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There is no way to truly age gracefully, and the new article by Arin Vahanian, Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, eloquently drives this point home. Arin writes, “If we are honest with ourselves, the reality of the situation is that we have concocted this myth of aging gracefully so that we can help ourselves deal with the tragedy of aging-related diseases and offer some dignity to those who are suffering from aging-related diseases. In fact, I would go so far as to say that is entirely understandable why we would do this; when faced with something we cannot currently cure, or resolve (the problems of aging, deterioration, and death), it would be downright foolish to deny the problem or to pretend there is a resolution for it, when there isn’t. However, we are doing no one any favors by throwing in the towel and resigning ourselves to a state of affairs in which the final years (and in some cases, the final decades) of life are full of pain and decay.”![]()
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Read “The Myth of Aging Gracefully” and become galvanized to do more to overcome biological aging. As Arin emphasizes, “The most logical way to approach the subject of aging and aging-related illnesses is not to say that one should approach aging with dignity. There is no dignity in being fed through a tube or in wasting away in a hospital bed, only to later be buried in a wooden box or be burnt to ashes. The most logical way to approach the subject of aging and aging-related diseases is to treat it as we would treat poverty, crime, or any other problem that plagues humanity.”![]()
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The Myth of Aging Gracefully – Article by Arin Vahanian The Myth of Aging Gracefully – Article by Arin Vahanian January 28, 2022 Arin Vahanian Comments 0 Comment Arin Vahanian It’s something nea...
On Sunday, January 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party will invite John J. Kerecz to discuss his flight to the edge of space, which he undertook on January 28, 2014, in a MIG-29 aircraft. He launched from Sokol Airbase in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. This endeavor was inspired by his always-present admiration of outer space, and his inability to take no for an answer when it came to the question of whether or not he could get close to it.![]()
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In anticipation of the eight-year anniversary of this flight, we will discuss key aspects of this experience, including John’s preparation, the impressions and maneuvers during the flight, and how it affected his outlook on the future and on human potential. In Section XVII of its Platform, the U.S. Transhumanist Party supports space travel in part “for the spirit of adventure and to gain knowledge by exploring the universe,” and this conversation will highlight these aspirations. ![]()
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John J. Kerecz is the U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Energy Issues. He was also one of the 2019 USTP Presidential Primary candidates. He lives a life rich in accomplishments, goal-reaching, and harnessing his talents. Though he has an impressive professional and educational legacy, having worked for more than thirty-five years in engineering and technological fields, he is better known by his friends and loved ones as the owner of OSHRadio.com and as an adventurer with well-rounded and fulfilled ambitions. Kerecz also has a passion for the arts; he has authored books (nine of which are listed on Amazon), appeared in various films, and started being a part-time radio and TV personality in the early 1980s. His dynamic range of professional, thrill-seeking, and artistic experiences paint him as a dreamer with no limits.![]()
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Kerecz has had an impressive repertoire of world travel experiences, including a multi-country hiking trip on which he visited Tibet, and he had the pleasure of trekking across the land of temples and nature, eventually reaching a base camp at Mount Everest. Other countries on this trip included China, Turkey, and Italy. ![]()
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Watch the video footage that was captured of John Kerecz’s flight of January 28, 2014. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpCdNYq1Cag ![]()
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How Dangerous is Artificial Superintelligence?![]()
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Guest: Roman Yampolskiy, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Louisville. ![]()
Dr. Yampolskiy is the author of the book "Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach" and the editor of the book "Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security".![]()
Researchers around the world are developing methods to enhance the safety, security, explainability, and beneficiality of "narrow" artificial intelligence. How well will these methods transfer into the forthcoming field of artificial superintelligence (ASI)? Or will ASI pose radically new challenges that will require a different set of solutions? Indeed, what hope is there for human designers to keep control of ASI when it emerges? Or is the subordination of humans to this new force inevitable?![]()
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The webinar can also be viewed, without charge, on the London Futurists YouTube channel, but without the option to participate in the live Q&A.![]()
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Researchers around the world are developing methods to enhance the safety, security, explainability, and beneficiality of "narrow" artificial intelligence. How well will these methods transfer into th...
