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  • Cognitively Enhanced Humans Will be More Valuable Than Unenhanced Humans – and We Need to Talk About it
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    Cognitively Enhanced Humans Will be More Valuable Than Unenhanced Humans – and We Need to Talk About it

    [If that title comes across as shocking or offensive, bear with me. Before you make assumptions about my opinions on post-human morality and moral stratification, please read the article.] I…

  • AI, Neurotech, and Human Irrelevance – A Three-Part Thought Experiment
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    AI, Neurotech, and Human Irrelevance – A Three-Part Thought Experiment

    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…

  • Yuanming Yuan – China, Artificial Intelligence, and the Present Weakness of America
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    Yuanming Yuan – China, Artificial Intelligence, and the Present Weakness of America

    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…

  • Universal Basic Happiness (Not Income) – The Result of AI and Abundance
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    Universal Basic Happiness (Not Income) – The Result of AI and Abundance

    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…

  • Exploration Post-Human Consciousness States – The Value of Psychedelics
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    Exploration Post-Human Consciousness States – The Value of Psychedelics

    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…