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Transhumanism
Spencer Barck “My God, it’s full of stars.”
- 2001 a Space Odyssey
What is Transhumanism
“Man is something that shall be overcome”
- Friedrich Nietzche
Transhumanism My God, its full of stars. -2001 a Space Odyssey - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transhumanism My God, its full of stars. -2001 a Space Odyssey - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transhumanism My God, its full of stars. -2001 a Space Odyssey Spencer Barck What is Transhumanism Man is something that shall be overcome -Friedrich Nietzche Act 1 The next stage Past Act 2 Present Future Act 3 3
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The next stage
Past Present Future
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Act 2 Act 3 Act 1
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Transhumanist ideas
▰ Humans will continue to evolve. ▰ Technology can be used to improve humans. ▰ Not simply external devices. ▰ Biological, cultural, psychological, sociological. ▰ h+/posthuman beings
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Transhumanist vs transhuman vs posthuman
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What can be improved?
Humans are imperfect
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Biology
Prosthetics Biohacking Cyborgs Drugs
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Sickness
Resistance Immunity Immortality
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Genetics
Human genetic engineering Designer babies
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Death
The transhumanist final boss
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Psychology
Engineered happiness
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Intelligence
Smarter humans Smarter humans lead to better technology
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The Singularity
Technology advances exponentially Man and machine become one Digital immortality
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Society
Conflict War Famine Weapons of mass destruction
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What could a posthuman look like?
Indestructible Incorruptible Immortal Indistinguishable from a machine Unrecognizable
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Dangers
Pandora’s box Runaway technologies Species war Forced evolution and adaptation
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The ghost of humanity
“With Artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon”
- Elon Musk
Ghost vs demon
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Fear
Uncertainty leads to conspiracy theory
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Religious/nature objections
Don’t play god Humans are fine just the way they are Not human nature Death is part of life
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The cult of transhumanism
▰ Promises of great wealth. ▰ Belief in technology rather than god. ▰ Immortality rather than an afterlife. ▰ “Transcend” the human body.
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What does it mean to be human?
When do we stop being human?
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Kantian
Transhumanist beliefs are universal Transhumanist ideals would be considered good Transhumanists desires should be to help others
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Act utilitarian
We should be posthumans: Stopping unhappiness 1 + Becoming smarter 0.5 + Stopping death 2
- Possible disaster 1
- Possible loss of
humanity 0 (unknown) = 2.5
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We should be posthumans: We get to stay human 0 (unknown)
- People will continue to die 2
= -2
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Transhumanist ideals
▰ Embrace change and the future ▰ Improve the human race but don’t get too attached to being human ▰ Be careful with technology ▰ Put aside childish things (hate, fear, weapons) ▰ Think as a species ▰ Conquer death
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Questions?
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References
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