Team Futurism

Tom Ross is the Transhumanist Party's 2024 presidential candidate. In this interview, we discuss the viability of the Transhumanist Party, sentient rights, existential risks, and having an AI campaign manager. We also discuss Tom's book "US6 Hexalogy" and his experience hanging out with figures such as Robert Anton Wilson, Marilyn Ferguson, and Timothy Leary.

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We debate whether Apple's new AR/VR headset, the Vision Pro, is going to change the world or be an utter failure like Google Glass.

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As the next election cycle draws closer, we take a look at the politicians who are for nuclear energy and those who are against it. We name names. Our take is pretty simple: Don't vote for a politician who doesn't support nuclear energy.

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We discuss the Hollywood writers’ strike (why it will probably backfire), how deepfakes will impact the next election cycle, how to quit social media, and other topics.

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Peter and Devon discuss how artificial intelligence will impact political campaigns through AI-generated ads, personalized text messages, and deepfake campaign avatars.

We also discuss outsider political candidates, Fox News firing Tucker, the war in Ukraine, and other topics.

The conversation is based in part on the Atlantic article "Just Wait Until Trump Is a Chatbot." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/04/ai-generated-political-ads-election-candidate-voter-interaction-transparency/673893/

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Zoltan Istvan is a prominent transhumanist best known for founding the US Transhumanist Party and for his popular articles promoting futurist ideas.

In this conversation, Peter Clarke and Zoltan discuss a wide range of topics, from transhumanist wine to digisexuality.

For more on Zoltan's thoughts on longevity, check out Peter's interview with Zoltan in Merion West: https://merionwest.com/2023/04/28/death-is-not-inevitable-sitting-down-with-zoltan-istvan/

For more on digisexuality, see Zoltan's recent piece in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/dont-bash-digisexuality-some-it-brings-hope-opinion-1793091

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Elon Musk really doesn't want people to live longer. He's spoken about this in several interviews and doubled down on it in recent tweets.

In our view, it's a bad take. We discuss why.

This discussion is a followup to my article in Merion West: https://merionwest.com/2023/04/04/elon-musks-bad-take-on-longevity/

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This week we give our enlightened opinions on top stories, from the proposed TikTok ban to updates with ChatGPT. Other topics discussed: Ozempic, US life expectancy decline, and the latest in the war in Ukraine.

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