[ExI] Paradiso and Inferno in Robin Hanson’s ‘The Age of Em’

[Tomaz Kristan]

A very good critics.

But as you said once Giulio, you would like to write your own favorite
scenario, had you the same writing talent as Robin.

Never mind, tell us here what's your scenario. Might be an interesting one.

If you wish to, of course.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paradiso and Inferno in Robin Hanson’s ‘The Age of Em’
>
> My review of Robin's much discussed new book.
>
> Come to Robin's presentation in Second Life next Sunday, June 26!
>
> Robin Hanson’s future scenario in “The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life
> when Robots Rule the Earth” reminds me of Dante. On the one hand, many
> people will transcend (current concepts of) humanity and
> “transhumanize” - a word invented by Dante in Paradiso, Canto 1 - to
> become uploaded souls running on high performance computing circuitry.
> On the other hand, they will live in red-hot metal cities that create
> strong hot winds to disperse the excess heat generated by billions of
> uploads computing their way to continued existence. The infernal city
> of Dis, described by Dante in Inferno, Canto 8, comes to mind...
>
>
> http://turingchurch.com/2016/06/21/paradiso-and-inferno-in-robin-hansons-the-age-of-em/
>
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