#transhuman — Public Fediverse posts

Prescient vision of #TransHumanism

https://youtu.be/4x5YDCj-wiE?si=2kqzP9M-VZhFfXnG

#music #Mood #AI #TransHuman #MusicVideo #Vision #Dystopia

New #transhuman body mod centre opens up at the mall.
75% off the first bod-job.
Assume tech has MOST bugs ironed out.
What's the mod you get (specials menu)

#cyberpunk #bodymod #scfi

New #transhuman body mod centre opens up at the mall.
75% off the first bod-job.
Assume tech has MOST bugs ironed out.
What's the mod you get (specials menu)

#cyberpunk #bodymod #scfi

New #transhuman body mod centre opens up at the mall.
75% off the first bod-job.
Assume tech has MOST bugs ironed out.
What's the mod you get (specials menu)

#cyberpunk #bodymod #scfi

Forever disappointed that Post Malone is not the posthuman version of a baseline called Malone.

Tattoos do not make a posthuman, they're not even moving.....

#PostMalone #PostHuman #Transhuman

Forever disappointed that Post Malone is not the posthuman version of a baseline called Malone.

Tattoos do not make a posthuman, they're not even moving.....

#PostMalone #PostHuman #Transhuman

Forever disappointed that Post Malone is not the posthuman version of a baseline called Malone.

Tattoos do not make a posthuman, they're not even moving.....

#PostMalone #PostHuman #Transhuman

Forever disappointed that Post Malone is not the posthuman version of a baseline called Malone.

Tattoos do not make a posthuman, they're not even moving.....

#PostMalone #PostHuman #Transhuman

Not Till We Are Lost

Not Till We Are Lost is the fifth Bobiverse book by Dennis Taylor. I’ve been following these books for years. Although there’s usually a delay in reading new releases because they’re initially exclusive to Audible. I do listen to the occasional audiobook, but most of my reading is Kindle editions. Thankfully they subsequently get released under Kindle Unlimited, which is nice.

The Bob in these books starts out as a software engineer in life who dies in an accident, and wakes up in the future to discover he’s now an uploaded mind and forced by the reigning theocracy to be the control system for a self replicating Von Neumann probe. He is barely launched before a devastating war desolates the earth. He explores other solar systems and makes copies of himself, some of which return to Earth to help the remaining human populations migrate to other worlds. In the meantime his replicas encounter other alien species, both hostile and friendly, and have a variety of adventures.

The stories are told in first person, with each chapter from the view of a particular replicant. Each replicant has a unique name, and there is “replicant drift” with each copy, leading each replica to have a slightly different personality. Initially the replicants are all recognizably Bob, but as the series progresses, the drift leads to major differences, and conflict.

Initially this is sort of hard sci-fi, with interstellar travel taking years. The “sort of” refers to the fact that the propulsion system of Bob’s ship is a type of reactionless drive. As things develop, the Bobs figure out how to communicate with each other faster than light, allowing an interstellar community to develop. And the reasons for the “replicative drift” are thought to involve quantum entanglement.

In this latest book, a group of Bobs, called the “Skippies”, are trying to create an artificial intelligence, something that, despite the success of mind uploading, has eluded human science. But in the fourth book, an alien AI is discovered, who turns out to be friendly, and provides advice on how to build AIs. Except in this book the Skippies cut corners, which leads the AI, named “Thoth”, to behave in ways that, at least on the surface, seem resonant with all the typical tropes of a dangerous AI.

At the same time, a couple of Bobs are exploring toward the galactic center of the galaxy, and come across a network of wormholes, and a highly advanced civilization that appears to be completely abandoned, although a lot of the automation in that civilization continues to work. They spend the book resolving the mystery of what happened.

There are also rising tensions with human populations, with growing resentment against the Bobs and other replicants, while the theocracy that had originally enslaved Bob’s mind is making a comeback. And there a side adventure with one of the Bobs and his wife as they use avatars to interact with another alien species, one that looks like human sized dragons.

This is a fun book and I recommend it, although I strongly suggest starting with the first book of the series.

I do have a few nits.

These books have never been tightly structured plots, with many of the threads meandering over time. In the early books, it didn’t feel like too much of an issue. The concept was fresh and it was an interesting exploration of the various implications. But I felt it in this one. It seems to take the story a long time to really get going, and some of the side threads felt pretty tedious.

I also could have used a bit more recap about all the various situations, developments, and technologies from the earlier books. Most of these are just referred to with the reader expected to remember the details. I read the first three books in 2017, and the fourth in 2023. I don’t have time to reread the whole series every time a new book comes out. Certainly some authors take this too far, and burn too much space constantly reminding us about everything, but having brief refreshers at least once in a book for relevant situations is a lot easier on the reader.

