About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Raymond Hausoul about hope and transhumanism based on his contribution to a book.
Gesprek met Raymond Hausoul gastdocent aan de ETF in Leuven op basis van een door hem geschreven bijdrage aan het boek "The Oxford Compendium of Hope" getiteld Hope and Transhumanism. Een uitgave van de Oxford Press in Oxford. (https://academic.oup.com/book/61728/chapter/541578971?login=false) Van hun site bij betreffend hoofdstuk: Abstract Influential figures such as Hans Moravec and Ray Kurzweil describe in their publications the possibilities that technological developments can eventually offer humanity to evolve to a “higher form.” This transhumanism movement, which is characterized by this search for a higher transformation of humanity, investigates how these ideological perspectives can be practically realized so that technological developments can optimally improve life on earth. This includes, for example, the question of what possibilities artificial intelligence and robotics offer humanity from an ideological-technological perspective. This chapter explores the hopes that characterize transhumanist proposals. In doing so, I distinguish between Anthony Scioli’s four approaches to hope: (1) survival-oriented hope, (2) master-oriented hope, (3) attachment hope, and (4)…
People in this episode
Host: Joop van der Elst
Guest: Raymond Hausoul
Topics covered
- transhumanism
- hope
- technology
- artificial intelligence
- robotics
Keywords
- transhumanism
- hope
- technology
- artificial intelligence
- robotics
- Anthony Scioli
- Oxford Compendium
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ETF, Oxford Press
Books & works: The Oxford Compendium of Hope
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