Chappie: A Transhumanist Perspective
‘Chappie’ (2015) surprised me with the most pro-transhumanist message I’ve seen in a major film.
Category: Uploading
Strict Finitism and Transhumanism
Whatever position you take on finitism, this obscure area of the philosophy of mathematics is well worth understanding.
The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth
Keith B. Wiley kwiley@keithwiley.com Affiliation at the time of writing: Univ. of Washington, Dept. of Astronomy, Box 351580, Seattle WA 98195, USA Originally written November 25, 2011 Citation: Wiley K. The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth....
Video Friday: Ben Goertzel – Countering Objections to Mind Uploading
Ben Goertzel in response to some common objections covered in an article on io9 by George Dvorsky
BioTrove Podcast: “Whole Brain Emulation”, Host Liz Parish interviews Randal Koene, Carbon Copies
Special thanks to Alex Vollmer for his best effort to fix a sound problem that nearly ruined this podcast. The sound quality loss is outweighed by the fascinating quality of the conversation! In this podcast guest Randal A. Koene, Ph.D. neuroscientist, neuro-engineer and co-founder of Carboncopies discusses Whole Brain Emulation. You will...
Event: Mind Uploading — Saturday April 26, 2014 11:10 am to 12:30 pm Tucson Arizona
2014 – Toward a Science of Consciousness The Tucson Conference – 20th Anniversary
Mind uploading won’t lead to immortality
Uploading the content of one’s mind, including one’s personality, memories and emotions, into a computer may one day be possible, but it won’t transfer our biological consciousness and won’t make us immortal.
The Schism
Even in this day of global change and universal paradigm shifts, the technologies that will evolve us beyond our previous states will soon become a reality for everyone. As this may be, there will be one element that will not change. That element is hostility, the very element that has been with us throughout history. In the posthuman era, hostility will still continue to exist and divide us into factions. This time, it will be our choice in form that will cause intolerance and hostility. As one chooses to become part of posthumanity, they will choose to either upload their minds into computers to become one with machinery or evolve their current form using genetic manipulation. It is this choice that will make them part of the Schism.
Response to Susan Schneider’s The Philosophy of ‘Her’
In a March 2nd, 2014 New York times article, Susan Schneider used the recent film ‘Her’ to analyze some of the philosophical challenges to the concept of mind-uploading, whereby a person’s mind is transferred from a brain to some sort of computer. She presented some common (although admittedly fascinating) hypothetical thought-experiments, drawing conclusions to match. I offer alternative explanations for these scenarios.