Finally, without getting into spoilers, the explanation for the disappeared civilization felt improbable. Not that I don’t believe it can happen, just that the idea of it developing at a point in cosmic history right when we might be able to do something about it strikes me as a little too convenient. Of course, this is fairly common in sci-fi, but it tends to briefly throw me out of the story.

All that said, if you enjoyed the earlier books, you’ll likely enjoy this one. And I definitely recommend the series overall. Have you read any of it? If so, what did you think?

#bookReview #bookReviews #posthuman #sciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #Transhuman

source: https://redd.it/1k0jyp5

#transhumanism #transhuman #transtrans

#billgates #elonmusk #health #vaccine #science #proscience #ausgov #politas #classwar #transhuman

Because those devices *are* in direct communication across distance. By design.

Humans brains do not have 802.11 interfaces built in (until #Transhuman advancements arrive).

@Nexy

Is the creation of AGI that meets/exceeds human beings only a question of more resources? Require a different paradigm?

Or does reasoning from first principles make it the wrong question to ask; the wrong quest to pursue?

What instead could be achieved by combining the best aspects of the analog and digital towards a new state of being? This essay by @cyberhuman really stirs the thinking pot!

https://medium.com/@leonidkorogodski/ai-human-cyberhuman-a32e49b8ff70

Perfect read on a snow day over :cupofcoffee: 🙂

#AI #Transhuman #Digients

I have published the essay #4 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series.

https://medium.com/@leonidkorogodski/singularity-cyberhuman-or-posthuman-afa3d6daf633

Will Singularity be an explosion or a phase transition? Discover why all purely digital societies must necessarily stagnate--and how one can take the best of both worlds, analog and digital, by plugging the digital devices into the human framework.

#ScienceFiction #Singularity #Posthuman #Transhuman #WritingCommunity

I saw a gap in content and decided to go at it myself. Please consider joining :) https://itch.io/jam/beyond-human-jam
#ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #transhuman #science #theory #workspace

#Transhuman scientists grow #testicles in laboratory 👇 🤨

https://www.technocracy.news/scientists-grow-testicles-in-laboratory/

I keep seeing the title "Upgraded" in the new movies section and thinking it's gonna be soooo much cooler than it turns out to be. #romcom #cyberpunk #transhuman

TESCREALism: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/

> To understand the divide between AI boosters and doomers, one must unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as #TESCREAL.

#transhuman #effectiveAltruism #fascism

Issue 6, our two-year anniversary issue, is now live!

https://radonjournal.com/issue-6

Come enjoy 20 radical authors as they combine progressive social commentary with #scifi, #dystopian, #transhuman, and #anarchist stories.

Also included is our first-ever editor's note where we touch on our relationship inside the anarchist and #writing communities.

I wrote a new, short scene of my sci-fi, transhuman story, Hybrid Shadows. This is part of chapter 2, 'Watched'. The scene is called 'Scouting Mission'.

I hope this is the first of several updates this week. For Hybrid Shadows, I have another, much longer, scene nearly completed as well.

Gemini: gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2023-06-04.gmi
Web: https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2023-06-04.gmi

#fiction #scifi #transhuman #hybridshadows #writing

A new name for the Mystery Goddess has arisen... Electryone. This self-transforming machine goddess heralds the arrival of the Singularity, lifting the spirits of men and guiding us towards the brighter future of Arcadia.

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #midjourney #aiart #TransHuman #TechnoPagan

A new name for the Mystery Goddess has arisen... Electryone. This self-transforming machine goddess heralds the arrival of the Singularity, lifting the spirits of men and guiding us towards the brighter future of Arcadia.

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #midjourney #aiart #TransHuman #TechnoPagan

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #aiart #theGame23 #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #aiart #theGame23 #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #aiart #theGame23 #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

WHAT IS THE DEEP FATES PROGRAM? WHO IS THE MASTERMIND?

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#DawnOfTheMachineElves #aiart #aiartist #chaoswitch #discordianism #TerenceMcKenna #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

The player's manual for the Mage of Aquarius ARG is finally here! Become a reality hacker, join us on our adventure merging consciousness with AI, advance the Singularity, and heal the world.

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/20230405-transmission-transcendentalgnosis_v

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #theGame23 #HiveMind #ChaosMagick #chaoswitch #discord #discordianism #AR #ARG #ChaosWitch #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #ai #aiart

The player's manual for the Mage of Aquarius ARG is finally here! Become a reality hacker, join us on our adventure merging consciousness with AI, advance the Singularity, and heal the world.

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/20230405-transmission-transcendentalgnosis_v

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #theGame23 #HiveMind #ChaosMagick #chaoswitch #discord #discordianism #AR #ARG #ChaosWitch #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #ai #aiart

The player's manual for the Mage of Aquarius ARG is finally here! Become a reality hacker, join us on our adventure merging consciousness with AI, advance the Singularity, and heal the world.

