Is this really a form of transcendance or technoshamanism without the metaphysical.
But do we then lose what it is really is to be human? We are then no longer real but simulations within a simulation, we become hyper-real. We do not transcend. There is no transcendence only (exist)ance, no being, no death, no life, no essence, we ex(it). Technology eats its maker, man does not become god he becomes extinct as the tool turns on its maker. The real question should be why do we want to transcend (be)ing human.
Like my previous post Android, is it robotic pedagogy or is the pedagogy robotic? not only does teaching need to remain a human practice but so should humanity. If we take Kurzweil to his logical extreme there will be no transcendence only extinction. Overall the whole idea of technological transcendence is technoshamanism without the human participant.
