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February 6, 2015

New interview on Reason TV on transhumanism, the Transhumanist Party, LGBT ideas, new techology, libertarian ideals, and trying to convince people that overcoming death with science is a good thing: http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/02/06...

New interview on Reason TV on transhumanism, the Transhumanist Party, LGBT ideas, new techology, libertarian ideals, and trying to convince people that overcoming death with science is a good thing: http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/02/06...
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Published on February 06, 2015 11:05 Tags: libertarian, reason, reason-tv, transhumanism, transhumanist-party, zoltan-istvan

My Gizmodo AI & religion story has gone viral a bit, and there are commentary pieces all over now. Here's one in the IBT or International Business Times: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/florida-reve...

My Gizmodo AI & religion story has gone viral a bit, and there are commentary pieces all over now. Here's one in the IBT or International Business Times: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/florida-reve...
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Published on February 06, 2015 09:01 Tags: ai, religion, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

February 5, 2015

An article from Raw Story on my recent Gizmodo piece on AI and religion. This article has been shared over 3000 times in social media according to Linktally. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/a-...-

An article from Raw Story on my recent Gizmodo piece on AI and religion. This article has been shared over 3000 times in social media according to Linktally. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/a-...
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Published on February 05, 2015 17:38 Tags: ai, religion, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

Here's a commentary piece on my Gizmodo story from yesterday in the Daily Mail UK, one of the UK's most read news sites: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec...

Here's a commentary piece on my Gizmodo story from yesterday in the Daily Mail UK, one of the UK's most read news sites: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec...
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Published on February 05, 2015 08:29 Tags: ai, the-transhumanist-wager, zoltan-istvan

February 4, 2015

My article out this morning on AI and religion was also shared on io9.com. The story has been tweeted over 500 times and has hundreds of comments in various places. I expect an international discussion on the topic as a major UK site is putting out a comme

My article out this morning on AI and religion was also shared on io9.com. The story has been tweeted over 500 times and has hundreds of comments in various places. I expect an international discussion on the topic as a major UK site is putting out a commentary piece that often gets picked up all over the world in many languages. http://gizmodo.com/when-superintellig...

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Published on February 04, 2015 19:47 Tags: ai, io9, religion, zoltan-istvan

My new article for Gizmodo! The religious will try to convert a superintelligent AI, but will such a machine remain atheistic? http://gizmodo.com/when-superintellig...

My new article for Gizmodo! The religious will try to convert a superintelligent AI, but will such a machine remain atheistic? http://gizmodo.com/when-superintellig...
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Published on February 04, 2015 10:14 Tags: ai, atheism, christiainity, gizmodo, religion, robots, zoltan-istvan

February 3, 2015

This Op-Ed on Transhumanist Party and future of politics translated into Dutch: http://motherboardvice.cbvid.mobi/nl/...

This Op-Ed on Transhumanist Party and future of politics translated into Dutch: http://motherboardvice.cbvid.mobi/nl/...
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Published on February 03, 2015 18:24 Tags: dutch, transhumanism, transhumanist-party, zoltan-istvan

A new write-up of the debate I had with John Zerzan at Stanford University: http://freeradicalradio.net/blog/

A new write-up of the debate I had with John Zerzan at Stanford University: http://freeradicalradio.net/blog/
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Published on February 03, 2015 12:50 Tags: john-zerzan, stanford-university, zoltan-istvan, zoltan-vs-zerzan

This interview I did on transhumanism & the Transhumanist Party has now been released by Disinformation and is getting shared a lot in social media: http://disinfo.com/2015/02/cusp-trans...

This interview I did on transhumanism & the Transhumanist Party has now been released by Disinformation and is getting shared a lot in social media: http://disinfo.com/2015/02/cusp-trans...
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Published on February 03, 2015 08:19 Tags: transhumanism, transhumanist-party, zoltan-istvan

February 2, 2015

A feature story out today in a major Taiwan site on some of my ideas and the Transhumanist Party. Title of the article is: Superman Bet (translated I think from Transhumanist Wager): http://www.brain.com.tw/News/RealNews... and here's th

A feature story out today in a major Taiwan site on some of my ideas and the Transhumanist Party. Title of the article is: Superman Bet (translated I think from Transhumanist Wager): http://www.brain.com.tw/News/RealNews... and here's the English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate...
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Published on February 02, 2015 20:52 Tags: transhumanism, transhumanist-party, zoltan-istvan