adnauseam's blog

Independent thought is becoming scarce. We all have within, a computer that's hardly being used at full capacity. I want to share this particular post I StumbledUpon (literally, http://meatbot.stumbleupon.com) to perhaps remind us that we all have the capacity to be creative thinkers.

In such a fast paced world as ours today we run the risk of living a recycled headspace: Garbage-In-Garbage-Out, GIGO. By changing the way we experience and accept the world maybe we can turn garbage into Gold.

Here is the article.

The Singularity and related happenings will challenge our definition of what it means to be "human." At the present time we could argue that this definition is already being challenged with the new creations in the field of Cybernetics and Machine-Human Interfacing. Our brains have already become successfully wired to machines to allow us to move mechanical parts such as in the use of feedback driven artificial limbs and speech interpreting systems which access the speech centres in the brain.

One could also note that the use of our home and wearable computers slightly alters our behavior, desires, and certainly our ability.

At what point do we officially become non-human?

One of my favorite transhumanist memes: SMI²LE

Space Migration, Intelligence Increasing (hence the ²) and Life Extension

Currently we are experiencing the dawn of SMI²LE. That is: the early technology required for planetary space colonies, increasing our intelligence with soft- and hard-tech, and beginning research into health sustaining and age reducing drugs and therepies.

It's postulated that the post-Singularity phase of our existance will be the age of spiritual machines (AI-Human symbiosis) self-replicating nanotech, Mediated Reality (augmented and virtual), interstellar travel, and even the notion of Universe Engineering.

This ended up as a bit of a rant. I encourage the addition of your additions through comments and critique.