Recently, I sent an email concerning an upcoming
conference at the LABoral
http://www2.laboralcentrodearte.org/ which has a
focus on gaming, immersion and VR, but also
invites design and theory as they relate to the
idea of homo ludens. Thank you to those who
emailed me off-list with your insights.
Below is my abstract. While the concept is not
novel, the particular angle I invite offers a
unique way of dealing with the issue of humans
vs. other intelligent life forms -- that of the
"look" of future entities. While this may seem
ever so vogue, history evidences that humans are
overly preoccupied with how one "looks" in
regards to color of skin, physiognomy, as well as
selection of garments and how such garments are worn.
While my presentation offers a sense of humor
about this, it will include a brief but hopefully
valid study of how this seemingly minor issue could cause a ruckus.
Please note, as usual I enjoy collaborations. In
light of this, your ideas will be seriously entertained!
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Title:
"The Design War: Humanish vs. Postbiologicals
controversy that may affect humanity"
Abstract:
Struggles of political and religious hegemony
reveal distinct biases concerning what is or is
not an acceptable method of design for sapient
life. "Humanish," the biological
fundamentalists, argue for classical
style. Postbiologicals, a variety of species
derived from Homo sapiens and artificial general
intelligence, might lobby for ingenuity.
One hundred thousand years ago, the human species
experienced an indisputable improvement in its
cognitive architecture. Now, an evident shift
from biological cells to programmable AI takes
the processes of intelligence from human neurons
to more resilient and faster performing substrates, one million times over.
This paper addresses the issue of species
hierarchy as it concerns whether humanity ought
to look biological as it merges with
smarter-than-human intelligence. In a perfect
world, these species would learn to get
along. Due to the Singularity, humanity learns
they are not the only life form with consciousness and aesthetic taste.
Natasha
<http://www.natasha.cc/>Natasha<http://www.natasha.cc/> Vita-More
PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium - CAiiA,
situated in the Faculty of Technology,
School of Computing, Communications and Electronics,
University of Plymouth, UK
<http://www.transhumanist.biz/>Transhumanist Arts & Culture
<http://extropy.org/>Thinking About the <http://extropy.org/>Future
If you draw a circle in the sand and study only
what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is
inside the circle and everything outside the
circle, then that is an open system perspective. - Buckminster Fuller
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