Transhumanism: A Realistic Future?

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Other World Scientific Titles by the Author......Page 3
Title - Complete......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
About Jean-Pierre Fillard......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Part I Where Does Transhumanism Come From?......Page 14
1. From Cro-Magnon to 2.0 World......Page 16
1.1. Modern times are coming......Page 20
1.2. The time for biology......Page 24
2.1. The necessity of religions......Page 25
2.2. Present status......Page 28
3.1. Is transhumanism an evolution in itself?......Page 30
3.2. Rejuvenescence to counter Darwin......Page 31
4.1. Intentions and perspectives......Page 32
4.3. Playing God? A leap forward to what?......Page 33
Chapter Two The Theories......Page 36
1. Underlying Theories of Transhumanism......Page 37
1.1. Transhumanism or posthumanism......Page 38
1.2. The accelerating technology......Page 40
2.1. Transhumanism involvements......Page 43
2.2. The role of consciousness......Page 45
3.2. The age barrier......Page 46
4. Singularity or Singularities......Page 47
4.1. How Singularity came about......Page 48
4.2. Is Singularity for real?......Page 51
4.3. A world of machines?......Page 53
1.1. The gurus have come......Page 56
1.2. Medicine and genetics......Page 57
2.1. The dialogue with the machine......Page 59
3. Transhumanism 2.0 Versus Religions......Page 60
3.1. Today, the knowledge......Page 61
3.2. The conflict......Page 62
3.3. The arguments......Page 63
3.4. Transhumanism atheism and neurotheology......Page 65
3.5. The conflict......Page 67
4.1. Biological domain......Page 69
4.2. The digital domain......Page 70
5. Collective Behavior......Page 71
1. The Transhumanist Philosophy......Page 74
2. Transhumanism as an Organization?......Page 76
3. Extended Longevity and Immortality......Page 78
4. Brain Improvements and Super Intelligence......Page 83
5.1. Information or disinformation?......Page 84
5.2. The society of the future......Page 86
6. Would Transhumanism be a Kind of Russian Puppet?......Page 88
Part II Possible Pledges......Page 92
1. Transhumanism, A Matter for Philosophers......Page 94
1.1. Contradictory opinions......Page 97
2. Science and Technological Contribution......Page 98
3. The Electronics Revolution......Page 101
3.1. The instrumentation......Page 105
3.2. The computers......Page 106
4. Neurosciences and Brain Exploration......Page 107
Chapter Six Information, Communication, and Artificial Intelligence......Page 112
1. Where Does Intelligence Come From?......Page 113
2. What Does Information Mean?......Page 115
3. Communication Systems......Page 119
4. How to Use Information?......Page 120
5. Artificial Intelligence......Page 121
5.1. China, the first Singularity?......Page 122
5.2. What about AI?......Page 124
5.3. Deep learning and back propagation......Page 126
5.4. Cyborgs and humanoids......Page 127
5.5. The threats induced by AI......Page 129
5.6. AI in the art of medicine......Page 131
5.8. AI in biology......Page 132
Chapter Seven Energy and Civilizations......Page 134
1. What is Energy?......Page 135
2. Energy as a Trigger for Civilizations......Page 136
3. Singularity vs Singularities......Page 139
4. The Current Balance Sheet of Resources......Page 140
5. What About a Possible Future?......Page 141
6. Energy, Technical Singularities, and the World Beyond......Page 143
7. Singularity or Apocalypse?......Page 145
Part III Problems to be Solved......Page 150
1. Transhumanism is Concerned with Man but the Issue is Men......Page 152
2.1. Uploading a mind......Page 155
2.2. The self to be enhanced......Page 156
3. Increasing World Population......Page 157
3.1. Present status and forecasts......Page 159
3.2. Retirees as an economical issue or a new market?......Page 160
3.3. Increasing longevity and senescence......Page 162
3.4. Recycling and rejuvenescence of the seniors......Page 163
4. Current Social Issues......Page 164
Chapter Nine Robots & Co.......Page 168
1. Artificial Intelligence......Page 169
2. Robots at Work......Page 171
2.1. Industry......Page 173
2.2. Energy......Page 174
2.3. Military applications......Page 176
3. Robots in Society......Page 178
5. Robots and Medicine......Page 180
6. Robots at Home......Page 184
7. The Transhumanist Philosophy of Robotics......Page 185
1. Space Is A Recent Issue......Page 186
1.1. Near space and remote space......Page 187
1.3. Moon as a starting place......Page 189
1.4. The future of space......Page 190
2. Space Travels and Colonization......Page 191
2.1. Terraforming......Page 193
3.1. Research on the origin of life......Page 195
3.2. Transformation of man and the no-return travel......Page 196
3.3. Toward artificial explorers? Mind uploading?......Page 197
3.4. Cryonics? Cyborgization?......Page 198
4.1. Unexplained phenomena......Page 199
4.2. Are we animals in a zoo?......Page 200
Conclusion......Page 202