posthuman
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posthumans
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a member of a species evolved from humanity.
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the posthuman, a theoretical, critical, or philosophical position that decenters humans, especially as a static and united whole.
adjective
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relating to or regarding a hypothetical or fictional species that could, theoretically, evolve from humanity.
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relating to or denoting perspectives that decenter humans, especially as a static and united whole.
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It’s a celestial tondo of the posthuman, a portal to the angels or their digital avatars.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
This would be terminal extinction but not final extinction, since Homo sapiens would have left behind a successor: this newly created posthuman species.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
In other words, rather than evolving into a new posthuman species, we create a distinct lineage of machine replacements.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
Meanwhile, futurist poet Sasha Stiles collaborates with LLMs to herald a new posthuman era.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023
The show is heavy on painting — return of the repressed, baby! — and, despite its posthuman inquiries, light on new media.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
Finally, to what extent do you think the tech elite actually buy into their techno-utopian vision of being digital posthumans and colonizing space?
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
Sure, global poverty is bad, but it's not going to prevent our descendants from becoming radically enhanced posthumans, colonizing space and simulating enormous numbers of digital people, which is what really matters.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
In transhumanist fantasy, posthumans could, philosopher Nick Bostrom assures us, “read, with perfect recollection and understanding, every book in the Library of Congress.”
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2022
“In some ways,” Bostrom conceded, “the posthumans running a simulation are like gods in relation to the people inhabiting the simulation”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2017
It seemed plausible that, a thousand years from now, digital posthumans, regarding it as wasted space, would tear it up, replace the landscaping with computer banks, and erect a vast virtual idyll.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015
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