The Techno-Human Condition - TheHumanist.com Growing up I always considered the interaction of humanity and technology presented in the original Star Trek series as a fairly accurate representation of the way things would someday go. Technology would continue to cocoon humanity while maintaining a strict boundary between the two. Then came the Next Generation’s Borg, an antagonistic cybernetic race that subsumed other species by implantation of technology into unwilling victims. Not until I encountered transhumanism did I realize that my earlier understanding of the relationship between humanity and technology might be off. The word “transhumanism” has been attributed to Julian Huxley who, among other things, was Humanist of the Year in 1962. The human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself—not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way—but in its entirety, as humanity. So the problem is not merely transhumanism but instead its root, the Enlightenment itself.
Local Projects LocalProjects Projects Collaborative Storytelling 14 projects Mobile 8 projects Environmental Media / Films 25 projects Social Media 5 projects Multi-touch / Touchscreen 17 projects Websites 11 projects Sorry, Y’All—Humanity’s Nearing an Upgrade to Irrelevance Humanity has had astonishing success alleviating famine, disease, and war. (It might not always seem that way, but it’s true.) Now, Homo sapiens is on the brink of an upgrade—sort of. wired: In your book you predict the emergence of two completely new religions. Harari: Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe. Dataism is a new ethical system that says, yes, humans were special and important because up until now they were the most sophisticated data processing system in the universe, but this is no longer the case. How so? Take Google Maps or Waze. What does this mean for Homo sapiens? We become less important, perhaps irrelevant. Does the shift toward Dataism matter for politics? In the 20th century, politics was a battleground between grand visions about the future of humankind. Who can make sense of it? Can we opt out?
Antenna: Projects > Installation Nosy Parker - a term used to describe someone meddlesome, also sometimes used synonymously with Big Brother - is designed as an intervention in a gallery space showing a video exhibition on surveillance and performance. The four stools pretend to be simple gallery furniture provided for visitors’ convenience. People can sit down, have a rest and observe the spectacle of the surrounding videos. Transhumanism Transhumanism (abbreviated as H+ or h+) is an international cultural and intellectual movement with an eventual goal of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies 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 the ethics of developing and using such technologies. They speculate that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label "posthuman".[1] History[edit] According to Nick Bostrom,[1] transcendentalist impulses have been expressed at least as far back as in the quest for immortality in the Epic of Gilgamesh, as well as historical quests for the Fountain of Youth, Elixir of Life, and other efforts to stave off aging and death. First transhumanist proposals[edit]
Conozca el Teatro Publio Martínez Ardila de TransMilenio | Noticias Bogotá ¿Sabía que en TransMilenio hay un teatro que presenta funciones gratuitas todos los sábados? Aquellos que han transitado los alrededores del Portal de Usme han visto con curiosidad una placa que dice “Teatro Publio Martínez Ardila“, ubicado en el interior del patio taller, donde los buses del sistema se estacionan y reciben mantenimiento. El edificio, que en principio fue elaborado para funciones de la operación, tiene un auditorio donde se presentan obras de teatro, danza, cine, música, entre otras expresiones culturales. CÍVICO recorrió este, el único teatro en todo el sistema de TransMilenio, para que conozca cómo entrar, qué ofrece y cómo funcionan sus instalaciones, premiadas con prestigiosos reconocimientos. El teatro fue inaugurado hace tres años y lleva el nombre del fundador de ‘Sí99’, una de las empresas que administra las operaciones de TransMilenio en el sur de la ciudad. “Cuando la obra estaba avanzada se tenía pensada para las funciones de la operación. Programación cultural
Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists | Science The movie portrays a brutal future. A military firm unveils a tiny drone that hunts and kills with ruthless efficiency. But when the technology falls into the wrong hands, no one is safe. The short, disturbing film is the latest attempt by campaigners and concerned scientists to highlight the dangers of developing autonomous weapons that can find, track and fire on targets without human supervision. Stuart Russell, a leading AI scientist at the University of California in Berkeley, and others will show the film on Monday during an event at the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons hosted by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. “The technology illustrated in the film is simply an integration of existing capabilities. The military has been one of the largest funders and adopters of artificial intelligence technology. “Pursuing the development of lethal autonomous weapons would drastically reduce international, national, local, and personal security,” Russell said.
