A particularly interesting vision of some future descendant of SIRI/Watson/Google: MORPHEUS JC Denton. 23 years old. No residence. No ancestors. No employer. No – JC DENTON How do you know who I am? MORPHEUS I must greet each visitor with a complete summary of his file. I am a prototype for a much larger system. [...]
Archive for December, 2011
A Dialogue
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Non-Destructive Uploading: A Paradox
Posted in Conscious Identity, Mind Uploading on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Transhumanism may well be on the road to victory, at least judging by some indirect measures of social influence, such as the increasing number of celebrities coming out in support for cyronic preservation and future resurrection, or the prevalence of the memeset across media. If you are advancing into that age at which your annual chance [...]
Transhumanism Has Won
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
February 2010 must be the date that Transhumanism won: when the Black Eyed Peas made a Transhumanist rap video about nothing less than automating away their own jobs and a very robotic future.
Intelligence Amplification: Hype and Reality
Posted in Futurology, Mind Uploading, Technology on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The future rarely turns out quite as we expect. Pop sci futurists of a generation ago expected us to be flying to work by the dawn of the 21st century. They were almost right: both flying cars and jet packs have just recently moved into the realm of realization. But there is a huge gap [...]