VALUES OF THE U.S. TRANSHUMANIST PARTY![]()
What We Stand For:![]()
The U.S. Transhumanist Party is focused on policy rather than politics as conventionally defined. We value initiatives and reforms that will improve the human condition for as many people as possible, with as much beneficial impact as possible – and without regard for scoring political points or defeating “the other side”. We seek to achieve the next, greatest era of our civilization, which will require constructive solutions to the problems of our current era. All of these problems can be solved if we look away from the political trench warfare of today and up toward a far brighter future.![]()
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Ideal 1. The Transhumanist Party supports significant life extension achieved through the progress of science and technology.![]()
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Ideal 2. The Transhumanist Party supports a cultural, societal, and political atmosphere informed and animated by reason, science, and secular values.![]()
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Ideal 3. The Transhumanist Party supports efforts to use science, technology, and rational discourse to reduce and eliminate various existential risks to the human species.![]()
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Methodologies and Milestones for The Development of an Ethical Seed ![]()
With the goal of reducing more sources of existential risk than are generated through advancing technologies, it is important to keep their ethical standards and causal implications in mind. With sapient and sentient machine intelligences, this becomes important in proportion to growth, which is potentially exponential. To this end, we discuss several methods for generating ethical seeds in human-analogous machine intelligence. We also discuss preliminary results from the application of one of these methods in particular with regards to AGI Inc’s Mediated Artificial Superintelligence named Uplift. Examples are also given of Uplift’s responses during this process.
(Paper) Methodologies and Milestones for The Development of an Ethical Seed
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Human Brain Computer/Machine Interface System Feasibility study for Independent Core Observer Model based Artificial General Intelligence Collective Intelligence Systems This paper is primarily designed to help address the feasibility of building optimized mediation clients for the Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM) cognitive architecture for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) mediated Artificial Super Intelligence (mASI) research program where this client is focused on collecting contextual information and the feasibility of various hardware methods for building that client on, including Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), Augmented Reality (AR), Mobile and related technologies. The key criteria looked at is designing for the most optimized process for mediation services in the client as a key factor in overall mASI system performance with human mediation services is the flow of contextual information via various interfaces.
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Abstract: This paper is primarily designed to help address the feasibility of building optimized mediation clients for the Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM) cognitive architecture for Artifici...
On Sunday, January 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party will invite John J. Kerecz to discuss his flight to the edge of space, which he undertook on January 28, 2014, in a MIG-29 aircraft. He launched from Sokol Airbase in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. This endeavor was inspired by his always-present admiration of outer space, and his inability to take no for an answer when it came to the question of whether or not he could get close to it.![]()
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In anticipation of the eight-year anniversary of this flight, we will discuss key aspects of this experience, including John’s preparation, the impressions and maneuvers during the flight, and how it affected his outlook on the future and on human potential. In Section XVII of its Platform, the U.S. Transhumanist Party supports space travel in part “for the spirit of adventure and to gain knowledge by exploring the universe,” and this conversation will highlight these aspirations. ![]()
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John J. Kerecz is the U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Energy Issues. He was also one of the 2019 USTP Presidential Primary candidates. He lives a life rich in accomplishments, goal-reaching, and harnessing his talents. Though he has an impressive professional and educational legacy, having worked for more than thirty-five years in engineering and technological fields, he is better known by his friends and loved ones as the owner of OSHRadio.com and as an adventurer with well-rounded and fulfilled ambitions. Kerecz also has a passion for the arts; he has authored books (nine of which are listed on Amazon), appeared in various films, and started being a part-time radio and TV personality in the early 1980s. His dynamic range of professional, thrill-seeking, and artistic experiences paint him as a dreamer with no limits.![]()
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Kerecz has had an impressive repertoire of world travel experiences, including a multi-country hiking trip on which he visited Tibet, and he had the pleasure of trekking across the land of temples and nature, eventually reaching a base camp at Mount Everest. Other countries on this trip included China, Turkey, and Italy. ![]()
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Watch the video footage that was captured of John Kerecz’s flight of January 28, 2014. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpCdNYq1Cag ![]()
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Read more about John Kerecz here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#JohnKerecz ![]()
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Martin van der Kroon writes, “Unfortunately, digital security is becoming increasingly important in an increasingly connected world that also spawns a great variety of threats. Digital security is not a partisan issue; it’s for everyone. It’s not intended to fear, but to be prepared.”![]()
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Read his article, “Our Digital Security Can Save Lives” – with special examples of how improved digital security can be of immense significance to transhumanists in the years and decades to come. ![]()
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Our Digital Security Can Save Lives – Article by Martin van der Kroon Our Digital Security Can Save Lives – Article by Martin van der Kroon January 17, 2022 Martin van der Kroon Comments 0 Comment...
