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2008 First Conference on IT Revolutions

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The primacy of paradox

Specknet infrastructure for Cyber-Physical Systems

Humanodes in a global superorganism: Are we entering the dawn of the post-human era?

Keynote Speaker: Ebon Fisher

Beyond artificial intelligence, toward engineered psychology

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Towards learning 2.0

A connectionistic knowledge-based approach to the modelling and control of manufacturing systems

Output distance functions from a complexity perspective: The Neural Network approach

LR-WPAN technologies. An approach to industrial applications

Way to go for AI

S&T foresight: A tool for prospecting the security and prosperity implications of convergent technologies 2010–2025

Bilinear-pairings based designated-verifier multi-proxy signatue scheme

Converged Media and Communication Services

Industrial IT revolution through wireless sensor network technologies

Intelligent wireless manufacturing IT methodologies and technologies

Lessons from the past for the future Internet

Humanodes in a global superorganism: Are we entering the dawn of the post-human era?

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Jadad, A.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Humanodes in a global superorganism: Are we entering the dawn of the post-human era? Thanks to prodigious levels of technological progress, by the early portion of the 21st century, humans have reached a crucial stage in their evolutionary path. The outlook includes a wide spectrum of possibilities for the future of the species. This spectrum has two groups, the Apocalyptics and the Transhumanists, at its extremes. Both include very prominent thinkers who claim to have strong evidence to support their views for the emergence of a world without humans within few generations. The Apocalyptics see humans as a megalomaniac species destined to self-destruct as a result of selfish choices fed by lack of foresight and courage. The Trans-humanists believe that humans in their traditional organic form are just a transitional phase along their evolutionary path towards a post-human era. They believe that humans soon will be able to create intelligent machines with which they could fully blend. The future, however, is well known for its ability to defy predictions. Maybe there are more exciting scenarios in store for the human species. Maybe, once again, humans will manage to survive against all odds, at least for a little longer than expected. Maybe, one day, humans will use the massive levels of interconnectivity that began so early in the 21st century to develop a global network of augmented human minds, willing to promote their mutual enlightenment and secure their collective survival, together, as a species. Maybe we are doomed. Maybe we are not.
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File Size	73260
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File Format	PDF
ISBN	9789639799387
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-12-17
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	ICST
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Synopsis

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