by Dan | Oct 21, 2018 | Creating or Enhancing Consciousness, Exploring the End Game, Glossary, Managing the Transhuman Transition
The “Grand Trajectory” refers to the direction of development of intelligence and sentience. If the following two hypotheses are true: The moral worth of an entity can be measured – as best we can – by the richness of its intelligence and...
by Dan | Aug 27, 2018 | Glossary, Managing the Transhuman Transition
The “Monkey Suit” is a term used in jest (and absurdism) to refer to the human form. As all humans are thrown into existence (Heidegger’s idea of Geworfenheit) without a say about their conditions, genetics, and surroundings, our existence is...
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 | Jul 26, 2018 | Creating or Enhancing Consciousness, Reflecting on What I've Read, The Good Must Be Explored
Many months ago, Peter Voss came through San Francisco and we sat down for a coffee at my favorite place in Hayes Valley, Arlequin. We chatted a bit of business first. Peter runs Aigo.ai, and his work on natural language is a lot of fun to discuss. Similarly, we...
by Dan | May 28, 2018 | Controlling Intelligent Substrate, Creating or Enhancing Consciousness, Digitized and Digested, Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Managing the Transhuman Transition, 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 poses to human life and wellbeing (medicine, construction, etc). This same drive for control...
by Dan | May 1, 2018 | Consciousness is What Counts, Discerning the Good Itself, Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, The Good Must Be Explored, Transhuman Transition
How can you keep artificial intelligence from taking over your job? In my latest TEDx talk, I explore what I’ve learned (from hundreds of interviews) about job security in the era of AI – but I also lay out why I think that “job loss” is a somewhat trivial...
