L23 "the future is friendly" - transhumanism and AI revolution Flashcards

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Transhumanism

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new in 2020s - ‘improving’ human condition by technology not society - use of AI to
create ‘better’/more ‘efficient’/standardized humans

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4 major goals of Transhumanism:

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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

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1980 US Supreme Court

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DNA can be patented/owned/sold

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2023 human brain cells with AI

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successful merging of human brain cells with AI - controlled by military

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2017 - Sophia

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first robot citizen

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The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(1&2)

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  1. Disappearance of childhood/parenthood
  2. Global depression
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The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(3&4)

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  1. Inability to function in the real world/society escapism (AI, meta verse, virtual reality) - obedience
    and addiction to technology
  2. Collapse of non-AI Education - teachers obsolete (so will be technologically not enhanced students)
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The Impact and Hidden Cost of Progress(5&6)

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  1. Total collapse of sustainable good - every thing you have in 2020s is designed to fail
  2. Culture of global technological conformity - Outsiders could see things differently - nonconformity
    mental illness (since 2017) - is this the world you want?
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There is No Going Back

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In 2020’s technology is a life-support system - if the whole system collapse - without the electricity (major
energy requirements)

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