Essays
Green Eggs and Ham – Facing Future Technology and AI Like an Adult
If you were a child at any point in the last 50 years, you’re probably familiar with the story. Sam I Am tries to get a protagonist (let’s call him…
A Worthy Successor – The Purpose of AGI
Assuming AGI is achievable (and many, many of its former detractors believe it is) – what should be its purpose? A tool for humans to achieve their goals (curing cancer,…
The AGI Mandate of Heaven [AGIMoH] – Mapping the Winners of the Race to Build God
The ancient and imperial China, rulers were legitimized by an ideology of the Mandate of Heaven – the idea that heaven selects a rightful virtuous ruler. Capable and benevolent rulers…
Potentia – The Highest Moral Goal for Humanity
Discussions around AGI and technological progress often hinge upon near-term policy decisions. Okay, so we want this or that near-term decision on governance. More privacy. Less regulation. Whatever. But all…
The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix
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…
Piping Plovers
A Piping Plover can be defined as: Any human being who (a) overtly refuses any kind of brain augmentation or cognitive enhancement, and (b) believes that brain-augmented transhumans or AGIs…