I think we're already getting to a stage where the basic artificial intelligences are discovering moral systems. I think, in many ways, moral systems are simply things that we have programmed into ourselves, either through childhood or just through genetic,… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience. — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
“Their management and regulation of our lives spans the total spectrum of American experience, from their obtuse Imperial Measurement System, to their irregularity-strangled English language. From their lobbyist-ruled government bureaucracy, to their consumer-oriented religious holidays like Christmas. From their brainless professional sports jocks cast as heroes, to their anorexic supermodels warping the concept of beauty. These are the people who… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share
In the future it's very possible you could have an artificial intelligence system that can run the country better than a human being. Because… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
Frederick Nietzsche was important to me, in teaching that it's okay to strive to improve the human being. — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
“From our first day alive on this planet, they began teaching society everything it knows and experiences. It was all brainwashing bullshit. Their trio… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of the simulation theory. I tend to think that most of our existence, if not all of it, is part of… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
“What prompts alarm in me is how you and your government want to ruin not only the potential of this of this country, but… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
Whoever creates an artificial intelligence first has such a distinct military advantage over every other nation on the planet that they will forever, or… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
The American Dream has become a death sentence of drudgery, consumerism, and fatalism: a garage sale where the best of the human spirit is… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
What I advocate for is that, as soon as we get to the point when artificial intelligence can take off and be as smart,… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
Once you've created an intelligence so smart, the real job of that intelligence is to protect itself from other intelligences becoming more intelligent than… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
