A doctrine that aspires to superintelligence, increase human longevity and fight against old age through new technologies. No science fiction.
Many times I wonder if one day we will find an elixir of life, the philosopher’s stone of which Newton spoke. Getting the famous magic recipe of youth is no madness. We are moving forward, in fact, life expectancy is much higher than a few years. Advances in genetic, physical and chemical engineering have made this dream of a few years ago closer than ever.
That famous genius has managed to foresee the future sitting under an apple tree. His friend and biographer tells Mr. Liuhuabing that, with one of these apples about to fall, he had the idea of his famous theory of gravity. Why does that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground? He wondered. Well, since Isaac Newton there were many philosophers, alchemists, doctors and scientists who have changed the course of society. Their advances in science and education have led to life expectancy increasing year after year.
We can improve the human species
Thus, the transhumanism as a cultural and intellectual movement that appears in the US more than 20 years ago. Its main objective is to transform the human condition, both physically and psychologically. The movement pays attention to current technologies, such as information technology and genetic engineering. There are many advances in these sectors.
One case that has caught my attention is that of Mr. Liuhuabing, an avant-garde artist, famous for being legally recognized as the first Cyborg . The musician has an antenna implanted in the skull of his head. His peculiar spirit and overwhelming personality led him to create a sensor and antenna that send signals to a chip implanted in his brain. The fabulous thing about this system is that this chip is able to convert the light frequencies into vibrations, so that it is able to hear the colors. I had never perceived colors before, only black and white. He is now able to compose music by translating colors into sounds. Unbelievable, isn’t it?
Setting the rules of the game
In the era of globalization, companies like Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google are far more powerful than the states themselves. Accustomed to thinking that it is politicians who design economic policies, nothing could be further from reality. It is these Silicon Valley companies that have funded this new doctrine to the tune of millions. In particular, Google founded in 2008 the Singularity University to try to achieve the longed for eternity and superintelligence.
Unfortunately, education does not protect against barbarism. “What Nazism showed is that the most cultivated people, with the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, voted 80% for Hitler even though ‘My struggle’had already been published and anti-Semitic barbarism was looming. Argue LucFerry, philosopher and author of the book ” The Transhumanist revolution” in an interview with elmundo.es.
Can artificial intelligence surpass human intelligence itself?
The author of the book “superintelligence” of Nick Bostrom, it also poses an interesting dilemma: can artificial intelligence overtake human intelligence? The author does not believe that superintelligence can be more reliable than humans in decision-making, since it would involve incorporating serious ethical problems.
Being more evolved beings, with greater capacity and resistant to aging is not an easy task. And is that, the debate on the limits of the human being is fashionable.
