Transcript Transhumanism today and tomorrow:

Transhumanism today and
tomorrow:
Ethical aspects and laws
shaping our future
Hi my name is...
Heikki Lääkkö
(in english Laakko)
United World Builders
Commercial Space Startup
Global Administrator, VP Marketing: Europe
LinkedIn
Lifeboat Foundation
Transhumanism
en·hance (n-hns)
tr.v. en·hanced, en·hanc·ing, en·hanc·es
To make greater, as in value, beauty, or
effectiveness; augment.
To provide with improved, advanced, or
sophisticated features: computer
software enhanced with cutting-edge
Enhance
human intellectual, physical, and
psychological capacities
Enhance physical capacities
NEUROSURGICAL IMPLANTS
BRAIN IMPLANTS
• Nerve trunk stimulation in
paraplegia
• Surface electrodes
• Vagus nerve stimulation for
– Intractable epilepsy
– Treatment resistant
depressions
– Pain
– Epilepsy
– Neurosurgery in eloquent areas
• Deep electrodes in the brain
• Spinal cord stimulation for
– Parkinson’s
– Pain relief
– Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
– Arteriopathic disease of
lower limbs
• Brain implants
Enhance intellectual, physical,
and psychological capacities
Brain-machine interfaces or brain to brain
interfaces
• Synthetic telepathy
• Hivemind
– Collective thinking
– Group intelligence
• Mind control
– Robotic arms
– Robots
• Brain implants
Transhumanism
stud·y (ˈstadi)
vb studies, studying, studied
to give time and attention to gaining
knowledge of a subject.
to look at or examine carefully.
Study
potential benefits and dangers of emerging
technologies
as well as
ethical matters involved in developing and
using such technologies
Study emerging technologies
Bioprinting Infographic: From Concept to Organ
Transplantation
List of emerging technologies
●
Many fields, most attractive,
biotechnology
TransEthics
eth·ics (eth-iks)
the study or the science of morals
a system or set of moral principles
the rules of conduct governing a
particular class of human actions or a
particular group, culture, etc
European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European
Commission:
The ethical aspects of ICT implants in the human body
TransLaws
Singularity or Bust
Conclusions about TransLaws
Is there a need for government
intervention towards transhumanism?
We need laws and ethics, mutual agreement?
Is transhumanism and singularity something
that if controlled by government, other
regions or countries with more allowance
towards transhumanism will bypass those
governments with more restrictions?
Immortality and Law
Life extension, population control
Some bioethics say that 80 years is a good
average lifespan that we shouldn't
exceed.
Those who get immortality to leave Earth
as soon as possible, space exploration.
What about those who opt-out?
Final Words
Future is highly unpredictable.
Singularity is the point where things get
so unpredictable that only superior
intelligence can evaluate all attributes
related to human affairs, environment and
life.
Thank you for attending this presentation
and I wish everyone will reach this climax
point in our history that we entitle, the
Singularity.
Have a nice
life! All the best,