by Dan | Jan 14, 2018 | Analysis of Film and Media, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual
I don’t watch fiction, and I don’t read fiction, almost as a rule. While I respect it as a medium, and consider it valuable in fleshing out future scenarios that humanity should consider (which David Brin referred to as “finding quicksand” in...
by Dan | Jun 18, 2013 | Exploring the End Game, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual
In this short thought experiment, I’ll aim to explore the place of “intention” and “motivation” in a transhuman future, and discuss some of the pros and cons seriously. Speculations around the topic of intention today are mostly unknowable and potentially...
by Dan | Jun 2, 2013 | Discerning the Good Itself, Exploring the End Game, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual, The Good Must Be Explored
Will intelligent machines have morals? Will the world and it’s sentient technologies agree on any kind of ethical “code?” Will democracy still reign when intelligent technologies run essentially all aspects of life? Questions involving morality, ethics, and values in...
by Dan | May 14, 2013 | Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Improving Sentient Experience, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual, The Good Must Be Explored, Transhuman Transition
I am still of the belief that two of the most important conversations we can have with regards to the future of humanity and of sentient life in general are (a) how the transition to transhumanism could / should take place, and (b) where we would like this transition...
by Dan | May 6, 2013 | Longevity, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual
In an interview with Wired about his work building a brain at Google, Ray Kurzweil was asked about his thoughts on Steve Jobs’ notion of death as a natural part of life, and a provider of meaning and urgency (from his now-famous speech at Stanford). “…This is...
by Dan | Feb 12, 2013 | Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Interviews with Researchers, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual
Last week, I was fortunate enough to catch up with George Mason University Professor, Doctor Robin Hanson, one of the bloggers I admire most in the realm of intelligence and the future of humanity. After having Dr. Stuart Armstrong of Oxford’s Future of Humanity...
