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Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

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<strong>Syn<strong>the</strong>tic</strong> <strong>Super</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Transmutation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Humankind</strong><br />

It’s difficult to object to such benevolent use <strong>of</strong> technology when it<br />

helps a very-sick child to remain part <strong>of</strong> her friends’ community via a robot<br />

<strong>and</strong> an iPad. It’s a wonderful gift for Payton, <strong>and</strong> it might help her to<br />

mentally overcome her cancer. This makes her more likely to respond to<br />

treatment.<br />

Technology in our 3-D reality is here to keep us entrapped;<br />

meanwhile, it could also be used to enhance our lives to a certain degree.<br />

Examples, such as Payton’s PAVS, will be used to systematically usher in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Singularity. By showing <strong>the</strong> public what extraordinary benefits are<br />

awaiting us, <strong>the</strong> Singularity will be <strong>the</strong> climax <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong>se benevolent ideas.<br />

The media have a huge responsibility to promote AI in such a way that it<br />

will win <strong>the</strong> population over in <strong>the</strong> end or to make people relatively<br />

informed but passive, while <strong>the</strong> Administrator-dominated market spits out<br />

new seducing technologies to trap <strong>the</strong> masses. As <strong>the</strong> expression goes, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

“give with one h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> take away with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.”<br />

There are many different projects running simultaneously. One such<br />

project is to cure or assist <strong>the</strong> disabled. The University <strong>of</strong> Washington<br />

(again) is currently working on an implant that will be placed in <strong>the</strong> brain<br />

which can make o<strong>the</strong>rwise paralyzed body parts work again. It could<br />

primarily help people who have had strokes or spinal-cord injuries to be able<br />

to move <strong>the</strong>ir limbs. This is, thus far, a project in progress, but scientists<br />

<strong>and</strong> researchers at <strong>the</strong> university say that in approximately eight to ten<br />

years this technology could be applied to <strong>the</strong>ir patients on a regular basis. 156<br />

It all started, not so long ago, with soldiers returning from war with serious<br />

injuries, <strong>of</strong>ten including those who lost a limb or two, or <strong>the</strong>ir limbs were<br />

not working properly. At that time, a metallic arm or a leg that could be<br />

remotely controlled by <strong>the</strong> injured person replaced injured limbs. This was<br />

a breakthrough at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>and</strong> an introduction to how we can replace<br />

biological body parts with artificial body parts in an effort to introduce <strong>the</strong><br />

cyborg agenda. These days, <strong>the</strong>y can do <strong>the</strong> same thing, without replacing a<br />

non-functional limb, by simply using this new brain implant—a more<br />

sophisticated way <strong>of</strong> replacing natural human abilities with artificial<br />

counterparts.<br />

Finally, for now, I want to discuss how <strong>the</strong> media very subtly<br />

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Seattle Times, Dec. 29 <strong>and</strong> 31, 2015, “UW brain implant could help paralyzed limbs move again”<br />

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