The minds of biological creatures occupy a small corner of a much larger space of possible minds that could be created once we master the AI. A sensible approach requires reforms of our moral norms and institutions along with advance planning regarding what kinds of digital minds we bring into existence.
Continue ReadingCognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges
The paper surves the current state of the art in cognitive enhancement methods and consider their prospects for the near-term future
Continue ReadingThe Future of Humanity (by Nick Bostrom)
The article sketches an overview of some recent attempts to arrive at a realistic mode of futuristic thought, and it offers a brief discussion of four families of scenarios for humanity’s future: extinction, recurrent collapse, plateau, and posthumanity.
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