Existential Hope and Existential Despair in Ai Apocalypticism and Transhumanism

Drawing on observations from on- and offline fieldwork among transhumanists and artificial superintelligence/singularity-focused groups, this article will explore an anthropology of anxiety around the hoped for, or feared, posthuman future. It will lay out some of the varieties of existential hope a...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Singler, Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Artificial intelligence / Human being / Existence / Apocalypticism / Transhumanism
Further subjects:B Transhumanism
B Apocalypse
B Artificial Intelligence
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