PostDoc | Political & Social Philosophy | Ethics & Critical Theories of AI | Uni Osnabrück @ https://bsky.app/profile/ectaiuos.bsky.social
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Paul Schütze
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In the Transhumanist Anthropocene, the human has become a project to be perfected.
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Paul Schütze (@paulschuetze.bsky.social) and Michael Latzer have just published a paper characterising the "Transhumanist Anthropocene".
What happens when Transhumanism collides with the Anthropocene? What versions of the future might this leave us with?
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🌍 The Anthropocene is changing!
New paper where we introduce the "Transhumanist Anthropocene”. Human action is now turning not just to Earth's systems, but to the biological and cognitive constitution of the human itself.
More to come in the next days. To the paper 👇
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The Anthropocene has always been about what humans do to Earth.
Now this is different:
The direction of human action and the effects on human inhabitants are changing. Human action is turning toward human biology and cognition.
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The transhumanist faith in technology has critical implications on the climate. If superintelligence or geoengineering will solve the problem, the transformations required now become less pressing. This logic can already be found in the IPCC's own mitigation pathways.
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Science against Fascism:
If you are in Osnabrück, join our working group in the film screening „Ghost in the Machine" (in English!), Thu. 04. June, 7pm, Room 15/E10
The Transhumanist Anthropocene:
The moment human action turned from Earth's systems toward human biology.
The paper is Open Access:
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Eine Ministerin einer Regierung, die eine Mehrheit im Parlament hat, sagt es gäbe keine „politische Mehrheit“ für eine Maßnahme die im Koalitionsvertrag dieser Regierung steht. Das muss dieses quiet quitting sein…
"AI harm is not accidental but systemic and extractive. We call for rejecting AI inevitability and advancing community-led responses that disrupt algorithmic settler colonialism and reimagine intelligence beyond domination,” write Bronwyn Carlson and Tamika Worrell.
Degrowth and ecocentrism are becoming structurally unimaginable.
The Transhumanist Anthropocene locks the imagination onto technological solutions or eventually leaving the planet. This reflects the institutional grip of venture capital, big tech, and AI.
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