Cosmism

Forbidden Land (Wolfgang Paalen)

Country prohibits (Forbidden Land) is a surrealist painting by Wolfgang Paalen , qui in the final release of 1937 shows a drop-shaped stylized idol of femininity with tentacle-like arms, That stands in precarious proximity to an abyss opening unexpected in dark-crystallin forms to the observer. Three spherical space-bodies hover in front of them, two of which are shaped like falling, burning …

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Ben Goertzel

Ben Goertzel (born December 8, 1966) is the founder and CEO of SingularityNET , a blockchain-based AI marketplace. [1] Goertzel is also the Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings and robotics firm Hanson Robotics; Chairman of AI Novamente LLC, a privately held software company; Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence General Society and the OpenCog Foundation ; Vice Chairman of futurist nonprofit Humanity +; Scientific Advisor of Biopharma Firm Genescient …

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Hugo de Garis

Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Sydney, Australia) is a retired researcher in the sub-field of artificial intelligence (AI) known as evolvable hardware . He became known in the 1990s for his research on the use of genetic algorithms to evolve neural networks using three-dimensional cellular automata inside programmable field gate arrays . He claimed that this approach would enable the creation of “artificial brains” which would quickly surpass human levels …

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Russian cosmism

Russian cosmism is a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century. It entails a broad theory of natural philosophy , combining elements of religion and ethics with a history and philosophy of the origin , evolution and future existence of the cosmos and humankind . It combines Eastern and Western philosophical traditions as well as the Russian Orthodox Church .