From: Entropyfoe@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 05 1998 - 20:29:59 MDT
Nick Bostrom wrote...
>Transhumanists tend to want to grow into and become
>superintelligences themselves. The two ways in which they hope to do
>this are: (1) Through gradual augmentation of their biological
>brains, perhaps using nootropics, cognitive techniques, IT tools
>(e.g. wearable computers, smart agents, information filtering
>systems, visualization software etc.), and, in the future, neuro/chip
>interfaces and bionic brain implants. (2) Through mind uploading.
As Bruce Sterling has written "its all shapers vs mechs" after that. The two
great visions of human-trans-evolution, the extension and manipulation of
biology with genetic engineering and advanced medical technology vs the up-
loaded cybernetic agumentation/prostheses.
-Jay
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