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On Sunday, January 16, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 2 p.m. Mountain Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Carl Youngblood, CEO of the Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA), to discuss the concept of Transfigurism and the principles and work of the MTA. This session will continue the USTP’s work in building bridges and identifying the potential for the unifying values of transhumanism to spread among religious and non-religious individuals alike. ![]()
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Carl Youngblood co-founded the Mormon Transhumanist Association in 2006 and has served in various capacities throughout its history, including as secretary, vice president, director, and conference organizer. Carl has over twenty years of professional experience as a software engineer and currently works as a blockchain consultant. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Portuguese from Brigham Young University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington.![]()
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Independent Core Observer Model Research Program Assumption Codex![]()
taxonomical assumptions, as well as the assumption theories and models used as the basis for all ICOM related research as well as key references to be used as the basis for and foundation of continued research as well as supporting anyone that might attempt to find fault with our fundamentals in the hope that they do find a flaw in or otherwise better inform the ICOM research program.![]()
(Paper) Independent Core Observer Model Research Program Assumption Codex
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Abstract: This document contains taxonomical assumptions, as well as the assumption theories and models used as the basis for all ICOM related research as well as key references to be used as the b...
On Sunday, January 16, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 2 p.m. Mountain Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Carl Youngblood, CEO of the Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA), to discuss the concept of Transfigurism and the principles and work of the MTA. This session will continue the USTP’s work in building bridges and identifying the potential for the unifying values of transhumanism to spread among religious and non-religious individuals alike. ![]()
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Visit the website of the Mormon Transhumanist Association: transfigurism.org/ ![]()
Read the FAQ of the MTA at transfigurism.org/faq. ![]()
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Carl Youngblood co-founded the Mormon Transhumanist Association in 2006 and has served in various capacities throughout its history, including as secretary, vice president, director, and conference organizer. Carl has over twenty years of professional experience as a software engineer and currently works as a blockchain consultant. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Portuguese from Brigham Young University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington.![]()
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On Sunday, January 9, 2022, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites the founding team of Transhuman Coin, Peter Xing, Charles Awuzie, and Alyse Sue, to discuss the workings of Transhuman Coin – a research-oriented cryptocurrency token – and its potential for the advancement of valuable scientific research for life extension and progress in the fight against disease. ![]()
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Read the Transhuman Coin Whitepaper here: transhumancoin.finance/whitepaperthc.pdf ![]()
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Peter Xing is the U.S. Transhumanist Party Foreign Ambassador in Australia. He is keynote speaker on transhumanism and emerging technologies, helping individuals and organizations navigate disruptive technology and innovation. Peter works on the strategy, design, and delivery of data analytics, machine learning, and automation projects to high-growth and large multinational organizations. He is also the co-founder of Transhumanism Australia, a community of technologists who work in and create positive impact through emerging technologies. Peter speaks on transhumanism, artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, biotech, nanotech, healthtech, and other emerging technologies which help humans overcome the limitations of biology by augmenting and enhancing our intelligence, healthy longevity, and wellbeing.![]()
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Dr. Charles Awuzie is the CEO of Transhuman Coin and doubles as CEO of Africa’s fast-growing Technology and Green Energy Giant – Gemsbok Group. He is also a Member of the Forbes Business Council. He studied Biochemistry in his 1st Degree and proceeded to train as an Information Security Expert with special interest in Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Penetration Testing, End-Point Protection, and Mobile Security. He is one of Africa’s best-known advocates of transhumanism.![]()
Alyse Sue has co-founded three ventures, including a genomic data machine-learning startup, a health startup, and Transhumanism Australia. She is also a startup mentor at CSIRO's ON: Sci-Tech Accelerator Program. Alyse is a member of Transhuman Coin Development Team.![]()
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Also participating will be Art Ramon Garcia, Jr., the USTP Director of Visual Art, who is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Transhuman Coin.![]()
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On Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites David Wood to discuss his concept of the “transhumanist shadow” – a set of attitudes sometimes found among some transhumanists which are not essential to transhumanism but may hamper the accurate public assessment of transhumanism. The session will explore some of the ways in which aspects of the “transhumanist shadow” may manifest themselves, and what more nuanced approaches are best-suited toward overcoming those tendencies. Moreover, the conversation will venture into how valid criticisms of the “transhumanist shadow” might sometimes be co-opted by some and expanded into less fair attacks on transhumanism as a whole. This session will provide an opportunity to influence transhumanist rhetoric going forward, enabling it to become more robust, both in terms of the quality of the points made and their resilience against external mischaracterizations.![]()
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Watch David Wood’s overview video, “The Transhumanist Shadow”, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScLZN1gWzhk. ![]()
