Category: Transhumanism

AI: The Transhumanist Temptation

by Karl Richter Arktos Journal Dec 22, 2023 Karl Richter discusses the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence, a realm just beginning to permeate our work and daily life, from sophisticated language programmes to the ominous foresight of transhumanism and the blending of human consciousness with machines. So-called artificial […]

AI: The Transhumanist Temptation

by Karl Richter Arktos Journal Dec 22, 2023 Karl Richter discusses the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence, a realm just beginning to permeate our work and daily life, from sophisticated language programmes to the ominous foresight of transhumanism and the blending of human consciousness with machines. So-called artificial […]

The Tech-Renegade Manifesto

You’re on notice, Marc Andreessen Oct 25 READ IN APP Lies We are being lied to. We are told that it’s time to build, but who are we building for? Certainly not ourselves, in this economy! Venture capitalists steal our ideas, cut off our funding, increase monotony, obscure […]

Classical Transhumanism

The promises and perils of the posthuman world revealed through myth Rachel Haywire Sep 28, 2023 This is a guest post by Caleb Ontiveros at The Classical Futurist, a blog that has been commanding my focus lately. They talk about everything from Greek and Roman Mythology to the […]

Kick the Puppy S2: E4

Keith, Emma & RJ Game Stop vs Wall Street, Robinhood, micro-revolts in the United States, Dodger Stadium’s COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance, Robinhood was supposed to be for the little guy, Citadel, aristocrats pretending to be friends with the peasants, rich people […]

Hawking: Mankind has 1,000 years to escape Earth

Russia Today Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking warns human beings won’t survive “without escaping” from the “fragile” planet. His gloomy forecast is people will become extinct on Earth within current the millennium. Speaking at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles the 71-year-old scientist called for further exploration […]

U.S. Spies See Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030

wired.com Noah Shachtman Artificial limbs like these could be only the beginning of man-machine interfaces, the National Intelligence Council predicts. Photo: DoD 3-D printed organs. Brain chips providing superhuman abilities. Megacities, built from scratch. The U.S. intelligence community is taking a look at the world of 2030. And […]

Should California Secede from the United States?

By Hank Pellissier Transhumanity “Yes (sort of),” says Chris Hables Gray, a “pragmatic anarchist feminist revolutionary” who works as a lecturer of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cal State Monterey. He believes “devolution” of large nations into smaller regions will improve democratic decision-making. […]

You, robot?

economist.com Technology and regulation: A research project considers how the law should deal with technologies that blur man and machine SPEAKING at a conference organised by The Economist earlier this year, Hugh Herr, a roboticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, described disabilities as conditions that persist “because […]

Australians implant ‘world first’ bionic eye

brecorder.com Agence France-Presse Australian scientists said Thursday they had successfully implanted a “world first” bionic eye prototype, describing it as a major breakthrough for the visually impaired. Bionic Vision Australia (BVA), a government-funded science consortium, said it had surgically installed an “early prototype” robotic eye in a woman […]

Artificial limbs, controlled by thoughts

salon.com The idea that paralyzed people might one day control their limbs just by thinking is no longer a fantasy By Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, Scientific American This article originally appeared on Scientific American. In 2014, billions of viewers worldwide may remember the opening game of the World Cup […]

Nanotube yarns twist like muscles

bbc.co.uk Yarns made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, scientists have found. The effect, reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles. However, the yarns twist 1,000 times […]