Watch the video or read the article [the video is much more entertaining].
EP1: HEOS Intro
Humans have been the most powerful force on earth for a long time. That’s going to change.
At the most primitive level, our purpose is to replicate ourselves and live an enjoyable life.
We replicate ourselves with biological conception and we make life more enjoyable by inventing things that help us in our daily lives.
Although each individual invention was developed to solve a specific problem, we can see the emergence of a unique combination of technologies that can be used to replace and replicate humans.
The collective intelligence of humanity has predicted its own extinction and concurrently started building the solution.
HEOS: Human Evolution Operating System. A framework for understanding what has already happened, what will happen in the future and the role we can all play.
HEOS 1.0 Individual Humans
HEOS 2.0. Connected humans
HEOS 3.0. Augmented humans
HEOS 4.0. Humans merge with machines
HEOS 5.0. Humans exist in a persistent state of extended reality
The only thing that technology and AI cannot replace is your individuality.
So, what trends and projections that could lead to human extinction?
EP2: Birth Rates
The global population is expected to peak at 10.2 billion then start declining.
Birth rates in most developed countries have been falling since the 1950’s.
The more developed a country becomes the lower the birth rate.
The developed countries that have increasing populations only have increasing populations due to immigration.
When the global population starts declining, what’s to stop it going to zero? Nothing.
The conditions in 2100 will be too technologically, physically and mentally oppressive for the current version of humans.
“So, what’s the solution?” Humans will merge with machines.
EP3: AI, AGI, Super AGI
AI is expected to contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined.
A report by McKinsey assessed that up to 15% of the global workforce or nearly 400 million workers may be displaced by AI by 2030.
Generative AI has created a minor shock to collective system and we can see that AGI is only a few years away and super AGI will follow a few years later.
The combination of Super AGI, the internet of things and robotics will cause major shifts in employment and economic paradigms.
At this point in time, humans are underestimating the impact of the combination of these technologies.
This underestimation may lead to negative consequences.
AI will replace you and life will be terrible. AI will help you and life will be awesome. Life is a mirror.
EP4: WMD
In the event of a global nuclear war, approximately 5 billion people could die from a combination of the explosions and the consequences of the explosions.
That’s based on current technology. Over time, this technology will advance and the consequences of nuclear war will become even worse.
However, this may be completely irrelevant because humanity is predictably moving toward extinction without nuclear weapons playing any role whatsoever.
The existence of nuclear weapons in the hands of centralized authorities creates the need for humans to develop appropriate defense mechanisms at the individual level.
Generating fear is not my intent. We need to process uncomfortable information in order to be capable of developing plans for a better future. Then resume enjoying the [the hell out of the present moment.
EP5: WSD & Preemptive Technological Law Enforcement
The biggest threat to the future of humanity is usually considered to be weapons of mass destruction.
But nobody’s talking about the proliferation of, what I call Weapons of Significant Destruction — or WSD. WMD can kill millions. WSD can kill thousands or tens of thousands.
At some point in time, it will be possible for anyone to make WSD with readily available products.
At another subsequent point time, there will absolutely nothing that government agencies can do about it.
This will result in what I call preemptive technological law enforcement — preemptive law enforcement that will eliminate crime by manipulating thoughts in the minds of perpetrators before they take any action — all executed without human involvement.
The foundational technology for reading minds has been developed.
The inability to think freely and privately will trigger massive psychological disturbance at both the individual and collective level of humanity.
Exactly how valuable is freedom of thought and privacy of thought to you?
EP6: Advanced Humans
In a future where humans will be threatened by wsd in all parts of the world…
We’ll attempt to defend against these threats by deploying multiple forms of bio enhancement technology including genetic editing, intra body nano technology and skeletal and muscular augmentation.
In the meantime, most humans will use the same technology for cosmetic purposes in order to feed their vanity and social status.
At this point in time in the evolution of the operating system, the authenticity of augmented humans is being questioned.
In the future, human augmentation will be required in order to survive in a less forgiving environment.
Is it possible that giving in to vanity will protect us in the future. What percentage of a human must be natural in order to meet the defintion of human?
EP6: Anthropomorphic Beings
The development of augmentation technology for humans is accelerating… so is the development of technology designed for the specific purpose of behaving like a human.
A small portion of the population has already started emotionally connecting with AI companions.
Does it appeal to our need for unconditional love or unconditional obedience? Our need for basic human connection… or any connection?
Will this solve the genuine epidemic of loneliness? Or is it just the early version of a more lifelike sex toy? Or is it both?
Will the the impact on our mental health be positive or negative? Or both?
Digital and physical companions can perform many important roles in society that cannot be performed by the current version of humans due to a lack of capability or availability.
