Mark Waser has over 35 years of experience in software systems design & development and artificial intelligence. He has developed systems ranging from an expert system shell and builder for CitiCorp’s FastFinance lease evaluation and approval system to a neural network evaluating thallium cardiac images of Air Force pilots for Wright-Patterson AFB to numerous natural…
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Roman V. Yampolskiy
Why are you Transhuman(ist)? Human design has multiple obvious flaws; I am a transhumanist because I see it as our destiny to improve on the current design. Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville. He is the founding and current director of…
The Case for the Offspring of the Humanity
Recently, I was in a debate about this question organized by the USTP, “Is artificial general intelligence likely to be benevolent and beneficial to human well-being without special safeguards or restrictions on its development?” That really went to my position on AGI and Existential Risk. This debate drives at the part of the work at…
Serap Şişman Uğur
Why IAmTranshuman(ist)? I am Transhuman, because at the end of the 80s, when I was only a single digit age; my father had meningitis. Then when his doctor said that he would have brain damage, I asked “could we fix it with connected a computer?” … There was no damage to my father, but later,…
Amanda Stoel
Why are you transhuman (ist)? I am (a) transhuman(ist), I sometimes jokingly say I was born a transhumanist, I just wasn’t aware of the label until later in my life. I believe that science and technology are our future. And not something that works against (our) nature but with. From the moment we picked up…
Ted Peters
I am a transhumanist sympathizer who incorporates H+ with a critical eye. On the one hand, transhumanists rightly envision a utopian future superior to the present era and engage in the effort to actualize that vision. I applaud this. On the other hand, transhumanists risk becoming unrealistic when thinking that every human vicissitude can be…
Max More
Max More is a transhumanist, and author of the philosophy of transhumanism in 1990 and wrote the seminal essay Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy with introducing the term “transhumanism” as it is now understood. More founded the first transhumanist organization known as Extropy Institute in 1991. The institute created the first email list on the web for discussion…
Jeffrey Zilahy
Why IAmTranshuman (ist)? I believe survival is a natural imperative. Enhancing my healthspan and lifespan comes naturally to me. Transhumanism is a collective of some of the brightest and most unique individuals I have ever come across. No other movement gives me such personal hope. Transhumanism is, simply put, exciting and revolutionary. I am an…
Marty Resnick
Why # IAmTranshuman (ist)? I became a Transhuman, or as I call it an “Architected Human” in December 2018. At that time I received life-extending and life-saving, technologies including a mechanical heart valve and pacemaker. This life-changing event introduced me to the concept of Transhumanism. Transhumanism is now a key part of my research, writing,…
Dan Elton
For a long time, I was primarily interested in science and figuring out how the world works. A few years ago, however, I started to become more aware of the vast amounts of suffering occurring in our world, both in humans and in other organisms. At the same time, I also started to become more…
Matthew Lehmitz
Why are you transhuman (ist)? I am transhuman because I am human. To improve oneself, to reach for the stars, to seek deeper understanding, and to seek beyond what we know are all fundamental traits of humanity that are also the underpinning philosophy of Transhumanism. In many ways, we, as a species, have always been…
Gabriel Vázquez Torres
A thinker, futurist, transhumanist and entrepreneur in a dot of dust in his universe. He was born on Earth, specifically in Spain. He studied Computer Science at the University of Seville. When he was a child, he started to be interested in different branches of knowledge. From fiction science, philosophy, maths, physics, neuroscience, psychology, human…
Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg is a senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. His research at FHI centers on management of low-probability high-impact risks, estimating the capabilities of future technologies, the ethics of human enhancement, and very long-range futures. He is also a senior research fellow at the Oxford Martin…
William Coburn
William Coburn is a futurist & transhumanist paying close attention to the way in which humankind (soul) and its perception attribute and contribute to the outside world. He has exceptional skills in strategic planning, leadership/employee development and is driven to push forward the human race through practical manners involving Transdisciplinary approaches to complex problems. William…
M. Amon Twyman
Dr. M. Amon Twyman believes that humanity is approaching a brief period of deep transition; a Technological Singularity, as discussed by Transhumanists. Amon has considered himself a Transhumanist since 1994, and approaches questions of technology & society via cognitive science, philosophy, and art. He is a founder of multiple Transhumanist groups, including Zero State, the…
Peter Morgan
Why are you Transhuman (ist)? My background is in science, in scientific discovery and in the scientific method. Therefore, I believe that the world’s problems, including curing disease, increasing the human health-span, eradication of poverty, food abundance, clean energy and human longevity can and will be solved by using science. It seems a pretty obvious,…
S. Mason Dambrot
Why are you Transhuman (ist)? For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with everything about the world and my perception of it. My late father read to me from his science and medical books when I was a prelingual infant—the result being was that my first word, at age 18 months, was…
Kyrtin Atreides
Starting at a young age with modern medicine’s inability to treat his severe migraines Kyrtin began a process of self-experimentation which eventually produced a nootropic concoction which reduced migraine frequency by 90%, and a Psychoacoustic modification with roughly the same benefit. This led him to discover the works of Futurists such as Jacque Fresco, and…
Liz Parrish
Why are you transhuman (ist)? I am a transhumanist because I choose Life and Health over Suffering and Death. the Founder and CEO of BioViva Sciences USA Inc. BioViva is committed to extending healthy lifespans using gene therapy. Liz is known as “the woman who wants to genetically engineer you,” she is a humanitarian, entrepreneur,…
David J Kelley
Why IAmTranshuman (ist)? “I am ‘Transhuman’ in part because it is part of the only hope I think we have as a species. It is only through helping each other and give as many as possible the tools to move forward that we will survive in the long run. It is literally for my children…