Researchers from the University of Utah are developing a system that allows amputees to control a bionic arm using just their thoughts. What’s more, the hand portion of the limb enables them to ‘feel’ objects that are being touched or grasped. Known as the Luke Arm (a tribute to Luke Skywalker’s prosthetic limb), the robotic arm mimics the way a human hand feels different objects by sending signals to the brain. An amputee wearing the arm can sense how hard or soft an object is, letting them understand how best to handle said objects.
THERE’S a 50 percent chance robots will be capable of completing “all human tasks” by 2050, allowing humans to move to a post-compulsory work society, according to a leading transhumanist thinker.
I just watched an interesting series of videos on YouTube that I’d like to recommend. It is an introductory level series of very short videos on the topic of transhumanism. They are in French with subtitles. Guillaume Loublier created these to spread the word of Transhumanism throughout France. There are four videos, and if you start with the first one, then they all play in sequence automatically.
Watch them and let Guillaume know what you think of his work.
Version anglophone traduite par Julia VALETTE https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-valette-742993172/
Du programme Tolérance Augmentée réalisé par Laura CHARPENTIER, conçu, écrit & interprété par Guillaume LOUBLIER.
Who am I? Le transhumanisme! Pourquoi faut-il en parler? Quelle est ma légitimité pour en parler?
Je vous propose d’échanger avec moi sur les sujets du transhumanisme, de l’homme augmenté, des nouvelles technologies, des conséquences symboliques, philosophiques, sociales et identitaires de l’amélioration de l’humain par la technique. Je vous propose de le faire avec vos mots. Je répondrai avec les miens. Je ne suis pas un expert mais un citoyen convaincu qu’il faut trouver les moyens de confronter nos idées en respectant nos valeurs, nos désirs et nos peurs. Je vous propose de le faire en commentaire sur YouTube, sur Facebook, ou Instagram. https://www.facebook.com/guillaumeloublier/
TOLERANCE AUGMENTEE = une série de vidéo à destination de tous pour comprendre ce mouvement de pensée qui change radicalement notre rapport au monde et l’humain que nous sommes aujourd’hui.
Voici les artistes qui ont enrichit cet épisode. Sans eux, le programme ne paraitrait pas aussi “pro” smile MERCI Video by Tibor Janosi Mozes from Pixabay. Video by Felix Förster from Pixabay Video by Tomislav Jakupec from Pixabay Video by Nicolas Boulard from Pixabay Video by chayka1270 from Pixabay Video by Dsndrn-Videolar from Pixabay Video by Jacques Barrette from Pixabay Video by Aldo Rafael Gutiérrez from Pixabay. Video by natura_photos from Pixabay Video by Jens Böhm from Pixabay Image par H. Hach de Pixabay Video by Jacques Barrette from Pixabay Video by Thomas Breher from Pixabay Video by DistillVideos from Pixabay Video by klimkin from Pixabay Video by Thomas Breher from Pixabay Video by Tomislav Jakupec from Pixabay Video by athree23 from Pixabay.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ————— :00–15:11 : Introduction :11–36:12 CHAPTER 1: POSTHUMANISM a. Neurotechnology b. Neurophilosophy c. Teilhard de Chardin and the Noosphere.
:12–54:39 CHAPTER 2 : TELEPATHY/ MIND-READING a. MRI b. fMRI c. EEG d. Cognitive Liberty e. Dream-recording, Dream-economies f. Social Credit Systems g. Libertism VS Determinism.
:02:07–1:25:48 : CHAPTER 3 : MEMORY/ MIND-AUGMENTING a. Memory Erasure and Neuroplasticity b. Longterm Potentiation (LTP/LTD) c. Propanolol d. Optogenetics e. Neuromodulation f. Memory-hacking g. Postmodern Dystopias h. Total Recall, the Matrix, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind i. Custom reality and identity.
:25:48–1:45:14 CHAPTER 4 : BCI/ MIND-UPGRADING a. Bryan Johnson and Kernel b. Mark Zuckerberg and Neuroprosthetics c. Elon Musk, Neural Lace, and Neuralink d. Neurohacking, Neuroadvertizing, Neurodialectics e. Cyborgs, Surrogates, and Telerobotics f. Terminator, Superintelligence, and Merging with AI g. Digital Analogs, Suffering, and Virtual Drugs h. Neurogaming and “Nervana” (technological-enlightenment)
:45:14 −2:02:57 CHAPTER 5 : CONNECTOME/ MIND-MAPPING a. Neurons, MEG scans, and Supercomputers b. Uploading worm brains, fly brains, mouse brains etc. c. Cryo Ultra Mictrotomes, Diffusion Spectrum Imaging d. Anders Sandberg, Connectomics, and the Allen Institute e. Quantum Mechanics, Heisenberg Principle, No Cloning Theorem f. Human Connectome g. Human Metabolome h. Human Proteome i. Human Moleculome.
Gerd Leonhard discussion regarding Humanism and Transhumanism.
This is an excerpt from my latest digital conference, April 23, 2020, “Humanist vs Transhumanist” featuring Calum Chace and me.
My Futures Agency colleague and fellow futurist Calum Chace disagree with me on many of my core messages on topics such as the singularity, (trans)-humanism, artificial intelligence and what I call ‘man+machine futures’.
Here’s the new IMMORTALITY OR BUST 2-min highlight video. The feature documentary will air on Amazon Prime/Video on June 23rd! Four years in the making, the award-winning film features celebrities, scientists & transhumanism activists along my Immortality Bus road trip. https://www.facebook.com/ZoltanGIstvan/videos/1497742500404615/ #ImmortalityOrBust
• LINK TO BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanism-Handbook-Newton-Lee/dp/3030169197 IN THIS EPISODE: •
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Meet 7-year-old Ethan, who received his bionic Hero Arm yesterday at the Hanger Clinic in Aurora, Illinois. Ethan contracted sepsis shortly after his second birthday and he was given a five per cent chance of survival, but the superhero in him fought and survived. Stay strong, Ethan, and may the Force be with you! ✨ 😍 💪 #EthanStrong
