Crimes against transhumanity
My parents are religious fundamentalists, and I&#x27;ve noticed there is increasing FUD being drummed up in their circles about anything to do with AI or significantly altering &quot;what it means to be &#x27;human&#x27;&quot;.  The former is described as a front for evil spirits&#x2F;demons, and the latter as the penultimate step before apocalyptic events, i.e. a precursor to the worst kinds of evil (in some circles, the &#x27;mark of The Beast&#x27;).  [For the record, I&#x27;m agnostic and feel the author raises some excellent points in any case.]<p>There will be extreme resistance to these technologies from many kinds of religious people who would be willing to die and&#x2F;or kill to prevent what they see as a takeover by the most malevolent of invisible forces.  I may not agree with their reasoning, but some of their concerns could be worth reframing and considering in a different light.<p>Personally, I strongly suspect we will have to fundamentally change as a species to get through at least one of the Great Filters looming before us.  However, it&#x27;s important to remember that the road is fraught with many perils and several possible paths which could lead to unimaginable suffering.  It really seems to me that we&#x27;re going to have to get lucky on multiple dice rolls here in the long run.