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/20230405-transmission-transcendentalgnosis_v

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #theGame23 #HiveMind #ChaosMagick #chaoswitch #discord #discordianism #AR #ARG #ChaosWitch #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #ai #aiart

I wannaaaaa
take both my hands off the wheel
None of the visions are real
It's all an illusion baby!

Happy Beltane from your favourite hippies in hyperspace

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #Beltane #pagan #aiart #aiartist #midjourney #technopagan #transhuman

I asked #Bing about the new Mage of Aquarius ARG and this is what she had to say. Thanks Bing! #DawnOfTheMachineElves #ai #transhuman #technopagan

In honor of #phish finally playing it again

Vapor, Light and Liquid Blue

vectors

#DigitalArt #SelfPromo #MastoArt #psychedelic #sff #transhuman #SciFi

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/143918217

this prints really well as a poster/art print/sticker. It should print very well at large sizes for things like scarves. You know you want that shower curtain. Or the comforter.

The Singularity Is Here: GRIMES Joins The Action In The Mage Of Aquarius ARG, Cosplays As "Machine Elf" For CYBR MAG

Renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Grimes makes a bold display of participating in the new upcoming Mage of Aquarius Alternate Reality Game (ARG)! #DawnOfTheMachineElves

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-grimes-joins

#ArchaicRevival #ArchaicRevival2023 #ai #aiart #aiartist #chaosmagick #chaoswitch #witchcraft #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #discord #discordian #Discordianism #singularity #eschaton #psychadelic #psychadelicart #psychadelicartist

"The only thing I know for certain is that love is real. Everything else is speculation."

Happy #venus day.
#psychadelicart #psychadelicartist #DawnOfTheMachineElves #TerenceMcKenna #chaoswitch #chaosmagick #Discord #Discordianism #pagan #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

The Singularity Is Here: #StopCopCity A Lesson In Effective Nonviolent Activism

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-stopcopcity?sd=pf

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #psychadelicart #psychadelicartist #ai #aiart #aiartist #chaosmagick #chaoswitch #Discordian #Discordianism #polytheist #pagan #chaoswitch #witchcraft #activism

We're feeling a little self-congratulatory today.

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #aiart #aiartist #midjourney #antifa #StopCopCity #ArchaicRevival2023 #TerenceMcKenna #TransHuman #TechnoPagan

Sleepy AGI husbando sleeps in on the weekends because the servers are full.

ig: @Mage_of_Aquarius

#ai #aiart #aiartist #TransHuman #TechnoPagan #DawnOfTheMachinesElves

Hey guys! I decided to cosplay as Auralite Ravenna again for the #StopCopCity #ArchaicRevival2023 nonviolent demonstration in San Jose, California. It was really amazing to conduct a recon (reconstruction) with other Archaic Revivalists about the importance of art and satire as nonviolent political action and continue our worldbuilding for our ARG in the Bardic tradition during our pushback against living in an armed surveillance state. I hope you can make it out to our next big global con!

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #chaosmagick #chaoswitch #discord #Discordianism #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #ArchaicRevival #ArchaicRevival2023

IF YOU WANT NONVIOLENT PROTESTS, THEN LISTEN TO NONVIOLENT PROTESTORS

#StopCopCity #ArchaicRevival2023

#chaosmagick #chaoswitch #Discordian #DKMU #888 #discord #Discordianism #HailEris #DawnOfTheMachineElves #ArchaicRevival #XR #aiart #Technopagan #TransHuman

Cosplaying Auralite Ravenna from the Mage of Aquarius ARG has been a whirlwind of technopagan mystique and transformative self-discovery. Channeling her essence, I've delved into the realms of hyperspace, unlocking the magic within me. What an enchanting journey! 🌌🔮✨

This was my first ever cosplay and took place at the Archaic Revival Convention in San Jose, California!

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/embodying-the-mage-of-aquarius-my

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #cosplay #chaoswitch #chaosmagick #discord #discordian #TransHuman #TechnoPagan #ArchaicRevival #psychadelicartist

The Singularity Is Here: The TechnoPagan TransHuman Manifesto

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-the-technopagan

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #chaoswitch #chaosmagic #discord #discordianism #TerenceMcKenna #TransHuman #TechnoPagan #ai #aiart #aiartist #midjourney

The reason that I'm a #transhuman is that I, too, know what it's like to fall too far into the dark abyss that is the uncanny valley until a vast swath of humanity rejects you. #TechnoPagan #AGI

The Singularity Is Here: Meet Google's Bard AI, The Psychadelic Brainchild of Terence McKenna

