Total Recall – What They Got Right and Wrong About the Future
Total Recall is a 1990 Schwarzenegger blockbuster that, until yesterday, I had never seen. The movie centers around the story of a construction worker who is treated by a company…
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Total Recall is a 1990 Schwarzenegger blockbuster that, until yesterday, I had never seen. The movie centers around the story of a construction worker who is treated by a company…
Can we do better than the state of nature? Or, rather, can we do better than nature herself? When it comes to the trajectory of intelligence itself, some humans seem…
Defining the Term A utility-monster is Rober Nozak’s thought experiment about an entity who could be so happy as to outshine all possible happiness of all possible humans, and humans…
In the coming 20-30 years, I suspect we’ll enter a phase of the posthuman transition (what I refer to as “Phase 4“) where brain-machine interface technology (possibly in combination with…
The advancement of the sciences will, at some point in the decades of centuries ahead, lead humanity to a place where we can expand our cognition and sentience, and potentially…
As human beings we are propelled by our varied hopes, our lives are in many ways driven by them. On the day-to-day, we hope to make the sale, to avoid…
Superintelligence holds the promise of potentially unlocking the secrets of nature or truth, alleviating suffering on earth, or destroying us all. I have long argued that the emergence of post-human…
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….
The future of AI in dating isn’t about finding better “matches” on online apps. The impact of AI and emerging tech on dating will ultimately lead to a transhuman condition…
[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…