Transhumanist thinkers predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label “posthuman.” The symbol for transhuman is H+ or “Enhanced Human.” As the future moves forward, we will find that machines can take on human forms that are uncharacteristically real. Once humans move beyond their repulsion to “lifelike machines” they reach a point of empathy. As our fears of man and technology diminish, we begin to see evolution steer toward transhumanism. The idea of uploading the brain into the body of a clone or an artificially enhanced child has been considered by science as one of our next steps in the evolutionary process. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks with AI Ethics advocate, Matthew James Bailey and Transhumanist, Zoltan Istvan about ÜBERMENSCH UBERMECH.
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Matthew James Bailey
Matthew James Bailey is an internationally recognized pioneer and authority in the fields of Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, and The Internet of Things. He excels at inventing, guiding, and realizing large-scale systems change. His extraordinary leadership is widely acknowledged throughout governments and the private sector.
Zoltan Istvan
With his popular 2016 US presidential run as a science candidate, bestselling book The Transhumanist Wager, and speeches at institutions like the World Bank, BMW World, and the United Kingdom’s Parliament, Zoltan Istvan has spearheaded the effort to transform transhumanism into a thriving worldwide phenomenon. He is often cited as one of the leaders of the radical science movement. Zoltan began his career at National Geographic, covering conflict zones. He writes on technology, ethics, and AI issues for media like The New York Times and Newsweek. He is also the original author of the now crowdsourced Transhumanist Bill of Rights, published in Wired magazine. An award-winning feature documentary on Zoltan’s work titled Immortality or Bust can be found on Amazon Prime. A biography on his life by Dr. Ben Murnane titled Transhuman Citizen: Zoltan Istvan’s Hunt for Immortality won best general biography at the NYC Big Book Awards 2024.
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