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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 27, 2022

Categorized
Transhumanism

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Featured, Transhumanism (characteristics), Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Zoltan Istvan}

The Impossibility of Christian Transhumanism

_{Transhumanists seek the right not only to manipulate their own bodies but also those of their children, including mind clones, monoparent children, or benevolent AI} _{Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2022

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This article is reprinted with permission from First Things (March 24, 2022) So-called “Christian transhumanism,” or the attempt to blend the transhumanist agenda with the precepts of Christian theology, has been around for some time. But there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the project. The book Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, published in 2019, claims to offer “first-hand testimony to the value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind.” The volume includes contributions from a number of Christians. The “Christian Transhumanist Association” (CTA), formed in 2014, is actively dedicated to promoting transhumanism as a means of “participating with God in the redemption, reconciliation, and renewal of the world.” The problem with these efforts is that the transhumanist worldview and Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 5, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health

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MAID (euthanasia in Canada)}

Computer Program Predicts When Seniors Have 6 Months to Live

_{Developed in Canada, the program is further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal} _{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health}

As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a study that claims a computer program can predict when seniors have six months to live. From the Global News story: Amid a lack of proper support for Canadians receiving home-based support towards the end of their lives, a new risk calculator is helping predict how long seniors have left to live. The Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool — dubbed ‘RESPECT’ for short — can predict death within six months, and was developed using data from more than 491,000 community-dwelling adults aged at least 50 years who used home care between 2007 and 2013. Always with the acronyms to hide Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 6, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors

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Definition of life, Human embryo}

Scientists’ Definition of Life Excludes AI, but Includes Embryos

_{A sophisticated AI machine would certainly be worth a lot of money but it has no more moral worth than a broken toaster} _{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors}

Speaking of moral value, the professors’ proposed definition would certainly include the earliest human embryos, their status as “human life” often denied by those who wish to justify their wanton destruction or casual instrumental use as natural resources.

Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human ‘Improvement’

_{Transhumanists don’t seem much interested in such real improvements in the human condition. They want quick, easy technological fixes} _{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2019

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Ethics, Religion, Technocracy, Transhumanism}

The transhumanist movement swoons over increasing intelligence. If I had to choose between increasing the intelligence of the human race versus enhancing our capacity to love, the human race would be far better off embracing the latter than the former. There is no brain implant for that.