticle Treatment Reverses Alzheimer’s in Mice” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/nanop...-in-mice
 
“Neuroscientists show for first time that precise timing of nerve signals determines how brain processes information” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/neuro...ormation
 
“New quantum breakthrough could transform teleportation and computing” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/new-q...omputing
 
“Nike says its first ‘powered footwear’ is like an e-bike for your feet” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/nike-...our-feet
 
“Optimizing Vitamin D, NAD, Homocysteine (Test #6 In 2025 Analysis)” by Mike Lustgarten at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/optim...analysis
 
“Psilocybin delays aging, extends lifespan, new Emory study suggests” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/psilo...suggests
 
“Researchers pioneer optical generative models, ushering in a new era of sustainable generative AI” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/resea...ative-ai
 
“Revolutionary Quantum Computing Meets Drug Discovery: SciSparc’s New AI Platform Targets Protein Modeling” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/revol...modeling
 
“Scientist Connected Light And Matter Century Before Quantum Physics” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/scien...-physics
 
“Scientists fix genetic defect in mice tied to brain disorders that include autism and epilepsy” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/scien...epilepsy
 
“Scientists Map the Brain’s Construction From Stem Cells to Early Adolescence” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/scien...lescence
 
“Scientists Think the Human Brain Can Stretch Time Beyond Reality” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/scien...-reality
 
“Scientists Tricked Bacteria Into Making the Octopus’s Secret Camouflage Pigment” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/11/scien...-pigment
 
“Squishy ‘smart cartilage’ could target arthritis pain as soon as flareups begin” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/09/squis...ps-begin
 
“The Surprising Medicine Hidden in Honeybee Pollen” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/10/the-s...e-pollen