12.28.06
Posted in AI / Singularity, Transhumanism at 11:17 am by rheil
Robin Hanson, Is a singularity just around the corner? What it takes to get explosive economic growth [Journal of Transhumanism 2, June 1998] (“Economic growth is determined by the supply and demand of investment capital; technology determines the demand for capital, while human nature determines the supply. The supply curve has two distinct parts, giving the world economy two distinct modes. In the familiar slow growth mode, rates of return are limited by human discount rates. In the fast growth mode, investment is limited by the world’s wealth. Historical trends suggest that we may transition to the fast mode in roughly another century and a half. Can some new technology switch us to the fast mode more quickly than this? Perhaps, but such a technology must greatly raise the rate of return for the world’s expected worst investment project. It must thus be very broadly applicable, improving almost all forms of capital and investment. Furthermore, investment externalities must remain within certain limits.”)
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Posted in AI / Singularity, Transhumanism at 11:16 am by rheil
A Critical Discussion of Vinge’s Singularity Concept, edited by Robin Hanson (“Vernor Vinge begain speaking on his “singularity” concept in the 1980s, and collected his thoughts into his first article on the topic in 1993. Since then, Vinge has continued to give talks, and has elaborated on his concept in several media interviews. The idea of an upcoming “singularity” has captured the imaginations of many, and has been the topic of thousands of conversations among those interested in the future. Such conversations, however, tend to be very wide ranging, and thus rarely focus on any one topic long enough to really give it a critical examination.”)
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Posted in AI / Singularity, Transhumanism at 11:10 am by rheil
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, Creating Friendly AI 1.0 (“The goal of the field of Artificial Intelligence is to understand intelligence and create a human-equivalent or transhuman mind. Beyond this lies another question – whether the creation of this mind will benefit the world; whether the AI will take actions that are benevolent or malevolent, safe or uncaring, helpful or hostile. Creating Friendly AI describes the design features and cognitive architecture required to produce a benevolent – “Friendly” – Artificial Intelligence. Creating Friendly AI also analyzes the ways in which AI and human psychology are likely to differ, and the ways in which those differences are subject to our design decisions.”)
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Posted in AI / Singularity, Transhumanism at 11:09 am by rheil
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, The Singularitarian Principles, Version 1.0.2 (01/01/2000) Extended edition
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Posted in AI / Singularity, Transhumanism at 11:08 am by rheil
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, The Singularitarian Principles, Version 1.0.2 (01/01/2000) Compact edition (“The “Singularity” has been defined many different ways. The primary and original definition, as invented by Vernor Vinge, is that the Singularity is the fundamental discontinuity in history created by the technological invention of smarter-than-human intelligence. Other definitions have included a time of exponentially faster technological progress (even faster than now, that is), or the positive-feedback effect created by enhanced intelligences working out improved methods of intelligence enhancement.”)
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Posted in AI / Singularity, Organisations, Transhumanism at 11:06 am by rheil
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (“SIAI was founded for the pursuit of ethically enhanced cognition by creating beneficial AI. We expect that the ethical and significant enhancement of cognition will help solve contemporary challenges – disease and illness, poverty and hunger – more readily than other charitable pursuits. We offer forums for Singularity discussion, coordinate Singularity-related efforts, and publish material on the Singularity. Above all, our long-term mission is direct research into Singularity technologies, specifically Friendly AI, and the direct implementation of the Singularity. We’re presently seeking funding to begin our long-term project to create recursively self-improving AI that displays true general cognition – a Singularity seed.”)
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Posted in Human Enhancement, Nootropics, Transhumanism at 11:03 am by rheil
Wikipedia-Artikel: Nootropic (smart drugs)
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Posted in Human Enhancement, Nootropics, Transhumanism at 11:01 am by rheil
Melissa Healy: Cosmetic neurology? The future of smart drugs (“It would be hard to imagine improving on the intelligence of computer engineer Bjoern Stenger, a doctoral candidate at Cambridge University. Yet for several hours, a pill seemed to make him even brainier.”)
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12.27.06
Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Evolution / Genetics, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 9:05 am by rheil
Florian Rötzer: Mäuse mit menschlichen Stammzellen [Telepolis, 14.12.2005] (“Die EU hat ein großes Forschungsprojekt über die Aussichten und Probleme bei der Herstellung von Mensch-Tier-Chimären gestartet, US-Wissenschaftler demonstrierten, dass menschliche Stammzellen sich in die Gehirne von Mäusen integrieren.”)
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Posted in Critics, Evolution / Genetics, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:58 am by rheil
Francis Fukuyama und Robert Wright: What the Law Should Say About Cloning By Francis Fukuyama and Robert Wright
(“A few weeks ago, at a conference in Avesta, Sweden, I saw a speaker pick up your new book, Our Posthuman Future, look at it with theatrical disdain, and toss it onto the floor, as if into a trash heap. The speaker was Max More, leader of the “Extropians,” a group that considers technological progress a nearly unmixed blessing and books like yours an impediment to it.”) Emaildiskussion zwischen Francis Fukuyama und Robert Write.
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Evolution / Genetics, Future, Politic, Transhumanism at 8:54 am by rheil
James Hughes: Den Wandel mit aller Entschlossenheit ergreifen – Ein posthumanistisches Plädoyer für die Gentechnologie (“Über eine Bioethik wird in Deutschland noch wenig öffentlich diskutiert. Die neuen Biotechnologien werfen jedoch viele Fragen und Probleme auf, die tief in unser Verständnis von Leben und Person eingreifen werden. Der Bioethiker James Hughes hat ein entschiedenes und provozierendes Plädoyer für die intensive Nutzung der Gentechnologie verfaßt, das wir in Telepolis zur Diskussion stellen wollen.”)
