Dr. Randal Koene: Biological Life Extension is Not Enough (Australian Singularity Summit 2012)

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Second keynote by Dr. Randal Koene at the 2012 Australian Singularity Summit. Dr. Koene presents the motivation for human technological augmentation and reasons to go beyond biological life extension.

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Biological Life-Extension is Not Enough

Randal A. Koene
Carboncopies.org

No one wants to live longer just to live longer.

Motivation informs Method.

Having an Objective, a Goal, requires that you
have some notion of success.

Creating (intelligent) machines that have the
capabilities we do not – is not as good as being
able to experience them ourselves...

Imagine... creating/playing music.
Imagine... being the kayak.

Imagine... perceiving the background radiation of
the universe.

Is being out of the loop really your goal?

Near-term goals: Extended lives without
expanded minds are in conflict with creative
development.

Gene survival is extremely dependent on an
environment – it is unlikely to survive many
changes.

Worse... gene replication does not sustain that
which we care most about!

Is CTGGAGTAC better than GTTGACTGAC?

We are vessels for that game – but for the last
10,000 years something has been happening!

Certain future experiences are desirable, others
are not – these are your perspectives, the memes
you champion...

Death keeps stealing our champions, our experts.

Too early to do uploading? - No! The big
perspective is relevant now.

We don't like myopic thinking in our
politicians, let's not be myopic about world
issues ourselves.

Life-extension in biology may increase the fragility
of our species & civilization...

More people? - Resources.
Less births? - Fewer novel perspectives.
Expansion? - Environmental limitation.

Biological life-extension within the same
evolutionary niche = further specialization to the
same performance

“over-training” in conflict with generalization

Aubrey de Grey: Ultimately, desires “uploading”

Significant biological life-extension in
incredibly difficult and beset by threats.

Reality vs. popular perception.

Life-extension and Substrate-Independence are
two different objectives

Developing out of a “catchment area”
(S.Gildert) may demand iterations of
exploration – and exploration involves risk.

Hard-wired delusions and drives. What would
an AGI do? Which types of AGI would exist in
the long run?

“Uploading” is just one step of many – but a
necessary step – for a truly advanced species

Thank You

carboncopies.org
randal.a.koene@carboncopies.org

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Dr. Randal Koene: Biological Life Extension is Not Enough (Australian Singularity Summit 2012)

1. Biological Life-Extension is Not Enough Randal A. Koene Carboncopies.org

2. PERSONAL

3. No one wants to live longer just to live longer. Motivation informs Method.

4. Having an Objective, a Goal, requires that you have some notion of success.

5. Creating (intelligent) machines that have the capabilities we do not – is not as good as being able to experience them ourselves... Imagine... creating/playing music. Imagine... being the kayak. Imagine... perceiving the background radiation of the universe.

6. Is being out of the loop really your goal?

7. Near-term goals: Extended lives without expanded minds are in conflict with creative development.

8. SOCIAL

9. Gene survival is extremely dependent on an environment – it is unlikely to survive many changes. Worse... gene replication does not sustain that which we care most about!

10. Is CTGGAGTAC better than GTTGACTGAC? We are vessels for that game – but for the last 10,000 years something has been happening!

11. Certain future experiences are desirable, others are not – these are your perspectives, the memes you champion... Death keeps stealing our champions, our experts.

12. Too early to do uploading? - No! The big perspective is relevant now. We don't like myopic thinking in our politicians, let's not be myopic about world issues ourselves.

13. SPECIES

14. Life-extension in biology may increase the fragility of our species & civilization... More people? - Resources. Less births? - Fewer novel perspectives. Expansion? - Environmental limitation.

15. Biological life-extension within the same evolutionary niche = further specialization to the same performance “over-training” in conflict with generalization

16. Aubrey de Grey: Ultimately, desires “uploading”

17. TECHNICAL

18. Significant biological life-extension in incredibly difficult and beset by threats. Reality vs. popular perception.

19. Life-extension and Substrate-Independence are two different objectives

20. Developing out of a “catchment area” (S.Gildert) may demand iterations of exploration – and exploration involves risk. Hard-wired delusions and drives. What would an AGI do? Which types of AGI would exist in the long run?

21. “Uploading” is just one step of many – but a necessary step – for a truly advanced species

22. Thank You carboncopies.org randal.a.koene@carboncopies.org 22

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