Autism, A.I. & the Singularity

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The rapid convergence of advanced technologies is leading us inexorably towards a future event of unprecedented importance. Futurists refer to this catalyzing event as, The Singularity. This event will have a profound effect upon the human condition. Can this event fundamentally change what it means to be human? The foundations for the philosophy known as transhumanism have been laid out before us, and there is mounting evidence that suggests that perhaps we have been engineered as a society towards the capitulation to this new philosophical science. Has the human mind been physiologically tampered with to pave the way for the post-human era? Could the exponential rise in neurological diversity be a symptom of this process? Could this really be the next step in human evolution? Or, is it a facade for something else? The digitization of human consciousness has begun, ready or not, but where do we go from here? The potential possibilities are staggering…