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Richard Dawkins’ concept of the “extended phenotype“: Genes influence not only an organism’s physical traits (the traditional phenotype) but also its environment and the behavior of other organisms, extending the…
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Today, “life” is synonymous with biology. But it may be relatively soon that cyborg entities and AGIs may be able to extend the boundaries of what “life” means. If the…
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Imagine a future where a Worthy Successor AGI exists. This is an entity that can continuously expand potentia, is presumably sentient, and is already mostly concerned with achieving goals beyond…
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There are people who imagine a future in the year 4000 which is nearly identical to 2025 but with robot butlers, travel to These people believe, understandably, that humans do…
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In 2025, it is no longer intellectually honest to completely shun the idea of artificial general intelligence (AGI) or AGI risk. Yet still, in Dec 2024 (the time of this…
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AI alignment typically implies anthropocentric goals: “Ensuring that AGI, no matter how powerful, will serve the interests and intentions of humans, remaining always under our control.” – or – “Ensuring…
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Assuming AGI is achievable (and many, many of its former detractors believe it is) – what should be its purpose? I argue that the great (and ultimately, only) moral aim…
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A Piping Plover can be defined as: Any human being who (a) overtly refuses any kind of brain augmentation or cognitive enhancement, and (b) believes that brain-augmented transhumans or AGIs…
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The hyper-customized AI-generated sexual partners are coming. It’ll start with generative pornography. First in images, then in video, then with robust AI-generated personalities that are customized to their user. The…
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This essay draws upon a longer and more business-related article on Emerj.com titled Ambitious AI, which may be of interest for readers who want to go deeper on this topic….