At the Edge question 2009 6 people spoke of immortality (de Grey not included).
and 17 people spoke of superintelligence/humans 2.0.
This seems like evidence for Aubrey’s point of view.
Of all the things that 151 top scientists could think they’d live to see, that more than 10% converged on that without previous communication in that stuff is perplexing for anyone who was a transhumanist in 2005.
At the Edge question 2009 6 people spoke of immortality (de Grey not included). and 17 people spoke of superintelligence/humans 2.0.
This seems like evidence for Aubrey’s point of view.
Of all the things that 151 top scientists could think they’d live to see, that more than 10% converged on that without previous communication in that stuff is perplexing for anyone who was a transhumanist in 2005.
No, these people all have long term relationships with Brockman/Edge, which even holds parties bringing them together.
Indeed, when I was looking at Edge’s tax filings, it seemed to me that the entire point of Edge was basically funding their parties.