This is the follow up blog post about my conversation with a group of AI enthusiasts to whom I presented the question: “Why are you, and why do you think other people are, so interested in AI?” The post about the first 3 responses is here, and this post will discuss the last 2: #4. Because the optimization of any project (and therefore growth and development in general) relies on having the best possible tools...
With the emergence of any powerful, influential technology, it’s important to ask ourselves and its creators why it exists, what purpose it serves and what consequences it may lead to in the future. AI is undoubtedly the most important technology being developed in modern times, able to dramatically change our professional and social landscape in various ways, therefore we should ask not only “how does it work?” and “how do we improve it?”, which appear...
Transhumanism is a modern movement based on the belief that humans can and should develop beyond their current intellectual and physical limitations, such as aging or sub-optimal intelligence, via advances in science and technology. One of the most well-known and intriguing objectives of the movement is to “solve death” by merging people with technology, either via uploading minds to computers or by rejuvenating humans biomolecularly so that they don’t age. Transhumanists include Max More,...
I am willing to bet that 95% of you reading this have your smartphone within arm’s reach or in your hand at this very moment. Only 10 years ago, hardly anyone owned a smartphone, and today, 2.3 billion people have one or more of these multi-functional handheld devices. And we don’t only own them; we are so connected to our smartphones in so many ways that some might say we have functionally merged with them,...
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