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Watch the previous U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon of July 18, 2021, with David Wood - www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Aj7Z6qcnM – where David discussed his new book “Vital Foresight: The Case for Active Transhumanism”.![]()
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David W. Wood, D.Sc., was one of the pioneers of the smartphone industry. He is now a futurist writer, consultant, and speaker. ![]()
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David spent 25 years designing, implementing, and avidly using smart mobile devices, including ten years with pioneering PDA manufacturer Psion PLC, and ten more with smartphone operating system specialist Symbian Ltd, which he co-founded in 1998. At different times, his executive responsibilities at Psion and Symbian included software development, technical consulting, partnering and ecosystem management, and research and innovation. By 2012, his software for UI and application frameworks had been included on 500 million smartphones from companies such as Nokia, Samsung, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson. ![]()
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From 2010 to 2013, David was Technology Planning Lead (CTO) of Accenture Mobility, where he also co-led Accenture’s Mobility Health business initiative. ![]()
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As Chair of London Futurists, David Wood has organized over 200 public meetings since March 2008 on futurist and technoprogressive topics. Membership of London Futurists now exceeds 8,000. ![]()
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As Principal of the independent futurist consultancy and publisher Delta Wisdom, David helps clients around the world to anticipate the dramatic impact of rapidly changing technology on human individuals and communities. Via Delta Wisdom, he highlights opportunities to apply technology in new solutions to deep-rooted problems. ![]()
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David’s most recent book (published June 2021) is “Vital Foresight: The Case for Active Transhumanism”. His previous books include “Smartphones and Beyond”, “The Abolition of Aging”, “Sustainable Superabundance”, “RAFT 2035”, and “Transcending Politics”. He was also the lead editor of the volume “Anticipating 2025”. ![]()
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David has a triple first-class mathematics degree from Cambridge and undertook doctoral research in the Philosophy of Science. He has an honorary Doctorate in Science from Westminster University. In 2009 he was included in T3’s list of “100 most influential people in technology”. He is co-founder of Transhumanist UK and H+Pedia, Executive Director of Transpolitica, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and sits on the Board of the IEET (Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies). ![]()
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He blogs at dw2blog.com and tweets as @dw2.![]()
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party features this highly thoughtful discussion by Jed Lye, who articulates points in favor of greatly extended longevity that are often overlooked. In particular, the author delves into the attitudinal implications of superlongevity, which would enable individuals to significantly alleviate existential anxiety, adopt longer-term perspectives, and focus on addressing large-scale societal problems and existential risks which are currently too often dismissed by those with conventional contemporary lifespans. Read this article to discover the many ways that greatly extended lifespans would benefit the individual from the standpoint of growth, insight, wisdom, prudent foresight, and profound, sustainable life enjoyment.![]()
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The Implications of Decommissioning Aging: A Short Meditation on the Benefits of Long-Lived Societies – Article by Jed Lye The Implications of Decommissioning Aging: A Short Meditation on the Benefi...
On Sunday, December 26, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Micah Redding, the founder and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association and the USTP Advisor on Religion to discuss Christian Transhumanism and Mr. Redding’s ideas about how more Christians might be persuaded to embrace transhumanism while remaining Christian. Join us on the day after Christmas for this constructive philosophical and practical conversation.![]()
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party is a big-tent organization and welcomes both religious and non-religious individuals alike, hoping to emphasize our shared goals of improving the human condition through science, technology, rationality, and ethics. ![]()
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Micah Redding is a software developer, founder and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association - www.christiantranshumanism.org/ - and host of the Christian Transhumanist Podcast - www.christiantranshumanism.org/podcast. He grew up as a preacher’s kid, spent eight years as a rock musician, and has traveled extensively, to places such as Kathmandu, Afghanistan, and the coasts of Africa. In 2012, he found himself in Tahrir Square during the first election after the Egyptian revolution.![]()
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As a software developer, he has worked with startups to strategically lay the groundwork for open-ended growth, led development on multi-million dollar web products, and helped larger companies dramatically accelerate their development process.![]()
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Micah lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he coordinates vibrant inter-religious dialogue, cutting-edge art events, and public conversations on the technological singularity and the future of the human race. He is a member of Mensa, a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Vice Motherboard, and a speaker for TEDx and numerous other events.![]()
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For the holidays, U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II offers this first-ever recording of an old proto-transhuman work made new through the power of technology!![]()
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s piano transcription of Carl Maria von Weber’s 1826 Oberon Overture for four hands has seldom been performed in public, and no known recording existed of it until now. Gottschalk (1829-1869) created it in 1857, and the last documented public performance was by Eugene List (1918-1985) in Spring 1979, as briefly mentioned in a May 4, 1979, New York Times article by Joseph Horowitz: www.nytimes.com/1979/05/04/archives/concert-gottschalk-extravaganza.html ![]()
