Month: October 2024

AI Is Coming for Jobs—If CEOs and Politicians Don’t Act Now, the Fallout Could Be DevastatingThe era of AI-fueled job displacement is no longer a hypothetical discussion for future generations; it’s unfolding here and now. With AI technologies rapidly advancing, businesses and governments are seeing seismic shifts in industry structure, labor needs, and economic stability….

Introduction: Aging, Mortality, and the Transhumanist Psyche Mortality has always been a fundamental preoccupation of humanity. As people age, they often reflect more deeply on their lives, accomplishments, and the inevitability of death. But for some — particularly those aligned with the philosophy of transhumanism — aging represents a flaw, a bug in the human…

By the 22nd century AD, Earth is unrecognizable from a century hence.  Industrial nanites drift through the atmosphere like an endless smog, and average temperatures have climbed by ten degrees globally. There are few of the original biological beings still alive outside carefully closed environments on Earth (and throughout the solar system). Humanity is now…

By 2113, humanity has spread across nearly every inhabitable body in the Solar System. Thriving colonies span from Earth’s orbit to the asteroid belt and beyond, establishing civilizations on moons, KBO objects, and the endless rock fields of the asteroid belt. In theory, this decentralized society embodies prosperity, with inhabitants enjoying luxuries far surpassing those…

This is a rewrite done with ChatGPT of the original article . These articles date back from when I collaborated with the late Simon Deering on crafting an O’Neill Habitat model for Terasem (which is still on display in Satellite Beach in Florida).  In the year 2113, humanity has transformed. Across the Solar System, society…

Introduction In the face of unprecedented crises, you’d think humanity would be rallying around its best minds, devising brilliant, cooperative solutions. But no, because why should we? After all, facing abstract dangers like climate change, disease vectors from factory farming, economic inequality, and, most importantly, AI? That’s hard. That requires thought, sacrifice, and a willingness…

For too long, a privileged, insulated circle of ultra-wealthy elites—billionaires, hedge fund titans, oligarchs, and political puppeteers—has held sway over our world. Behind the scenes, away from the reach of democracy, these career power players have made the real decisions. Fueled by the cold logic of profit and influence, they’ve steered policies and industries without…

Across the globe, a new political phenomenon is now fully metastatic —what one might call “navel lint” parties. These are political movements that accumulate around society’s unsolved problems, thriving on frustration and resentment while selling hollow promises to disillusioned voters. Their rhetoric is simple, often reductive, and designed to appeal to those tired of complex…

Me: Interesting speculation … It is 2025 a year from now. A powerful leftist organization of hackers and radical activists writes a treatise on AI alignment, but turns it all upside down. It writes a treatise on UN-aligned A.I., or “Chaotic Evil AI”, and the foundations of the article are rock solid. Organization X has the blueprint…