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Science and KMD

Science and KMD. Yes Or No?. Kalo ' smi loka-ksaya-krt (Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds) -Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 32. Lord Krishna . Literal Meaning. Blast Zone of 20 Megaton Warhead. The Inferno. Project Frankenstein.

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Science and KMD

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  1. Science and KMD Yes Or No?

  2. Kalo 'smiloka-ksaya-krt (Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds) -Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 32 Lord Krishna

  3. Literal Meaning

  4. Blast Zone of 20 Megaton Warhead

  5. The Inferno

  6. Project Frankenstein • 20th century  technology increasingly seems to become a Frankenstein monster  turning on its creators • Enormous benefits  spawned a variety of lethal problems  from global warming to threat of mass destruction • Help of technology  1st time man has both the means to greatly lengthen/improve life or bring about his own extinction

  7. Genetic Engineering • Agree/Disagree? • What are your views? • Is it morally right? What are the pros and cons?

  8. Why the future does not need usBill Joy

  9. The 3 transhumanist technologies • Genetic engineering, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence • Ironically  these technology of transcendence and immortality  also the ones that allows KMD (knowledge-enabled mass destruction)

  10. KMD • What is KMD? • How does KMD differ from old modes of mass destruction? • Do you agree that these KMD technologies made the extinction of mankind inevitable?

  11. Hubris? • The ancient Greeks  called the pride of being like the god ‘hubris’ • Do you think death can be conquered by technological means? • Do you think the transhumanist enterprise is ultimately one of hubris?

  12. Solutions: if any • Can we arrest the technological trends leading towards AI, nanotech and genetic engineering? • Should we? • And if we cannot or should not, how do we manage the inherent dangers of the transhumanist technologies?

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