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It has only been recently that we've discovered that we are able to extend out lifespans, our biological abilities, and out intellectual capabilities with technology and science. With the help of technology, we could change the way we live forever. The technology could help us in many ways we couldn't even think possible a few hundred years ago.
Professor Al-Rodhan believes that humans have a nature that compels us to enhance our physical and mental abilities. This drive will eventually bring us to the brink of what he calls 'Inevitable Transhumanism', where humans enhance their abilities through the convergence of multiple emerging technologies (ex. nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.) He believes that humans are genetically hardwired to 'feel good' and that this feeling will push us further to a transhumanist outcome. The human experience will become artificially enhanced because of this feeling.
There are many human-enhancing technologies that are being produced today that are changing the way we as humans live. These technologies enhance our physical and cognitive past what is realistically biologically possible. An example is Lockheed Martin’s Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC). It is a hydraulic-powered exoskeleton made to enhance the endurance, strength, and speed of soldiers on the battlefield. It allows soldiers to carry weights of up to 200 pounds whilst running at a top speed of 10 miles per hour for long periods of time. This endurance, strength, and speed enhancing technology could transform the capacities of the soldiers wearing it and give the US military a tactical edge.
Another example of a human-enhancing technology is the Google Glass. This technology allows its user to communicate in languages they're not familiar with, to put off their memory to Google Glass for later recall, and to view meaningful information about their surroundings in their peripheral vision. Once it matures to the product it is designed to be, who knows what we could do with this.
Also there are other types of technologies that could help us prosper longer, such as human genetic engineering, which in the future could help us enhance our capabilities beyond what is biologically thought to be possible.
Animal testing has already shown that subtle tweaks to a genetic makeup can result in increased physical performance. Researchers in Switzerland have been able to exponentially increase the strength of mice by genetically suppressing an inhibitor called NCoR1, which resulted in greater muscle growth, improved muscle density, and larger amounts of mitochondria.
Even though these technologies could help us prosper and live a longer, healthier life, there is controversy on whether this is humane or not. Such things like animal testing and genetic engineering on plants have been debated on for years. Despite that, there is a chance that one day we could adapt gene therapy and genetic engineering in order to make one live longer, become more intelligent, or able to perform significantly demanding physical tasks.
Professor Al-Rodhan believes that humans have a nature that compels us to enhance our physical and mental abilities. This drive will eventually bring us to the brink of what he calls 'Inevitable Transhumanism', where humans enhance their abilities through the convergence of multiple emerging technologies (ex. nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.) He believes that humans are genetically hardwired to 'feel good' and that this feeling will push us further to a transhumanist outcome. The human experience will become artificially enhanced because of this feeling.
There are many human-enhancing technologies that are being produced today that are changing the way we as humans live. These technologies enhance our physical and cognitive past what is realistically biologically possible. An example is Lockheed Martin’s Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC). It is a hydraulic-powered exoskeleton made to enhance the endurance, strength, and speed of soldiers on the battlefield. It allows soldiers to carry weights of up to 200 pounds whilst running at a top speed of 10 miles per hour for long periods of time. This endurance, strength, and speed enhancing technology could transform the capacities of the soldiers wearing it and give the US military a tactical edge.
Another example of a human-enhancing technology is the Google Glass. This technology allows its user to communicate in languages they're not familiar with, to put off their memory to Google Glass for later recall, and to view meaningful information about their surroundings in their peripheral vision. Once it matures to the product it is designed to be, who knows what we could do with this.
Also there are other types of technologies that could help us prosper longer, such as human genetic engineering, which in the future could help us enhance our capabilities beyond what is biologically thought to be possible.
Animal testing has already shown that subtle tweaks to a genetic makeup can result in increased physical performance. Researchers in Switzerland have been able to exponentially increase the strength of mice by genetically suppressing an inhibitor called NCoR1, which resulted in greater muscle growth, improved muscle density, and larger amounts of mitochondria.
Even though these technologies could help us prosper and live a longer, healthier life, there is controversy on whether this is humane or not. Such things like animal testing and genetic engineering on plants have been debated on for years. Despite that, there is a chance that one day we could adapt gene therapy and genetic engineering in order to make one live longer, become more intelligent, or able to perform significantly demanding physical tasks.