by Dan | Mar 19, 2023 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
The hyper-customized AI-generated sexual partners are coming. It’ll start with generative pornography. First in images, then in video, then with robust AI-generated personalities that are customized to their user. The male sex drive is a powerful motive force. We have...
by Dan | Mar 4, 2023 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
This essay draws upon a longer and more business-related article on Emerj.com titled Ambitious AI, which may be of interest for readers who want to go deeper on this topic. Ambition has always required sacrifice. Anyone who strives to be powerful (in business,...
by Dan | Dec 18, 2022 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
Today, Fulfilling Our Reward Circuits is “Hit or Miss”: Our daily lives are an amble from one reward circuit to the next (from hunger, to boredom, etc), what we constantly desire is a change in our emotional state. Very frequently, the actions we take to...
by Dan | Dec 15, 2022 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
How should we influence the “values” or “ethics” or “morality” of a future AGI? I’m not sure this kind of direction setting is possible, and it may be entirely futile, but it’s worth thinking about. I’d argue that...
by Dan | Oct 30, 2022 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
I’m writing to you as a friend. Beliefs about the future are limiting your potential, and they’re working against your future wellbeing and power. I don’t want that for you. Follow me for a minute. Imagine traveling back in time 60 years and telling your...
by Dan | Feb 5, 2022 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
The hypothesis of the Ambition Singularity: At some point in the 21st century, over 90% of the most ambitious persons on Earth will be working directly or indirectly to either create or control AGI/post-human intelligence. (I’ve referred to this in jest as The...
