In this second round of posts on Transhumanism, stimulated both by reading the Frost&Sullivan report on Transhumanism and by the preparation of the second White Paper on Symbiotic Autonomous Systems I have addressed the possibilities of increasing human thought capabilities. Clearly I expressed very personal opinions on the feasibility of …
Read More »Transhumanism: Evolving the Human Body I
We have started to augment our body long long time ago, probably the first augmentation go back 170,000 years ago when our ancestors started to wear clothes to protect themselves from cold weather. You might not consider that an “augmentation” but it actually made possible to extend significantly the human …
Read More »Digital Twins: advantages & issues of a powerful emerging technology
I wrote this article for Age of Robots and I like to share it with you on this blog since many of the ideas discussed derive from the work being done in the IEEE FDC Symbiotic Autonomous System Initiative. By the way, this will be one of the key topic …
Read More »2050: A Future where our self will experience no boundaries
On October 30th I will be participating in a Workshop on Symbiotic Autonomous Systems in San Diego, CA, and in the following two days, October 31st and November 1st, I will participate in the Technology Time Machine Conference, an exciting event that looks further down the lane. The goal is …
Read More »Mind uploading vs Mind Virtualisation I
Mind uploading, i.e. the possibility to transfer all memories, thoughts and feelings from a person’s brain to a computer, has been the realm of science fiction[1]till few years ago. The development of technologies that allow the monitoring of the brain as it “works” have moved the field from science fiction …
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