Book review: Drew Magary’s PostMortal The Postmortal starts with whispers that an anti-aging cure has been discovered. This is similar to the human capacity enhancement proposal speculated in chapter 3 of Dickenson’s bioethics. Also‚ we see similar proposal play out in the chapters of More and Vita-More’s Transhumanist Reader‚ where technology is speculated to be used to stop aging process‚ enhance human intelligent‚ capability and agility. More even goes a step further to propose ‘the Posthumanist’
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The truth is that artificial intelligence isn’t just science fiction anymore. Even now there is a robot in Japan that is developing a sense of self-awareness‚ much like that of a real nine month old child (Popular Science). While the science behind artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a reality‚ the ethics of it is still questionable. The opportunities and possibilities of it are limitless and unpredictable‚ which is exactly what makes it such a wonderful plaything for the creativity of
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Compare how our core text and the related material represent the complexities of conflicting perspectives and values Infinitely different‚ humanity offers a myriad of conflicting perspectives on the issues that dominate our lives. Guterson’s novel‚ Snow Falling on Cedars (SFOC) explores the issues close to man’s heart which consistently recur as universally important in the human condition‚ across time‚ context and culture. Guterson presents the values of justice and truth triumphing over
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“Despite the occurrence of natural disasters and human tragedies‚ often on a large scale‚ the human condition continues to improve materially‚ spiritually‚ ethically and culturally” Throughout the history of mankind‚ people have always sought a need to gain new skills and knowledge in order to make their everyday life slightly better. With the course of time‚ this initial purpose hasn’t undergone significant changes and till now it has a lot to do with improving different aspects of human conditions
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Humanity has been searching for an answer in the lifeless objects that humans call their own creations with the intent to embody the technological genesis of a world that will soon consume the future of time. When comparing Joseph Kosinski’s post-apocalyptic‚ Oblivion‚ and Jim Morris’ animated film‚ Wall-E‚ similarities between both struggling protagonists are revealed‚ leading the reader to realize that the human instinct of survival has evolved into an impulse for humans to forge a world of their
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Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is evolving every day‚ however this technology is erasing the future of mankind all together. An example of artificial technology diminishing our future in stories would be in “The Pedestrian”‚ “The Veldt”‚ and “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. “The Pedestrian” shows the government diminished the entire police force to only one artificial intelligent police car which could not react rationally to Leonard Mead which was simply
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Transcendent Man is a 2009 documentary film by American filmmaker Barry Ptolemy about inventor‚ futurist and author Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about the future of technology in his 2005 book‚ The Singularity is Near. In the film‚ Ptolemy follows Kurzweil around the world as he discusses his thoughts on the Technological Singularity‚ a proposed advancement that will occur sometime in the 21st century when progress in genetics‚ nanotechnology‚ and robotics will result in the creation of a human-machine
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The Singularity: Many of the most recognized writers on the singularity‚ such as Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil‚ define the concept in terms of the technological creation of superintelligence‚ and argue that it is difficult or impossible for present-day humans to predict what a post-singularity would be like‚ due to the difficulty of imagining the intentions and capabilities of superintelligent entities .A good way to understand the singularity is to imagine explaining the internet to somebody living
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Reflective piece: Cogito ergo sum “Dr. Ziggler in your new book you talk about the singularity. Could you please describe for our listeners what that is?” “Tenrtry the singularity will be the time when AI will have figured out how to make themselves and us smarter. Once that happens the process will build on itself until the robots are smart enough to figure out how we can live forever.” “Is that possible?” The interviewer
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Questions for Discussion 1. Oryx and Crake includes many details that seem futuristic‚ but are in fact already visible in our world. What parallels were you able to draw between the items in the world of the novel and those in your own? 2. Margaret Atwood coined many words and brand names while writing the novel. In what way has technology changed your vocabulary over the past five years? 3. The game "Extinctathon" emerges as a key component in the novel. Jimmy and Crake also play "Barbarian
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