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Transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transhumanism , abbreviated as H+ or h+ , is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities. [ 1 ] Transhumanist thinkers study the potential benefits and dangers of emerging technologies that could overcome fundamental human limitations, as well as study the ethical matters involved in developing and using such technologies. They predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label " posthuman ". [ 1 ]
Technological singularity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. [ 1 ] Since the capabilities of such intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as an intellectual event horizon , beyond which events cannot be predicted or understood. Proponents of the singularity typically state that an "intelligence explosion" [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is a key factor of the Singularity where superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds. This hypothesized process of intelligent self-modification might occur very quickly, and might not stop until the agent's cognitive abilities greatly surpass that of any human. The term "intelligence explosion" is therefore sometimes used to refer to this scenario. [ 4 ]
Singularitarianism is a technocentric ideology and social movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity —the creation of a superintelligence —will likely happen in the medium future, and that deliberate action ought to be taken to ensure that the Singularity benefits humans . Singularitarians are distinguished from other futurists who speculate on a technological singularity by their belief that the Singularity is not only possible, but desirable if guided prudently. Accordingly, they might sometimes dedicate their lives to acting in ways they believe will contribute to its rapid yet safe realization. [ 1 ] Some critics argue that Singularitarianism is a new religious movement promising salvation in a technological utopia . [ 2 ] Others, however, are concerned that the interest in the Singularity by corporate and military interests provides a clue as to the real direction and social implication of emerging technologies celebrated by Singularitarians. [ 3 ]
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Technological utopianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Technological utopianism (often called techno-utopianism or technoutopianism ) refers to any ideology based on the belief that advances in science and technology will eventually bring about a utopia , or at least help to fulfill one or another utopian ideal. A techno-utopia is therefore a hypothetical ideal society , in which laws, government, and social conditions are solely operating for the benefit and well-being of all its citizens, set in the near- or far- future , when advanced science and technology will allow these ideal living standards to exist; for example, post scarcity , transformations in human nature , the abolition of suffering and even the end of death . In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, several ideologies and movements, such as the cyberdelic counterculture, the Californian Ideology , transhumanism , [ 1 ] and singularitarianism , have emerged promoting a form of techno-utopia as a reachable goal.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nanosocialism refers generally to a set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the research, development and use of nanotechnology . [ edit ] Politics Nanosocialism is a stance that favors participatory politics to guide state intervention in the effort to manage the transition to a society revolutionized by molecular nanotechnology . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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Singularity: Artificial Intelligence Will Kill Our Grandchildren
There have been many exaggerated claims as to the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI), but there has also been real progress. Computers can drive cars across rough desert tracks, understand speech, and prove complex mathematical theorems. It is difficult to predict future progress, but if a computer ever became about as good at programming computers as people are, then it could program a copy of itself.
Orion's Arm , (also called the Orion's Arm Universe Project , OAUP , or simply OA ) is a multi-authored online science fiction world-building project, first established in 2000 [ 1 ] by M. Alan Kazlev, Donna Malcolm Hirsekorn, Bernd Helfert and Anders Sandberg and further co-authored by many people since. [ 2 ] It was described by Cory Doctorow as "a pretty thoroughgoing post-Singularity thinggum with lots of opportunity for fun noodling". [ 3 ] Anyone can contribute articles, stories, artwork, or music to the website. A large mailing list exists, [ 4 ] in which members debate aspects of the world they are creating, discussing additions, modifications, issues arising, and work to be done.
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Welcome to the SL4 Wiki! "SL4" stands for Shock Level Four, referring to a set of categories for grouping technologies and ideas according to the amount of future shock they generate. (See SL4's [home page] , and the [original essay] on future shock levels.) A "Wiki" is a collaboratively-edited website, which allows all users to create, edit and link pages easily. Links are automatically created and have bidirectionality (i.e., clicking on the title of a page will get you a list of pages that link to it). If this is your first time using Wiki, here's a useful QuickStart .
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