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As I have pointed out elsewhere, those of the transhumanist cult seem unable to break away from the tired old SF paradigm of "robot revolutions", while overlooking the emergence of a new life-form that is occurring right under our noses. Very real evidence indicates the rather imminent implementation of the next, (non-biological) phase of the on-going evolutionary "life" process from what we at present call the Internet.
It can already be observed as a a work-in-progress. And effectively evolving by a process of self-assembly. You may have noticed that we are increasingly, in a sense, "enslaved" by our PCs, mobile phones, their apps and many other trappings of the net. We are already largely dependent... (read more)
As I have pointed out elsewhere, those of the transhumanist cult seem unable to break away from the tired old SF paradigm of "robot revolutions", while overlooking the emergence of a new life-form that is occurring right under our noses. Very real evidence indicates the rather imminent implementation of the next, (non-biological) phase of the on-going evolutionary "life" process from what we at present call the Internet.
It can already be observed as a a work-in-progress. And effectively evolving by a process of self-assembly. You may have noticed that we are increasingly, in a sense, "enslaved" by our PCs, mobile phones, their apps and many other trappings of the net. We are already largely dependent... (read more)
Unfortunately Kurtweil’s vision, as with that of other adherents of the transhumanist cult, is grossly distorted.
His efforts to underline the very clear exponential pattern of technological development (which has been apparent to many of us for more than half a century and even quantified by Gordon Moore 40 years back) are certainly to be commended.
Nevertheless, Kurtzweil remains completely oblivious to the clear and inevitable extension of biological evolution which, by a process of self-assembly rather than direct human design, which will, within decades, transition to a new inorganic phase of the observed life process. This can already be seen as a work-in progress in the form of what we at present call... (read 352 more words →)