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NOVANEWS By: Chris Spannos Incredible computer processing power is being applied to heteronomous governance. | Photo: Reuters Many are concerned about the application of computer processing power to automation of work and the impact on jobs and joblessness. Source: Le Monde diplomatique It was Greek/French philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis who argued that individuals in most societies do not depend on themselves to lay down their own law — what he called autonomy. RELATED: 3D Technology Brings Peru Empress to Life After 1700 Years Instead, they assume that law is created by some external force found beyond themselves whether it be gods, nature, history, or reason — heteronomy. As an increasingly influential force regulating social, electoral and economic outcomes,...

NOVANEWS By Jon Kofas Counter Currents Introduction: Humanity’s Future in Al-Biosynthetic World In a few centuries or perhaps a few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and biosynthetic engineering will be perfected to the degree that androids will closely resemble humans and biosynthetically engineered humans will resemble androids. Despite the nightmares of such a prospect for some scientists, humanist scholars and theologians, AI will be a dream becoming reality for those espousing Max More’s philosophy of “transuhumanism”; a movement whose goal is to enhance the human condition physically and intellectually through the application of scientific and technological means. (Carvalko, Joseph, The Techno-human Shell-A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap. Sunbury Press, 2012) Whethe...

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Will Artificial Intelligence Make Society Obsolete?

Artificial Intelligence: Socioeconomic, Political and Ethical Dimensions