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Posted in Evolution / Genetics, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:53 am by rheil
Therapeutic Cloning, Does it violate human dignity? Interessante Auseinandersetzung zwischen unterschiedlichen Vertretern des Transhumanismus und einem “bioconservativen”.
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Posted in Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:52 am by rheil
The Catalog Of Correctable Omnipresent Human Flaws (Katalog der korrigierbaren allgegenwärtigen menschlichen Fehler/Schwächen)
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Posted in Future, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:50 am by rheil
Future Imperative [Blog von Ralph Cerchione] (“What if technology were being developed that could enhance your mind or body to extraordinary or even superhuman levels — and some of these tools were already here? Wouldn’t you be curious? Actually, some are here. But human enhancement is an incredibly broad and compartmentalized field. We’re often unaware of what’s right next door. This site reviews resources and ideas from across the field and makes it easy for readers to find exactly the information they’re most interested in.”)
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Human Enhancement, Neuro, Technology, Transhumanism at 8:49 am by rheil
Florian Rötzer: Neuroprothesen ziehen in die Gehirne der Menschen ein [Telepolis, 20.07.2005] – (“Brasilien will in der Anwendung der Neurotechnologie voranpreschen. In drei Jahren soll in einem brasilianischen Krankenhaus das erste Mal ein Chip in das Gehirn eines Menschen implantiert werden, mit dem eine Armprothese durch Abanhme von neuronalen Impulsen in einem Areal des motorischen Kortex gesteuert wird. Die Technik wurde von Miguel Nicolelis, der aus Brasilien stammt und gegenwärtig das Neurowissenschaftliche Institut an der Duke University leitet, entwickelt.”)
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Evolution / Genetics, Nanotechnology, Transhumanism at 8:48 am by rheil
Stefan Heuer: Leben Sie ewig! [Technology Review Nr. 8/2005] (“‘Die Natur ist trotz all ihrer Kreativität auf dramatische Weise suboptimal. Die kommende Revolution auf den Feldern der Nanotechnologie und künstlichen Intelligenz”, so verkünden Kurzweil und sein Co-Autor Terry Grossman, “wird es uns erlauben, unsere Körper und Gehirne Molekül für Molekül neu zu designen und neu zu bauen. Die Unsterblichkeit ist in Sichtweite.’”)
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Evolution / Genetics, Transhumanism at 8:42 am by rheil
Brigitte Zarzer: Britische Wissenschaftler staunen über Superunkraut – Gentechnisch veränderter Raps brachte unerwünschten GV-Wildsenf hervor [Telepolis, 01.08.05] (“In Großbritannien werden derzeit keine gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen (GVO) kommerziell angebaut. Allerdings zeigte eine groß angelegte Feldstudie auf der Insel bereits negative Auswirkungen von herbizidresistenten GVOs auf die Biodiversität. Weniger Wildkräuter und weniger Insekten bei HR-Raps und HR-Rüben, so das ernüchternde Ergebnis. Und – obwohl es kaum ein Wissenschaftler für möglich gehalten hätte – fand sich jetzt sogar ein Superunkraut, das bei diesen – inzwischen beendeten – Freilandversuchen mit herbizidresistentem Raps entstanden war. Das Erstaunliche: Der Wildsenf enthält das Genkonstrukt des herbizidresistenten Raps.”)
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Evolution / Genetics, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:41 am by rheil
Florian Rötzer: Moralisch korrekte Gewinnung von embryonalen Stammzellen? [Telepolis, 18.10.2005] “Zwei Wissenschaftlerteams haben bei Mäusen zwei interessante Methoden entwickelt, mit denen sie hoffen, die gegen das therapeutische Klonen gerichtete Ablehnung unterlaufen zu können.”
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Posted in Anti-Aging, Human Enhancement, Transhumanism at 8:40 am by rheil
Living to 100 and Beyond: Search for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity (“Centenarians represent one of the fastest growing age groups in the U. S. Yet, factors indicating longevity and its time trends remain to be fully understood. Natalia Gavrilova and Leonid Gavrilov conducted this research, which explores possible predictors of exceptional human longevity such as familial factors, early–life living conditions, month-of-birth, and birth order. The Committee on Life Insurance Research and the Committee on Knowledge Extension Research are pleased to make available the results of this research project.”)
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Posted in Organisations, Transhumanism at 7:57 am by rheil
The Mormon Transhumanist Association (“We seek the spiritual and physical exaltation of individuals and their anatomies, as well as communities and their environments, according to their wills, desires and laws, to the extent they are not oppressive. We believe that scientific knowledge and technological power are among the means ordained of God to enable such exaltation, including realization of diverse prophetic visions of transfiguration, immortality, resurrection, renewal of this world, and the discovery and creation of worlds without end. We feel a duty to use science and technology according to wisdom and inspiration, to identify and prepare for risks and responsibilities associated with future advances, and to persuade others to do likewise.”)
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Posted in Transhumanism, What is Transhumanism? at 7:35 am by rheil
Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) des Extropy Instituts (“The Transhumanist FAQ is written by Extropy Institute, dating back to 1987. Edits have been made from the transhuman list in 1994, and the transhumanist community. ExI continues to update The Transhumanist FAQ to provide accurate and also recent information. ExI’s Transhumanist FAQ is one of many that offer views about transhumanity.“)
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Posted in Transhumanism, What is Transhumanism? at 7:35 am by rheil
Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) der World Transhumanist Association (A General Introduction Version 2.1 (2003) von Nick Bostrom et al.)
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Posted in Deutschsprachige Seiten, Transhumanism, What is Transhumanism? at 7:34 am by rheil
Transhumanismus – Einführung (De:Trans – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transhumanismus e.V.)
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