"Modafinil is just the first of a wave of new lifestyle drugs that promise to do for sleep what the contraceptive pill did for sex - unshackle it from nature." Hell yes - I'll buy all you ca

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"We already know we can trigger neurons mechanically ... You can interact directly with the brain without implanted electrodes. Then the next step is being able to think something and have it hap

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"So far, there have been no confirmed cases of gene doping in the United States or anywhere else, though that could change during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which is when some speculate

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"If I am knowledgeable about biology and have the tools to create new organisms from scratch, then it would be entirely plausible I could certainly construct something that poses a threat to all

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"So far, two patients lacking vaginas because of a rare malformation have been helped to grow ones, using stem cells taken from their own bodies." Awesome headline, astonishing story.

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"So what cognitive and practical advantages would a human-similar AI have over a human actor?" More singularity theory from Anissimov.

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"The Singularity is the introduction of a nonhuman intelligence, the point where the dangers of the world stop emanating from human beings and start coming from somewhere new for once."

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"After people accept that “natural” does not equal “good”, and begin to get enthusiastic about human modification, the need to be encouraged to contemplate the results of aggressive iterative sel

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"In my view, if the US government created an "AI Manhattan Project" [...] then we would have a human-level AI within 5 years." Good afternoon, singularity!

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"We are cell colonies developed for propagating our genes from one generation to the next. [...] The entire human genome is therefore probably developed to give us a limited lifespan...” Transhum

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"If Hiasl is granted human status - and the rights that go with it - it will signal a victory for other primate species and unleash a wave of similar cases." The transhuman/uplift crowd will

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"This emerging breed of “wakefulness” pills promises to keep the workers of tomorrow not just awake, but alert, on-task and feeling fine through the night and well into the next day. Remember the

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"...when a typical smart person first confronts the human species life-or-death problem of Friendly AI, they think that using the same strategies we use to produce nice humans will work with AIs,

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"The man-made brain could help scientists understand how the most recently evolved part of our brain performs its complex computational feats, allowing us to understand language, recognize faces,

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"In this keynote address from Accelerating Change 2005, Vernor Vinge discusses the potential for a technological singularity..." Thank you, SF Signal.

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"This is great news. Prominent economists are writing papers and articles that reveal them to be blatantly transhumanistic." Interesting, especially if economics is as powerful as it seems t

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"Transhumanists are philosophers who believe that one day, cybernetic upgrades will be so powerful, elegant, and inexpensive that everyone will want them." The hard sf fan's ultimate wish-li

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"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 ar

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"Should we observe signs of consciousness in machines is it therefore logical to assume that society will naturally issue moral precepts of a similar weight onto our silicon-brained companions? I

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"Transhumanism is unique because it is so diverse. That’s why it never makes sense to label us as a religion or unified conspiracy - besides being mostly unreligious, transhumanists can barely ag

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Monster link round-up from Brian Wang. Some great stuff in there.

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Not one, not two, but THREE negative reviews of Stross's 'Accelerando'; guess the World Transhumanist Association award votes weren't unanimous, then

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"...once this method is improved and the technology refined, would unobtrusive electrodes be able to pass microcurrents through our heads whenever we need enhanced memory during the day?"

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"In theory, mind uploading is a pathway to immortality [...] I'm betting that not only will it happen, but that it's possible that the writers are going to get there first." Is David Edelman

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"Someone might want to chat with Professor Curry about a career change, staying away from technological forecasting, or at the very least learning more about accelerating change." Debunking

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"Homo connectus will relegate the obsolete nation-state and its dysfunctional institutions to artifacts of history, quaint but useless." Where do I sign? ;) This sounds like a book worth rea

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"All the truly cool transhuman technologies are going to require warning signs." These are a work of sublime genius.

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"In science fiction, advanced bionics that not only replace but surpass human potential are often treated as a given. Although today's technologies come nowhere close to that ideal, it's increasi

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"Prosthetics are getting better all the time, but they will never be as good as the limbs we were born with. So two teams of scientists at 10 institutions across the country are competing to regr

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Wired interview with MIT assistant professor Hugh Herr, who "is an advanced prosthetics researcher and a bilateral leg amputee." No doubt about where his motivation springs from.

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