Brain-machine interfaces as a challenge to the “moment of singularity”
We cannot flee the challenge of delaying or avoiding Ray Kurzweil's prediction. We must embrace it. That is our responsibility.
Genes Will Survive Even If Most Humans Do Not
The likely destruction of huge numbers of humans and much of the precious environment in which they live will become the hallmark...
Five ways the superintelligence revolution might happen
Assuming that scientific progress continues, human-level machine intelligence is very likely to be developed. And shortly thereafter, superintelligence.
Our Genetic Future Is Coming… Faster Than We Think
Our species is on the cusp of a revolution that will change every aspect of our lives but we’re hardly talking about it.
How Should Humanity Steer the Future? The Leverage and Centrality of Mind
Human minds as they currently exist are not capable of effecting our most desirable present and future.
Genetic screening to enhance IQ should be embraced
There could be a way of predicting – and preventing – which children will go on to have low intelligence.
How will religious institutions cope with technological immortality?
If uploading one’s mind becomes an option, there will be denial and rejection. But eventually, religious institutions will have to come around.
Taking over from evolution: how technology could enhance humanity
The 21st century and beyond promises an array of novel methods for enhancing human cognition.
What would you do – with the infinite extra years – if you were immortal?
"Deathists" say death is integral to the "natural order." But death is sabotage and chaos, the malicious annihilator of plans and intentions.
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and the most thrilling period in its history.
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