Future & Innovation

Concepts at the Edge: Advanced Transhumanism Interrogation

A challenging assessment of advanced transhumanist concepts, focusing on technical feasibility and ontological distinctions.

#AI#Philosophy#Ethics#Superintelligence#AGI#MindUploading

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1
A core argument for the possibility of mind uploading posits that personal identity is contingent on the preservation of a specific informational pattern, rather than its original biological medium. This concept is best described as:
Question 1
2
Which ethical principle, central to many transhumanist declarations, asserts an individual's right to use technologies to modify their own body and cognition as they see fit?
Question 2
3
In discussions of value alignment for advanced intelligence, a 'Value Drift' scenario describes an entity whose goals evolve toward a trivial but all-consuming objective, such as direct pleasure stimulation. This scenario is most specifically termed:
Question 3
4
As of 2026, critics of whole brain emulation argue that the primary barrier to achieving a conscious upload is not technological but philosophical. Which concept encapsulates their central objection?
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5
Beyond raw processing speed, some theorists argue a superintelligent AI would first excel at radical computational efficiency. This specific concept is known as:
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A key argument in favor of 'whole brain emulation' over other paths to AGI is that it may inherently solve a core challenge of intelligence: the need for a physical history and sensory experience to shape concepts. This challenge is best described as the:
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