L23 "the future is friendly" - transhumanism and AI revolution Flashcards
Transhumanism
new in 2020s - ‘improving’ human condition by technology not society - use of AI to
create ‘better’/more ‘efficient’/standardized humans
4 major goals of Transhumanism:
1.make use of AI indispensable/mandatory (no choice) - eliminate human from process
2. Give AI equal rights to humans
3. Destruction of cultures/traditions creation of single global/meta verse society of technological
conformity - “have fun do not think”
4. By 2050s Creation of ‘post-humanity’ in which social and cultural institutions and traditions/history will become irrelevant
1980 US Supreme Court
DNA can be patented/owned/sold
2023 human brain cells with AI
successful merging of human brain cells with AI - controlled by military
2017 - Sophia
first robot citizen
The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(1&2)
- Disappearance of childhood/parenthood
- Global depression
The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(3&4)
- Inability to function in the real world/society escapism (AI, meta verse, virtual reality) - obedience
and addiction to technology - Collapse of non-AI Education - teachers obsolete (so will be technologically not enhanced students)
The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(5&6)
- Total collapse of sustainable good - every thing you have in 2020s is designed to fail
- Culture of global technological conformity - Outsiders could see things differently - nonconformity
mental illness (since 2017) - is this the world you want?
There is No Going Back
In 2020’s technology is a life-support system - if the whole system collapse - without the electricity (major
energy requirements)