{"id":18129,"date":"2017-07-21T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T06:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=303377"},"modified":"2017-07-26T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:32:41","slug":"supersapiens-the-rise-of-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2017\/07\/21\/supersapiens-the-rise-of-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Supersapiens, the Rise of the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(credit: Markus Mooslechner)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the new film Supersapiens<\/a><\/em>, writer-director Markus Mooslechner raises a core question: As artificial intelligence rapidly blurs the boundaries between man and machine, are we witnessing the rise of a new human species?<\/p>\n

“Humanity is facing a turning point — the next evolution of the human mind,” notes Mooslechner. “Will this evolution be a hybrid of man and machine, where artificial intelligence forces the emergence of a new human species? Or will a wave of new technologists, who frame themselves as \u2018consciousness-hackers,\u2019 become the future torch-bearers, using technology not to replace the human mind, but rather awaken within it powers we have always possessed — enlightenment at the push of a button?”<\/p>\n

“It’s not obvious to me that a replacement of our species by our own technological creation would necessarily be a bad thing,” says\u00a0ethologist-evolutionary biologist-author Dawkins in the film.<\/p>\n

Supersapiens<\/em> in a Terra Mater Factual Studios<\/a> production. Executive Producers are Joanne Reay and Walter Koehler. Distribution is to be announced.<\/p>\n

Cast:<\/p>\n