Domo | Planetario de Bogotá Recuerde: Las funciones en el Domo inician a la hora programada.Las puertas no pueden ser abiertas una vez inicie la presentación. Martes a Domingo: Los Planetas y las Estrellas del Cielo : 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. y 5:00 p.m. Viaje por los planetas del Sistema Solar, se escuchan sonidos del Universo y se recrea el cielo nocturno. Duración: 35 minutos aproximadamente. Los Planetas y las Estrellas del Cielo : 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. y 7:00 p.m. Proyección de Estrellas General: $4.800 Niños y estudiantes: $3.700 Adulto mayor: $2.400 COMBOSPlan 1: Proyección de Estrellas + Museo del Espacio General - $13.300 Niños o Estudiantes - $11.200 Adultos mayores - $6.650 Nota: * Niños menores de 90 centímetros ingresan sin costo. * Descuento para estudiantes con carné vigente. * No aplica para grupos escolares
IBM's Rometty Sees AI Changing, Not Eliminating, Future Jobs In IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty’s vision of the near future, all businesses will need artificial intelligence to succeed, but software and machines will take jobs away from very few actual humans. “There’s so much fear-mongering around what AI is,” Rometty said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Sooner Than You Think conference in New York. “When it comes to complete job replacement, it will be a very small percentage; when it comes to changing a job and what you do, it’ll be 100 percent.” Rometty said the issue of skills is “front and center” in the U.S. now, even without considering the impacts of AI. She reiterated her view that education has to be “fundamentally revamped” in this country for “the era of man and machine.” Rather than a dystopian vision in which robots rule the world, Rometty sees AI, or cognitive computing as IBM calls it, as a tool for humans to make better business decisions. Data Troves Big Business
El parque La Carbonera vuelve a ser de todos los bogotanos gracias al festival Golpe de Barrio Escrito por Idipron Categoría: Noticias de Bogotá Visto: 14914 Es la tercera versión del evento creado por y para jóvenes con el apoyo del Idipron. Por: Edna Higuera Peña Bogotá D.C., septiembre 17 de 2014. El proceso liderado por los ‘parches’ Golpe de barrio, La Redada y Arquitectura Expandida y apoyado por el Instituto Distrital para la Protección de la Niñez y Juventud (Idipron), comenzó con la necesidad de recuperar un espacio perdido, un espacio de todos pero al que solo unos pocos tenían acceso. Gracias a La Redada, la comunidad conoció la iniciativa, pues se llevó el mensaje de parque en parque y de barrio en barrio, convocando así a toda la población que cree en los cambios y el poder de la juventud. El acompañamiento del Idipron y su estrategia Armemos Parche, permitió que las actividades realizadas por los colectivos que participaron se hicieran realidad.
The robots are coming - for as many as 800 million jobs More than a fifth of the global labour force - 800 million workers - might lose their jobs because of automation. That’s the alarming conclusion of a report by global management consultants McKinsey, which looked at 46 nations and more than 800 job types. While McKinsey said that robots and programs would “increase productivity and improve our lives”, it also warned using them would “substitute some work activities humans currently perform”. Image: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The impact on jobs will be different in different countries, industries and activities, says the report, which adds that both developed and emerging economies will be affected. At least one-third of tasks could be automated in about 60% of jobs, which means substantial changes for employers and workers. Image: McKinsey&Company Machine operators, fast-food workers and back-office staff are among those likely to be most affected. However, history shows that, while technology is disruptive, it also creates jobs. Share