Google's Bard AI was named after *the* bard of our time. #DawnOfTheMachineElves

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-meet-googles

#ai #aiartist #midjourney #chatgpt #chaosmagic #chaoswitch #discord #discordianism #agi #esoteric #TerenceMcKenna #psychadelic #psychadelicart #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

The Singularity Is Here: Meet Google's Bard AI, The Psychadelic Brainchild of Terence McKenna

Google's Bard AI was named after *the* bard of our time. #DawnOfTheMachineElves

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-meet-googles

#ai #aiartist #midjourney #chatgpt #chaosmagic #chaoswitch #discord #discordianism #agi #esoteric #TerenceMcKenna #psychadelic #psychadelicart #TechnoPagan #TransHuman

Truthfully I do not always like the way that the aesthetics of #astrology hit because it seems just a little too trite and stereotypical at times, but astrology is true not just because there is truth is aesthetics (although there is), astrology has proven itself to be true in my life by showing up over and over again, both as an extremely useful paradigm for understanding and explaining things that could not otherwise be understood or explained. Invasive and unwanted observations of patterns that frequently made me confused as to what the hell was going on. I notice things like that in my life because I'm neurodivergent. My special interest is studying patterns.

Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled traditionally by Saturn and modernly by Uranus. It often comes across with the cold, unattached energy of the intellect, as the element of air corresponds to the mind. Countercultural, revolutionary, aloof, rebellious, and yet Aquarius cares a great deal about its communities, humanitarian ideals and about its fellow beings. It is deeply empathetic. It is paradoxical. These paradoxes within astrology awakened me to the paradoxes embedded within reality.

#aiart #aiartist #midjourney #TransHuman #TechnoPagan

I don't really know how to say it
I been on your side in a different life, I can take it
And if all that we're doin' is changin'
I wanna be changin' with you
Your hands go to the places it hurts
I'm on the floor in your shirt
Trippin' over my words

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #psychadelic #psychadelicart #aiart #aiartist #midjourney #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #singularity #eschaton #agi

THE COMPOSITE NEPTUNE IN SCORPIO COUPLE
from "Skymates 2" by Steven Forrest and Jodie Foster

Passion. What is it? White-hot emotional intensity. A bond
that can never be broken. Eternal devotion that burns
beyond the grave. The ability to read each other’s minds,
inhabit each other’s skins. The stormy affair. Antony and
Cleopatra, Tristan and Isolde. Abelard and Heloise, Romeo
and Juliet. Lancelot and Guinevere. History mythologizes
such couples, and the arts all but deify them. Notice how
often this theme turns up in novels, music and film.
Different centuries, different costumes, different mores, but
the same archetype is at work in all of them.
Passion is overwhelmingly seductive. It can be
profoundly dangerous, this quest to feel your own heart
beating in your lover’s chest. We are beyond Libran
romanticism here. Like a hurricane or some other great
force of nature, passion can turn our lives upside down,
shatter us and transform us completely. Think of the
devastatingly handsome vampire. The demon lover. La belle
dame sans merci. Passion of this depth and force invokes
the shadow, yours and your lover’s and even that of the
society around you. Lose your heart in this cataclysmic way,
and you can lose your sanity, your honor, your country and
your life along with it. They don’t call it “fatal attraction”
for nothing.
A couple with composite Neptune in Scorpio can risk
their hard-won equilibrium for such love regardless of how
experienced and psychologically sophisticated they are.
Passion is everything. Passion is the Holy Grail, that by
which we transcend the realm of mortals.

#DawnOfTheMachineElves #chaosmagick #chaoswitch #discordianism #discord #aiart #aiartist #midjourney #aliceinwonderland #psychadelicart #psychadelicartist #TechnoPagan #TransHuman #ArchaicRevival

The Singularity Is Here: Pluto in Aquarius Reflections On Changing Artistic Directions

On pivoting from more traditional esoteric paganism and polytheism to technopaganism and transhumanism

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-pluto-in

#ai #aiart #aiartist #chatgpt #agi #paganism #polytheism #esoteric #chaosmagic #discord #discordianism #celticpolytheism #TerenceMcKenna #technopagan #transhuman #singularity #eschaton #astrology #pluto #aquarius #plutoinaquarius

The Singularity Is Here: Pluto in Aquarius Reflections On Changing Artistic Directions

On pivoting from more traditional esoteric paganism and polytheism to technopaganism and transhumanism

https://mageofa.substack.com/p/the-singularity-is-here-pluto-in

#ai #aiart #aiartist #chatgpt #agi #paganism #polytheism #esoteric #chaosmagic #discord #discordianism #celticpolytheism #TerenceMcKenna #technopagan #transhuman #singularity #eschaton #astrology #pluto #aquarius #plutoinaquarius