Synopsis: Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution? TechnoCalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys.

The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the media every day, but with no analysis of their common aim: that of exceeding human limitations.

In TechnoCalyps the director conducts his enquiry into the scientific, ethical and metaphysical dimensions of technological development. The film includes interviews by top experts and thinkers on the subject worldwide, including Marvin Minsky, Terence McKenna, Hans Moravec, Bruce Sterling, Robert Anton Wilson, Richard Seed, Margareth Wertheim, Kirkpatrick Sale, Ralph C. Merkle, Mark Pesce, Ray Kurzweil, Rabbi Youssouf Kazen, Rael and many others.

TechnoCalyps - Part I - TransHuman
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7141762977713668208#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw40TpUCAH0&feature=related
1/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwdYV5Lluw&feature=related

1/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9CFs6x-MQ
2/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WpZz3R7vrM&feature=related
3/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRILun-zvQI&feature=related
4/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFVQCTeF_A&feature=related
5/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsc_DsM9XH0&feature=related
6/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G4ULnMtWok&feature=related

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9CFs6x-MQ&feature=related
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WpZz3R7vrM&feature=related
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRILun-zvQI&feature=related
part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFVQCTeF_A&feature=related
part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsc_DsM9XH0&feature=related
part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G4ULnMtWok&feature=related

TechnoCalyps - Part II: Preparing for the Singularity

In this part advocates and opponents of a transhuman future are weighed against each other; prognoses are done when we can expect the transhuman revolution and how people are preparing for it already now.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7141762977713668208#docid=2258529707984107504

1/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9JBFNDHoE&feature=related
2/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7o0WEOUKlE
3/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YM1r9wYQ_4
4/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zKjxWXvslM

1/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFCOcOF_R5Y&feature=related
2/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6nXnhBWOc4&feature=related
3/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM4Fn1KshXE&feature=related
4/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuifLSIohTc&feature=related
5/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZLBo1Lu40

part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA6fzv5xtYU&feature=related
part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_cEa-PyeWc&feature=related
part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byNI_5nqSSY&feature=related
part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEd2j9bAuOk&feature=related
part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUj4Jge7Tcs&feature=related
part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWKZkpwTGU&feature=related

Technocalyps - Part III - The Digital Messiah
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8945702810854373085#
1/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-aerUKolmE&feature=related
2/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXfBa9B_Vg&feature=related
3/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vme1n_koD0o&feature=related
4/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUlVgCglyAM&feature=related
5/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfsQ7ZU0xM&feature=related

part 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcFc56KSEzw&feature=related
part 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfwGIybpEo&feature=related
part 15: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQa85_h8iOg&feature=related
part 16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrr4M_6xZHU&feature=related
part 17: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkC3c5UFt8w&feature=related
part 18: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4DoKFSJXUA&feature=related

Panorama: de snelheid van het geld (VPRO, Tegenlicht, 2011)

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/mediatheek/programmas/journaal/2.15601/2.15602/1.1019936

October 24, 2007 lecture by Steve Omohundro for the Stanford University Computer Systems Colloquium (EE 380). Steve presents fundamental principles that underlie the operation of "self-improving systems," i.e., computer software and hardware that improve themselves by learning from their own operations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsuTsOmvsc&feature=related

EE 380 | Computer Systems Colloquium:
http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/

Stanford Computer Systems Laboratory:
http://csl.stanford.edu/

Stanford Center for Professional Development:
http://scpd.stanford.edu/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanforduniversity/

Herbekijk Peter-Paul Verbeek
 
Op 14 december 2011 zakte techniekfilosoof Peter-Paul Verbeek af naar Antwerpen om te spreken over de ‘grens van de mens’, over technologische ingrepen op de mens.
 
U kunt de hele voordracht nu integraal herbekijken op ons eigenste youtube-kanaal demaakbaremens, dat we recent hebben opgestart. Op dit kanaal zult u in de toekomst nog meer voordrachten en activiteiten kunnen bekijken die handelen over de maakbaarheid van de mens.
 
De voordracht van Peter-Paul Verbeek is onderverdeeld in 4 delen:
 
Deel 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LpCyv7dma4&context=C3f94e9fADOEgsToPDskLkbx7kleFBk0ZRYJFRumti
 Deel 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChRzlbPt2LU&feature=related
 Deel 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CxueCGkFHo&feature=related
 Deel 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrdhO0Ql1I0&feature=related
 
Veel kijkplezier!