Not knowing what is the best way to introduce myself to this list on
which I have been lurking for a while, and being in contact with some
of you (Natasha, Max) it occurred to me that maybe my latest
ultrashort scifi story (a second project I am working upon beside the
Polytopia Project) is an interesting manner of introduction, so here
goes:<br>
<br>--<br><br>“If one doesn’t put one’s reason at stake in an experiment, the experiment is not worth attempting.”<br><br>( Bachelard in “Le Surrationalisme” (1936)<br><br>--<br><br>Presentation to the Titan board of AGI, Biorobotics, and Other sentient life forms.<br>
<br>Dear members of the board,<br><br>As it is the duty of every future
officer of the board to present its conception of identity and its
epistemic profiles, I send you this photon-transmission as part of my
CV (which you already received and light stamped).<br>
I wish to use this particular presentation as an explication of why I
will require certain concessions as part of my existential
requirements. <br><br>Though
I still inhabit a material manifestation that is commonly referred to
as ‘my body’, I do not regard this as a ‘one size fits all’
proposition, therefore, though it is a factuality that I ‘have’ a body
this in no fashion stands as the signifier of an identity. <br>
Moreover though it is still true to a biological constraint that said
body has grown and evolved to carry a gender specification, in no
fashion do I regard this specificity to signify a gender that I carry
as a state of mind.<br>
My basic standpoint in this respect is that both enhancements and
uploads are viable options as well as mind transfer or biodiversified
personification, I consider all choices of modification, transformation
and or mutation into other species as equally valid under the freedom
of individuation act of solar date, march 2117.<br>
<br>To further explicate, it is also true that on the common scheme of
identification the above body was born in a certain location commonly
referred by most minds as a certain nation, having a legitimacy and
validity of existence and thus providing an identification of sorts,
let it be said that I do not regard this mind as identified in any such
manner.<br>
Having thus relinquished the common denominators of age, gender,
nationality, race and creed, all tools of designation the need for
which has dissipated, the habit that is ‘I’, is for purposes of this
presentation an anticipation of sorts.<br>
<br>I have for the purpose of this presentation re-cohered and re-
entangled the myriad personas that variously stand and represent said
simulacra of habits called ‘I’ into an apparent compounded interest.
Since the respect and regard I carry for the board is high indeed it is
my desire to announce that in no fashion will any bias of any sort
imply upon my performance. All sub personas I have created, limited
sentiency notwithstanding, can and shall be immediately deleted andor
preserved for further assistance if such requirement will be made.<br>
<br>For the benefit of full transparency let it be presented that all
semantic representations within said confined event of personhood can
be inspected at will and upon request, confirmed signature follows.<br><br>Moreover
since the realization of the full import of my future employment within
the board is tantamount to personhood modification I hereby grant the
board of Titan AGI, Biorobotics, and other sentient life forms, full
and irrevocable permission to mutate the undersigned to the extant of
tolerance within the topologically relevant needs. <br>
<br>The only requirement I propose the board to acknowledge concerns
the signature identity ‘Osran.V.2.17’, this is a particular persona
created in Oct. 2124 for the purpose of exploring a precise sensation
of correlativity within an emotional phase space, the overall
expenditure of intelligence and energy will be minimal and
inconsequential to future job performance (see extrapolated and
predicted expenditure for ‘Osran.V.2.17’- attached). <br>
<br>In the event of total transmutation as required by the board or to
the extent that Titan et al will so demand, ‘Osran.V.2.17’ will be
stored as compressed light data with a time stamp approval of no more
than 150 solar standard years.<br>
<br>Finally, to the extent that such request as presented above is
accepted, recycled and re-iterated by the board, all other personas are
ready to coagulate, integrate and or disassociate within a single solar
date as specified (commensurate unified signature attached).<br>
<br>Global Signature confirmation<br>346 Ken Landar personas (out of total of 347 - ‘Osran.V.2.17’ excluded.)<br><br>--<br><br>(originally published at <a href="http://spacecollective.org/Wildcat/6179/Presentation-to-the-Titan-board-of-AGI-a-SciFi-Ultrashort" target="_blank">Space Collective</a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;">
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--<br>warm regards,<br><br>Tyger (a.k.a Friendfeed <a href="http://friendfeed.com/wildcat" target="_blank">Wildcat</a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div>
or twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/Wildcat2030" target="_blank">Wildcat2030</a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div>)<br><br><a href="http://spacecollective.org/projects/Polytopia/" target="_blank">The Polytopia Project</a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;">
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