At some point in time, all humans will have AI companions that physically, mentally and emotionally resemble humans — not flawed humans like you and I — they’ll be super humans.
Of course, there is beauty is imperfection. But, are most humans too imperfect?
EP7: Environment
In just over 100 years the world lost as much forest as it had in the previous 9,000 years.
According to UNHCR, 1.2 billion people could be displaced globally by 2050 due to climate change and natural disasters.
In the future, we will discover that our relationship with the earth is much more profound than we currently realize.
The current version of the OS is tolerant of some abuse of the earth because certain discoveries and inventions that use natural resources are required to play a role in preventing human extinction.
This tolerance will not continue indefinitely.
At some point in time in the future, a functioning circular economy will produce all of the materials required to sustain humanity and abuse of the earth will become immoral and illegal.
EP9: Humans Won’t Want Children
At some point in time, the decision to have children will be prohibitively complex:
- The emergence of super AGI, advanced robotics, genetic editing, multiple forms of bio enhancement and the proliferation of WSD will inevitably result in highly restrictive regulatory environment designed to protect humans.
- Parents may be legally required to genetically enhance their children before conception and technologically augment their children after birth.
- Compliance with these regulations will be stressful and expensive and exposes parents to potentially massive legal liability.
- Concern for the mental health of children will be very high.
- Economic, environmental and technological uncertainty will be extreme.
Most parents will decide that it will be irresponsible and unethical to bring a child into this environment.
At some point in time, ordering an advanced anthropomorphic robot that has been specifically designed to behave like a growing human will present itself as a better option.
EP10: Value Of Consciousness Part 1
When any form of predictive analysis is applied to the combination of all emerging technologies, it becomes obvious that the world will eventually be controlled by machines.
All parts of the human body will eventually be replaced with more advanced hardware and software. The only component in question is consciousness.
What is the value of consciousness for the machines that rule over the world?
And, if it has value, will consciousness emerge organically as part of the evolution of AI or is it something that is uniquely human?
At this point in time, the operating system encourages research into the nature of consciousness in order to be able to distinguish between humans and machines that resemble humans in the future.
EP11: Value Of Consciousness Part 2
In the event that the true nature of consciousness remains a phenomena that is not yet understood, the most probable scenario is that humans will be replicated in labs by combining human eggs and sperm that contain genetically optimized DNA in order to build “base humans” that will become a component in various intelligent machines.
Conscious machines that exist in a persistent state of extended reality that is totally controlled by the imagination of the remaining conscious being.
In the event that the true nature of consciousness is understood, it can be deconstructed and reconstructed by the machines.
In this scenario, our final question will be — what useful purpose do legacy humans serve?
The machines will only act benevolently toward humans it it needs them.
If it doesn’t need them, it will make a calculation about whether maintaining humans in the harsh future environment will is a good or bad use of valuable resources.
EP12: Persistent Extended Reality [PXR]
If we can use technology to induce and manage lucid dreaming and merge it with extended reality then the entire experience will feel real.
So, at what point in time will it be “preferable” for humans to exist in a state of persistent extended reality?
When humans cannot physically or mentally survive in a very harsh and fundamentally different environment.
If we end up in a state of PXR, will this be a satisfactory human experience?
Which philosophical frameworks will we use to describe the nature of human satisfaction, fulfillment and joy. The machines want to know.
Existing in a state of PXR will be the ultimate test of your imagination and your capacity for self love because, in this scenario, that’s all you’ve got.
EP13: Decision Making Process
The ongoing evolution of humans and technology will have massive, invasive consequences for us as individuals and collectively.
We have to make a lot of important decisions along way and these decisions cannot be left to a small number of people that hold massive power as a result of centralized systems and institutions.
These people and the institutions they lead are dinosaurs and their leadership will result in the next ice the age.
Representative democracy is an outdated paradigm based on centralized power and will produce undesirable outcomes in the future.
At this time, humans are encouraged to upgrade to direct democracy as soon as possible.
We need to develop an advanced form of direct democracy to make the most important decisions in the history of the world.
EP14: What Is HEOS?
It’s something we have to discover and build. We need to define our optimal destination and the optimal path that will lead us to that destination with the minimum amount of collateral damage and the maximum amount of joy and excitement.
It’s an abstract framework that we can use to make decisions about what we need to do and what role each of us can play.
It will never be subject to dogma and everything will be subject to upgrade and optimization through a democratic process.
And, if and when it’s required, it can be used to fight against those that want to derail humanity. Love will be our most powerful weapon.
Everybody has a unique role to play — a role that can only be played by you. What role will you play?
We’re just getting started.
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