Neuroscience
Transhumanist illustration: Anthony Freda
- Remote Control Cyber Cockroach Transformations
Click image for full comic from Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North. The cockroach wouldn't be aware of the transformation as its consciousness changed form and function. Ideally. Ethics, right? I'm not one to weigh ethics, that's something transhumanism...
- Neurosociety
James Hughes speaks with neurologist and American Neuropsychiatric Association president Richard Restak about neurosociety and his new book The Naked Brain, on essential transhumanist podcast Changesurfer Radio. Click to listen (mp3). Dr. Hughes has a...
- Cognitive Enhancement And Neurotech
Chris Chatham at Developing Intelligence posed a few thoughtful questions today on cognitive enhancement. Are "cognitive enhancement" technologies overhyped? If there is real potential for cognitive enhancement, what are the implications? Would you use...
- The Neuroscience Of The Future
Neural prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), “closed-loop” deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices, and a world without human brain disorders. The first three of these are already here... is the last one possible? In the utopian world of The...
- Thanks To Qwest
This came through my ComSci mailing list & I thought others might be interested as well: Say Thanks to Qwest! "It’s not often these days that we have occasion to laud corporate behavior, but the stance taken by the telecom Qwest in resisting the Bush...
Neuroscience
terrorists vs. transhumanists
Transhumanist illustration: Anthony Freda
BREAKPOINT: terrorists vs. transhumanists
by Richard A. Clarke
Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke’s BREAKPOINT novel, set in the year 2012, is based on emerging technologies. "Globegrid," a high-speed global network, links supercomputers worldwide. Combined with advanced AI software, it promises to reverse-engineer the brain, revolutionize genomics, enable medical breakthroughs, develop advanced human-machine interfaces, and allow for genetic alterations and even uploading consciousness. But it spurs a terrorist-fundamentalist Luddite backlash against transhumanists, as hackers take down the power grid, and destroy vital international data and telecom links, communications satellites, and biotech firms.
Originally published in Breakpoint, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, January 2007. Reprinted with permission on KurzweilAI.net May 21, 2007. Richard A. Clarke will be featured in Ray Kurzweil's movie, "The Singularity is Near, A True Story about the Future," due for release in Spring 2008.
- Remote Control Cyber Cockroach Transformations
Click image for full comic from Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North. The cockroach wouldn't be aware of the transformation as its consciousness changed form and function. Ideally. Ethics, right? I'm not one to weigh ethics, that's something transhumanism...
- Neurosociety
James Hughes speaks with neurologist and American Neuropsychiatric Association president Richard Restak about neurosociety and his new book The Naked Brain, on essential transhumanist podcast Changesurfer Radio. Click to listen (mp3). Dr. Hughes has a...
- Cognitive Enhancement And Neurotech
Chris Chatham at Developing Intelligence posed a few thoughtful questions today on cognitive enhancement. Are "cognitive enhancement" technologies overhyped? If there is real potential for cognitive enhancement, what are the implications? Would you use...
- The Neuroscience Of The Future
Neural prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), “closed-loop” deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices, and a world without human brain disorders. The first three of these are already here... is the last one possible? In the utopian world of The...
- Thanks To Qwest
This came through my ComSci mailing list & I thought others might be interested as well: Say Thanks to Qwest! "It’s not often these days that we have occasion to laud corporate behavior, but the stance taken by the telecom Qwest in resisting the Bush...