by Dan | May 4, 2020 | Amoral Solipsism, Exploring the End Game
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 build artificial general intelligences vastly beyond our own. Exactly how that transition...
by Dan | Mar 14, 2020 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
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 traffic, to feel better after a good night’s sleep. In the context of our lifetime, we hope to finish our book,...
by Dan | Feb 23, 2020 | AI Policy and Governance, Global Intelligent Tech Governance
Once the grand vision of artificial general intelligence (or the general importance of AI Power in the years ahead) is seen or, there are only two main responses from extremely ambitious persons: . Response 1: Build Power Quietly “I will pursue technological...
by Dan | Jan 31, 2020 | Exploring the End Game, Managing the Transhuman Transition
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 intelligence will almost certainly imply to end of humanity as we...
by Dan | Jan 25, 2020 | Exploring the End Game, The Good Must Be Explored
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. Maybe they mean an end to hunger, or better education for all, or more religious freedom (or...
by Dan | Jan 20, 2020 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
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 where “love” as we know it is hardly pursued at all. Dating (more...
by Dan | Nov 3, 2019 | Discerning the Good Itself, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Reflecting on What I've Read
If mind uploading becomes possible, how can we prevent uploaded minds from suffering? While uploaded minds might be able to experience a hyper-intense range of super-bliss, it is obviously possible that the opposite could also happen under the wrong conditions (or...
by Dan | Oct 12, 2019 | Managing the Transhuman Transition, The Good Must Be Explored
[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 was recently reading an article by Nayef Al-Rodhan called The Sustainable...
by Dan | Sep 8, 2019 | Improving Sentient Experience
The environment matters only insomuch as it is required to support sentient life. Granite, molten lava, clouds, and puddles all seem unlikely to be aware of themselves. If a granite planet the size of a billion earths was destroyed tomorrow in some far away and...
by Dan | Sep 2, 2019 | Managing the Transhuman Transition, Transhuman Transition
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 an essay called “Human Ideals Will Tear Us From Humanity”, but that essay only fleshed out the...
