1- When reading Kurzweil's view of the singularity and what it means for humanity, I found several parallels with Aristotle's and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as well as Voltaire's. The connection I found between Dante and Kurzweil was that Dante's superhuman was actualized throughout human history rather than with one human, this is very similar to what Kurzweil is proposing, that after the singularity, humanity will be actualizing their full potential. Kurzweil points out that it is a natural progression of humanity to become this biotechnologically enhanced superman because we have been advancing our intellects throughout human history, just as Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society would handle a superhuman should they arrive brings up some issues about how humanity should handle Kurzweil's singularity, should we reach that point. If only the rich can afford the technologically enhancements, then the masses, according to Aristotle, have only two choices: to make them absolute monarchs over themselves, or to ostracize/kill them. Neither of these options would be a great idea for the wellbeing of humanity, in fact it would cause a greater and more dangerous divide between economical classes. However, if the singularity is more like Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then the technologically enhanced humans would find parallels between themselves and 'regular' humanity and would help to advance humanity. example of reply :When reading Kurzweil's view of the singularity and what it means for humanity, I found several parallels with Aristotle's and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as well as Voltaire's. The connection I found between Dante and Kurzweil was that Dante's superhuman was actualized throughout human history rather than with one human, this is very similar to what Kurzweil is proposing, that after the singularity, humanity will be actualizing their full potential. Kurzweil points out that it is a natural progression of humanity to become this biotechnologically enhanced superman because we have been advancing our intellects throughout human history, just as Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society would handle a superhuman should they arrive brings up some issues about how humanity should handle Kurzweil's singularity, should we reach that point. If only the rich can afford the technologically enhancements, then the masses, according to Aristotle, have only two choices: to make them absolute monarchs over themselves, or to ostracize/kill them. Neither of these options would be a great idea for the wellbeing of humanity, in fact it would cause a greater and more dangerous divide between economical classes. However, if the singularity is more like Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then the technologically enhanced humans would find parallels between themselves and 'regular' humanity and would help to advance humanity. 2- Kurzweil embraces the term "singularity".  He predicts that through an exponential increa.

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When reading Kurzweil's view of the singularity and what it
means for humanity, I found several parallels with Aristotle's
and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as well as Voltaire's. The
connection I found between Dante and Kurzweil was that
Dante's superhuman was actualized throughout human history
rather than with one human, this is very similar to what
Kurzweil is proposing, that after the singularity, humanity will
be actualizing their full potential. Kurzweil points out that it is
a natural progression of humanity to become this
biotechnologically enhanced superman because we have been
advancing our intellects throughout human history, just as
Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society would handle a
superhuman should they arrive brings up some issues about how
humanity should handle Kurzweil's singularity, should we reach
that point. If only the rich can afford the technologically
enhancements, then the masses, according to Aristotle, have
only two choices: to make them absolute monarchs over
themselves, or to ostracize/kill them. Neither of these options
would be a great idea for the wellbeing of humanity, in fact it
would cause a greater and more dangerous divide between
economical classes. However, if the singularity is more like
Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then the technologically
enhanced humans would find parallels between themselves and
'regular' humanity and would help to advance humanity.
example of reply :When reading Kurzweil's view of the
singularity and what it means for humanity, I found several
parallels with Aristotle's and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as
well as Voltaire's. The connection I found between Dante and
Kurzweil was that Dante's superhuman was actualized
throughout human history rather than with one human, this is
very similar to what Kurzweil is proposing, that after the

2. singularity, humanity will be actualizing their full potential.
Kurzweil points out that it is a natural progression of humanity
to become this biotechnologically enhanced superman because
we have been advancing our intellects throughout human
history, just as Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society
would handle a superhuman should they arrive brings up some
issues about how humanity should handle Kurzweil's
singularity, should we reach that point. If only the rich can
afford the technologically enhancements, then the masses,
according to Aristotle, have only two choices: to make them
absolute monarchs over themselves, or to ostracize/kill them.
Neither of these options would be a great idea for the wellbeing
of humanity, in fact it would cause a greater and more
dangerous divide between economical classes. However, if the
singularity is more like Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then
the technologically enhanced humans would find parallels
between themselves and 'regular' humanity and would help to
advance humanity.
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Kurzweil embraces the term "singularity". He predicts that
through an exponential increase in technologies and by the self-
improvement of these technologies, a state of super intelligence
would take place. He believes that this would be achieved by
2045. Kurzweil believes that machine intelligence would
actually surpass human intelligence, and would lead us to more
effectively look at the world beyond our planet.
Aristotle argues that if a superhuman appears–or a god among

3. men is the term he uses–then certain problems would emerge,
such as being rejected by the citizenry. This ties in nicely to the
possible consequences that could occur if singularity is
achieved: what would happen to consciousness if immortality is
afoot? and how could this relate to nature, such as to the laws
of physics?
I think that it is integral that we develop, and this is our true
nature as Dante said. Also, I do agree that the mind contains
unlimitedness. People 500 years ago would not have predicted
that we would live in such conditions today. Conditions were
harsher. Survival was difficult. However, today we have
developed our technologies, and reached higher levels of
intelligence to make our lives easier. I think that singularity–
irrespective of whether it actually happens or not– is an
outcome of what the three philosophers emphasized: there is
potential, and that potential can be actualized (if not to the
fullest). With that being said, I do believe that more and more
would improve as time passes, which is essentially what
Kurzweil emphasized.