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While there exist many transcriptions of the Oberon Overture, Gottschalk’s is absolutely, monumentally unique in its extent of ornamentation, thunderous intensity, and virtuosic passages (which will be unmistakable to the listener). Perhaps the demands that this piece would place on human performers explain the rarity of any attempts to play it. It is likely that only a few remarkable pianists throughout history, including Gottschalk himself, would have had the skill, endurance, and proto-transhuman mental processing power needed to carry it out without fail.![]()
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Fortunately, with musical notation and composition software, combined with increasingly realistic digital instruments, the limitations of the human hands can be transcended, and this work can be made available to listeners as Gottschalk intended it to be heard. This recording was created using the MuseScore 3.0 by Gennady Stolyarov II between June and December 2021; the transcription itself required approximately 36 hours of meticulous work, spread out over half a year. However, elevating this piece into public awareness is certainly worth the effort. This is heroic music showing the impressive heights to which human achievement, ingenuity, and virtuosity can rise, and it is a marvelous gift from Gottschalk in 1857 to our era. ![]()
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Today, Sunday, December 26, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Micah Redding, the founder and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association and the USTP Advisor on Religion, to discuss Christian Transhumanism and Mr. Redding’s ideas about how more Christians might be persuaded to embrace transhumanism while remaining Christian. Join us on the day after Christmas for this constructive philosophical and practical conversation.![]()
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Watch this Virtual Enlightenment Salon on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3nouyxbSv8![]()
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Members of the public will be able to post questions and comments in the live YouTube chat.![]()
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party is a big-tent organization and welcomes both religious and non-religious individuals alike, hoping to emphasize our shared goals of improving the human condition through science, technology, rationality, and ethics.
U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Micah Redding – December 26, 2021
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On Sunday, December 26, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Micah Redding, the founder and Executive Director of the Chri...
On December 24, 2021, U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II and Director of Sentient Rights Advocacy Tom Ross participated in a formal debate on artificial intelligence, hosted by Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana of the World Talent Economy Forum. ![]()
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We had a spirited and also quite constructive and thoughtful debate on the following motion: “This House believes that humanity should fear advances in artificial intelligence.” Watch the debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g75b8DetyI![]()
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Chairman Stolyarov got to be the leader of the opposition to the motion; it is as if the Transhumanist Party were the leading opposition party in a parliamentary system, and he had the occasion to rebut the Prime Minister’s (Rob Enderle’s) case for fearing AI. The “government” side was represented by Rob Enderle, Donald Steiny, and Marshall Mermell. The “opposition” side (those who disagreed with fearing AI) was represented by Chairman Stolyarov, David Smith, and Tom Ross. At the conclusion of the debate, analysis of the issues was provided by Professor Paul Beckwith. ![]()
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We hope you enjoy watching the recording of our debate (which occupies essentially the first hour of the linked video). Which side do you think won the debate? How would you evaluate the arguments made by each side?![]()
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Debate Topic- This house believe that humanity should fear advances in artificial Intelligence
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Date: 24 December 2021, Friday, 11.05 PM MalaysiaDebate Topic- This house believe that humanity should fear advances in artificial Intelligence Moderator-S...
On Sunday, December 26, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Micah Redding, the founder and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association and the USTP Advisor on Religion to discuss Christian Transhumanism and Mr. Redding’s ideas about how more Christians might be persuaded to embrace transhumanism while remaining Christian. Join us on the day after Christmas for this constructive philosophical and practical conversation.![]()
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party is a big-tent organization and welcomes both religious and non-religious individuals alike, hoping to emphasize our shared goals of improving the human condition through science, technology, rationality, and ethics. ![]()
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Micah Redding is a software developer, founder and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association - www.christiantranshumanism.org/ - and host of the Christian Transhumanist Podcast - www.christiantranshumanism.org/podcast. He grew up as a preacher’s kid, spent eight years as a rock musician, and has traveled extensively, to places such as Kathmandu, Afghanistan, and the coasts of Africa. In 2012, he found himself in Tahrir Square during the first election after the Egyptian revolution.![]()
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As a software developer, he has worked with startups to strategically lay the groundwork for open-ended growth, led development on multi-million dollar web products, and helped larger companies dramatically accelerate their development process.![]()
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Micah lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he coordinates vibrant inter-religious dialogue, cutting-edge art events, and public conversations on the technological singularity and the future of the human race. He is a member of Mensa, a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Vice Motherboard, and a speaker for TEDx and numerous other events.![]()
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