Posthuman Blues

The following is an excerpt from the Electric Warrior weblog, which presently features come commentary and discussion on posthumanist thought. It also features a gnarly image of me:




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The Electric Warrior : Web Log June 5, 2003
http://www.electricwarrior.com/

> THOUGHTS ON THINKING MACHINES
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"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." - Frank Herbert

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(The Electric Warrior) - "What does a posthuman look like? Whatever it wants to look like." So says Mac Tonnies, author of the Posthuman Blues. He's probably right. In a world where appearance is predicated by software algorithms and computerized virtual reality, anything goes. I asked Mac what the title of his blog meant: "'Posthuman' denotes a stage after 'transhuman,' when intelligence is infinitely more durable and tenacious than it is now. I think we're in a basically larval form at present."