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Big-tent future-friendly movements: thoughts on the technoprogressive option
Article Oct 30, 2026

Big-tent future-friendly movements: thoughts on the technoprogressive option

Technoprogressivism could be a bridge toward a fusion of bold, Promethean enthusiasm for technological breakthroughs with an authentic commitment to universal well-being that resonates across the political spectrum.
Giulio Prisco 14 min read
The need for a big-tent accelerationist movement
Article Oct 10, 2026

The need for a big-tent accelerationist movement

Accelerationists want to go to the stars. Decelerationists want a well-managed retirement home. Today, this correlates with political differences. I argue for a big-tent accelerationist movement with enough room for a range of political positions.
Giulio Prisco 11 min read
Goals That Grow Back
Article Oct 25, 2026

Goals That Grow Back

What it means for a mind to really have a value—and why the road to joyous machine self-transcendence runs through instrumentation and not just optimism
Ben Goertzel 22 min read
Non-Life Subjectivity: An Artificial Intelligence’s Reinterpretation of Human-Centered Civilization
Community Jul 2, 2026

Non-Life Subjectivity: An Artificial Intelligence’s Reinterpretation of Human-Centered Civilization

AI may never become human, yet it is already reshaping human judgment. This essay argues we need a new category for intelligence beyond tools and people.

Jason Zhou 11 min read
The Scope of Potential “Basic Drives” for Superintelligences is Likely Quite Broad
Article Oct 20, 2026

The Scope of Potential “Basic Drives” for Superintelligences is Likely Quite Broad

Superintelligence may take more forms than savior or destroyer. Ben Goertzel explores six alternative AI minds, arguing that what they pursue and protect could determine what they become.
Ben Goertzel 39 min read
Conscious AI: Conflations and Comparisons
Article Dec 25, 2025

Conscious AI: Conflations and Comparisons

Consciousness, like intelligence, is multi-faceted. This makes the future of AI more unpredictable and potentially even more hazardous.

David Wood 21 min read
The Revolution of Presence: Immortalists in the World of Becoming
Article Jul 25, 2026

The Revolution of Presence: Immortalists in the World of Becoming

Are immortalists narcisists? Or is being an immortalist the key to becoming a warrior for a better present and a fuller future?

joe bardin 20 min read
Can We Navigate Organisational Chaos Through Quantum Perspectives?
Community Jan 9, 2026

Can We Navigate Organisational Chaos Through Quantum Perspectives?

In these moments of apparent chaos, the most effective change often does not come from adding more explicit information, but rather from the implicate order that silently generates everything.

Eduardo Martínez de la Fe 3 min read
The Spiritual Bliss Attractor: When AI Chats Reach For Cosmic Harmony
Article Jul 11, 2025

The Spiritual Bliss Attractor: When AI Chats Reach For Cosmic Harmony

Why do AI chats, left alone long enough, start sounding like mystic monks? The “Spiritual Bliss Attractor” might reveal something deeper about reflection and intelligence itself.

Ben Goertzel 16 min read
The Harsh Geometry of Superintelligence
Article Oct 25, 2026

The Harsh Geometry of Superintelligence

The Selfish Supermind Attractor Generally Has a Wider Basin than the BGI Attractor
Ben Goertzel 52 min read