by Dan | Aug 22, 2023 | AI Policy and Governance
In my discussions around posthumanism and AGI, I’ve noticed something curious: Almost all discussions in the intergovernmental world, tech media, and social media center around specific policy decisions – not on the end-goal of the speakers or writers....
by Dan | Mar 25, 2023 | AI Policy and Governance, Amoral Solipsism
In 1985, Microsoft was an underdog “good guy” – standing against big evil corps like IBM. In 2003, Google was an underdog “good guy” in a world of big evil corps like Microsoft. In 2016, OpenAI was an underdog “good guy” in a...
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 | Apr 21, 2019 | AI Policy and Governance, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Managing the Transhuman Transition
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, then Europe was the leader of technology and economic development. Empires and kingdoms rise –...
by Dan | Aug 25, 2018 | AI Policy and Governance, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Managing the Transhuman Transition
“Political singularity” is a hypothetical event where global and national politics centers almost exclusively on issues related to post-human intelligence and power. Most of the attention will likely center around a single set of related questions: Will we...
by Dan | Aug 21, 2018 | AI Policy and Governance, Improving Sentient Experience
The Shamefully Poor State of Human Wellbeing “For when he saw that almost all things necessarily required for subsistence, and which may render life comfortable, are already prepared to their hand, that men may abundantly attain wealth, honour, praise, may rejoice in...