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  • Monkey Suit
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    Monkey Suit

    [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The “Monkey Suit” is a term used in jest (and absurdism) to refer to the human…

  • The Political Singularity – When AGI is the Only Issue on the Table
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    The Political Singularity – When AGI is the Only Issue on the Table

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • From Man to Deity: Today’s “Augmentation” is Nothing
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    From Man to Deity: Today’s “Augmentation” is Nothing

    1) Augmentation is nothing new Until recently, “augmented reality” seemed to only have a place in video games and science fiction movies. Though at the time of this writing, “AR”…

  • 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…

  • Cognitive Enhancement Will Yield Conflict – VR or Mind Uploading a Necessary Transition
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    Cognitive Enhancement Will Yield Conflict – VR or Mind Uploading a Necessary Transition

    Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near peaked my interest when he posited his reasoning for why there is likely no intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. By a mere matter of…

  • Threshold vs. Scalar Moral Status in a Post-Human World
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    Threshold vs. Scalar Moral Status in a Post-Human World

    I’ve been diving into “Human Enhancement” (Oxford) as of late, and came across a topic that was bristling in my own mind before I saw the name of the chapter….