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  • Is Artificial Intelligence Worse Than Nukes? Maybe – but it May Be Better, Too
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    Is Artificial Intelligence Worse Than Nukes? Maybe – but it May Be Better, Too

    Both artificial intelligence and nuclear warheads could both wipe out human life, though it might be possible for superintelligent AI to be even more destructive. That being said, AI is…

  • Lotus Eaters vs World Eaters – A Fork in the Road in the Transhuman Transition
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    Lotus Eaters vs World Eaters – A Fork in the Road in the Transhuman Transition

    Human nature has always been to gain control over the physical world — both in maximizing its output for our benefit (farming, mining, etc), and in lessening the risks it…

  • Artificial Intelligence Job Loss is a Comparatively Minor Concern
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    Artificial Intelligence Job Loss is a Comparatively Minor Concern

    How can you keep artificial intelligence from taking over your job? In my latest TEDx talk, I explore what I’ve learned (from hundreds of interviews) about job security in the…

  • What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong
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    What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong

    I’ve been cajoled into watching Netflix’s Black Mirror, and a friend of mine recommended watching the San Junipero episode next. As I mentioned in my last Black Morror reflection, and I…

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    With VR and Neurotech, the Future of Sex May Be Just as Disturbing as the Present

    I don’t watch fiction, and I don’t read fiction, almost as a rule. While I respect it as a medium, and consider it valuable in fleshing out future scenarios that…

  • If Positive Psychology Aims for 51% of the Human Population to Flourish, We’ll Need to Take Technology Seriously
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    If Positive Psychology Aims for 51% of the Human Population to Flourish, We’ll Need to Take Technology Seriously

    The Aim of Positive Psychology Positive Psychology’s founder Dr. Martin Seligman has undertaken the “moon-shot” endeavor to have 51% of the human population psychologically flourishing by 2051. It’s an audacious goal intended…

  • Tinkering with Consciousness – The Great Ethical Precipice We Face
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    Tinkering with Consciousness – The Great Ethical Precipice We Face

    In the coming decades ahead, we’ll likely augment our minds and explore not only a different kind of “human experience”, we’ll likely explore the further reaches of sentience and intelligence…

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    David Pearce Interview – On the Higher Hedonic Future

    David Pearce is an Oxford philosopher and one of the world’s most prominent proponents of utilitarianism. His work and writing on transhumanism (and involvement with organizations like the IEET) has…

  • On Morality in a Posthuman Future, and its Repercussions for Humanity
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    On Morality in a Posthuman Future, and its Repercussions for Humanity

    Will intelligent machines have morals? Will the world and it’s sentient technologies agree on any kind of ethical “code?” Will democracy still reign when intelligent technologies run essentially all aspects…