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...
by Dan | Sep 18, 2021 | Analysis of Film and Media, Managing the Transhuman Transition
Total Recall is a 1990 Schwarzenegger blockbuster that, until yesterday, I had never seen. The movie centers around the story of a construction worker who is treated by a company that claims to be able to “implant memories” of exciting or fulfilling...
by Dan | Dec 12, 2020 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
Can we do better than the state of nature? Or, rather, can we do better than nature herself? When it comes to the trajectory of intelligence itself, some humans seem to think that we can. From Goertzel’s ideas about decentralized artificial general intelligence...
by Dan | Aug 30, 2020 | Managing the Transhuman Transition
In the coming 20-30 years, I suspect we’ll enter a phase of the posthuman transition (what I refer to as “Phase 4”) where brain-machine interface technology (possibly in combination with VR, pharmacology, and nanotech) will facilitate better...
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 | 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...
