Where Should Humanity Steer Sentience? Examining 8 Potential Directions
Ask a politician, businessperson, or friendly neighbor what their hopes are for the future and the odds are, they’ll tell you they hope that the world is a better place….
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Ask a politician, businessperson, or friendly neighbor what their hopes are for the future and the odds are, they’ll tell you they hope that the world is a better place….
In this short thought experiment, I’ll aim to explore the place of “intention” and “motivation” in a transhuman future, and discuss some of the pros and cons seriously. Speculations around…
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…
I am still of the belief that two of the most important conversations we can have with regards to the future of humanity and of sentient life in general are…
(NOTE: This article was first drafted in 2012, and is among my oldest. While I still agree with some of the ideas mentioned here are still interesting to me, my…
In the very first part of this 2007 article, Nick Bostram of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford writes: Traditionally, the future of humanity has been a topic for…