A parody, infused in a bit of science fiction…. Year 2041. Brain emulations are very common. After the 2039 international agreements, virtually every country has had to approve of brain simulations as continuations or branches of their legal citizens. A
Godseed: benevolent or malevolent?
Introduction One of the most interesting questions we’ve ever pondered on the ai-philosophy mailing list was how you would build an “angelic” autonomous AI. Would it be possible to make some kind of angel’s mind that, by design, achieves only
What is it like to be an upload?
Introduction The nature of experience is one of those deep philosophical questions which philosophers and scientists alike have not been able to reach a consensus on. In this article, I review a transhumanist variant of a basic question of subjectivity.
He’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood: Mark Walker
Walker.’s original article. Oh well, Mark, I think you want us to feel really joyful! Wake up with a surge of happiness in the morning, have a great breakfast, go to work, work, lunch, work, work, until we drop dead,