Can the new metaverse survive?

During its heyday from roughly 2008 to 2011 Second Life was full of major brand storefronts and a thriving in-world economy. However those brands moved out after it became clear that the economy wasn’t driving any traffic to their stores and few were buying real-world goods and services. The focus was on elements of the…

Opportunity to Publish AI Related Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journal (no cost)

One of the bigger problems I have run into in doing research out of a small lab is the cost of publishing papers and get them peer-reviewed.  Many of the most specialized scientific conferences like BICA Society (Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures for AI) can not afford to subsidize costs. This means limits on how many…

Call For Papers – Collective Superintelligence Summit

This is a call for papers for the First Annual Collective Superintelligence Virtual Conference on Friday, June 4th, 2021.  Papers should be at least 4 pages, with no limit on size, and cover topics on Collective Superintelligent systems.  Such topics can include: What forms can collective intelligence systems take? How do you build a collective…

h+ Academy – Challenge Limits.

The Members H+ Academy is developed to provide a way for members to exchange ideas and collaborate on projects. Round Table discussions featuring world-leading thinkers discussing the most immediate issues will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. We have two ways for members to participate n the Academy: (1) attend the Humanity+ hosted…

Volunteer To Help With The Uplift E-Governance Study

The AGI Laboratory is looking for volunteers to help with our E-governance study.  Here is the summary from the experimental framework for the research program: This paper outlines the experimental framework for an e-governance study by the AGI Laboratory.  The goal of this research study is to identify indications of the relative performance of e-governance…

Post-Pandemic: A Future Free of Disease and Destruction (July 7-8)

Beyond Disease; Beyond Scarcity; Beyond Cruelty: We need new technology, science, and culture to get beyond disease and destruction. About this Event The H+ Summit will host speakers on Zoom and steam live for all attendees on YouTube. We will have a YouTube chat window for discussion, Q&A, and provide a survey on the Summit topics…

The Transhuman Stock Photo Collection

One of the issues we found is that for doing blog posts, slide decks, and articles some times it’s hard to get good photography so we tackled the problem by building a stock photo service that is free for transhumanists.  The site uses a version of the creative commons license but is specific only to…

The IAmTranshuman Blog

(Seattle) The IAmTranshuman blog is generated by the staff of Transhumanity.net but focused on general transhumanism.  Topics are focused on ‘news’, ‘projects’, ‘Resources’ and general transhumanism, setting aside controversial topics best left to other sites and blogs.   For example, the new IAmTranshuman blog might carry new material about the Transpire Project or Hpluspedia but not…

Transhumanist Sensible Action Re COVID-19

From Dr. Natasha’s blog in this time of Pandemic: Use Reliable Sources: Listen to the authorities in your country and their guidelines. Review updates at the World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Be informed about quantified data (Total Confirmed and Total Recovered cases). Attend the COVID-19 The State & future of Pandemics virtual event where Humanity+ Board…

The Transhuman House Version 3.0

As many of you know about the Transhuman House we had open for 3 years in Provo Utah. For the first year, I curated the location and for most of 1.5 years, Matthew Lehmitz curated the location and another supporter named Bill.   Alas back in November, it was closed due to not hitting financial targets….

Transhuman Project: Transpire

(London) Transpire.me is a Transhuman blog and project site focused on helping get projects started and moving.  The project is run by Kate Levchuk and started in 2019.  The thinking is that with help these projects that others submit can get some of the help they need.   From the site: Transpire is a Hub of…

Featuring FM2030 (1930 to 2000)

FM2030 (1930 to 2000) One of the most important icons of transhumanism that everyone should know about is FM2030.  From HPlusPedia: “FM 2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری‎) was a Belgian-born American-Iranian futurist, philosopher and transhumanist born October 15, 1930 in Brussels. He was also an athlete, author, consultant and teacher. He became notable as a…

The Debt Nation Podcast On Transhumanism

(WWW) Another great transhumanist project is the talk show podcast Debt Nation.  Debt Nation is run by Steel Archer and his podcast site says this about the show: DEBT NATION- MAINSTREAMING TRANSHUMANISM Debt Nation- the movement where we are busy putting death out of business. Steelearcher.com will keep you updated with all the latest Debt…

Release of the IAmTranshuman Media Kit

The IAmTranshuman Media Kit are assets that make it easier for someone to make videos or other material related to the IAmTranshuman campaign and resources to learn more about IAmTranshuman General.  If you make something or do a post or otherwise use #IAmTranshuman we would love to see it and post on our social media….

IAmTranshuman Media Kit

If you want to make your own #IAmTranshuman media or writing-related content or referring to IAmTranshuman, here are some of the design elements and details we used and other assets that may be useful depending on what you’re doing. You have permission to use this to create references to IAmTranshuman or your profile on IAmTranshuman…

A New Kind of Governance, ‘Transhuman’ Governance… (A Proposal)

When thinking about the IAmTranshuman project I always end up thinking about policy and things that could be improved even in small ways to help society be more transhuman. For example one of the problems with democracy is that it is impractical to have an absolute democracy on a large scale. Every decision doesn’t scale…

# IAmTranshuman World Tour

The IAmTranshuman campaign is going around the world and you can participate too.  The actual dates are below but any time during the tour if you take a picture of yourself with the IAmTranshuman Sign we will post it and that location along with other Tour related posts.  The main tour starts on the 11th…

Ethics Board Nominations for Public Comment

There are a number of reasons the IAmTranshuman project needs an ethics review board, but the major reason is to oversee the micro-grant program and other operations and to ensure we are doing the right thing.  As a Transhumanist Organization ethics should be above reproach.  One of the key issues is we don’t want even…

The End of the Transhuman House 2.0

(Provo) The story of the Transhuman House goes back a number of years.  Starting with the Foundation looking at a location in Seattle.  This location was a good quarter acre with about 2500 square foot 4 bedroom house with a two-car garage.  This didn’t initially pan out due to the cost overhead and not getting…

IAmTranshuman VR World in AltVR

(Virtual Reality) Deep in cyberspace, #IAmTranshuman has created a virtual world in AltVR.  AltVR works on most VR hardware as well as many desktop machines without special equipment.  The virtual space is easy to use and navigate but also has a lot of transhuman material in it.  We are currently building a virtual museum on…

#IAmTranshuman Goes on to Robotics AGI Lab Research Platform (Press)

(Provo) The robotics system in question is called an Avatar because it is a platform for a cloud-based AGI test system to interact in the real world. The #iamtranshuman moniker is going on the Avatar Android prototype’s head.  The Avatar is being built by the AGI Lab that is scheduled to come out in Q3…

#IAmTranshuman Going to Space

(Seattle) #IAmTranshuman has come to a tentative agreement to send #IAmTranshuman into space on the side of PlantSat 2.  PlantSat 2 is a biosphere research satellite designed to emulate the Martian Environment at least in part. PlantSat is a contribution to the ongoing human efforts of exploring, understanding and eventually colonizing Mars. Its goal is…

#IAmTranshuman Micro Grant Program – Voted By The Community

(Seattle) #IAmTranshuman is now accepting micro-grant (100-1000 USD) pitches for projects aligned with the goal of “In real life make transhumanism more engaged with the general public.” Projects can be research, public service, art or other projects that focus on that goal but approved by the board and the ethics review committee.  One important detail…

Recruiting #IAmTranshuman Ethics Board

(Seattle) #IAmTranshuman is looking for people to join an ethical oversight board.  This board will have veto rights, oversight authority and will be charged with evaluating the key actions to the #IAmTranshuman campaign effort.  It is important to ensure transparency, data security and prevent the #IAmTranshuman campaign from being abused or from being partial to…