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The transition from biological to non-biological will come in phases, and it will be driven by our own human drives. I’ve written about this at length back in 2014 in…
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I believe that it’s important to question the human-centric view of the future. In many parts of the world, humans are increasingly aware of their impact on future generations, on…
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In history, we are reminded that all is in flux. America is likened to Rome. China today is likened to the Tang Dynasty many centuries ago. Europe was pure barbarity,…
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During the Second Opium War, in 1860, a combined force of French and British troops trampled Old Summer Palace (known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan 圆明园; 圓明園) on their way…
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Many renown technology pundits, entrepreneurs, and inventors have posited a similar vision of an artificial intelligence-enabled future: Artificial intelligence and other future technologies will amass tremendous wealth in the hands of a few…
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Nick Bostrom’s 2007 TED presentation (titled: Humanity’s biggest problems aren’t what you think they are) involved an illustration that I liked so much that I modeled it – and credited Bostrom…
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The “Grand Trajectory” refers to the direction of the development of intelligence and sentience itself. If the following two hypotheses are true: The moral worth of an entity can be…
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The Political Singularity hypothesis: At some point in the 21st century, global and national politics will center entirely around the questions related to the (a) creation and (b) control of…
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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…