3 Reasons Why “Ending Suffering” Should Be the #1 Transhumanist Priority
My opinion, after ten years as a transhumanist, is this: the #1 goal of H+ should be the Abolition of Suffering.
Why synthetic biology is about much more than resurrecting woolly mammoths
Synthetic biology involves the rewriting of large segments of the genomes of organisms, resulting in what effectively are new organisms.
Our Genetically Engineered Future Is Closer Than You Think
Our best shared values can help us navigate the almost unimaginable opportunities and very real challenges that lie ahead.
AI develops human-like number sense – taking us a step closer to building machines with general intelligence
This natural emergence of high-level abstractions is one of the most exciting results of the machine learning technique called deep neural networks.
A Glorious Future
Humans are not an end, but a beginning. They need not fear imaginary gods, but need instead to create minds more powerful than the gods.
The designer baby debate could start a war
The genetics revolution that will transform our health care, and ultimately our evolutionary trajectory as a species has already begun.
Frozen in time: You can be cryogenically preserved, but will you ever be revived?
The rationale for those considering cryonics is that there's no guarantee they will ever be revived, but that it is reasonable that they might be.
This neural implant could radically improve the lives of disabled people
Doctors are preparing to test a brain-computer interface that can be implanted onto a human brain, no open surgery required.
Ten steps to prepare for an exponential future
The exponential future is coming faster than most of us appreciate or are ready for. Like it or not, we are now all futurists.
The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence
We are going to have to start thinking about how to minimize the looming A.I.-fueled gap between the haves and the have-nots.
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