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Good online videos of Transhumanism?

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Libertad Libertad's picture
Good online videos of Transhumanism?
I'm looking for some videos of informational documentaries/debates concerning transhumanism. Where should I start? I first tried YouTube, but all the relevant videos were done by conspiracy theorists talking about how transhumanists are pawns for a One-World Government or Satan (I'm not kidding). Any assistance you can give me is appreciated!
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GreyBrother GreyBrother's picture
Re: Good online videos of Transhumanism?
There is always Charlie Kams great song :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hKG5l_TDU8
Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Re: Good online videos of Transhumanism?
Here are some suggestions, although I am not sure what you actually want to see. I have a bias towards the academic. George Dvorsky giving an intro to transhumanism: http://youtu.be/lnmQqZfHWJM We at FHI have some academic lectures that might be of interest: http://vimeo.com/user1646158/videos/sort:date Nick Bostrom on superintelligence (note in particular the takeover scenarios... very much EP) http://vimeo.com/27047510 Eliezers further explanation of why friendly superintelligence is hard: http://vimeo.com/26914859 Overview of FHI thinking on the posthuman: http://vimeo.com/7041706 Stuart Armstrong talking abut the problem of keeping AGIs boxed up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHIa651Wa0 Here I talk neurointerfaces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLq9J-Ezxzw Crappy video quality, though. Mostly because the slides are projected on a monitor next to me. Then there is the Singularity institute. plenty of good stuff there: http://vimeo.com/siai/videos/sort:date I'm doing a quick handwave about the technologies of uploading: http://vimeo.com/7318429 Here I talk distributed intelligence, rep networks and whatnot: http://blip.tv/cloud-intelligence/ars-electronica-symposium-2009-anders-... IEET: http://www.thoughtware.tv/ Then there is of course Ray Kurzweil. Just search for videos of him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE Life extension: similarly, search for Aubrey de Grey. Virtual reality lecture by Kenneth Hayworth about the curtent state of the art in uploading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFA2q-tS5hk Cognitive enhancement drugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKs6yLlV9k Respirocyte animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzGKlVZtQs0 Sketch of a cornucopia machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyZ9bFl_qg&feature=relmfu (by EP standards, this is a steampunk vision)
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Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Re: Good online videos of Transhumanism?
Oh, I forgot: Meredith Patterson talking biohacking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thn7d7-jywU and here she gives a deep talk about the science of insecurity - this is why InfoSec is so essential: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEfedtQVOY
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