Transcript for 11/26/24: ÜBERMENSCH UBERMECH W/ MATTHEW JAMES BAILEY AND ZOLTAN ISTVAN

I recently expressed some curiosity about a question that was asked by Lauren Boebert at the UFO hearing last week.

Boebert had been under fire for questioning UFO experts about the existence of secret underwater alien bases and the veracity of “rumors that have come up to the Hill" about government experiments creating “hybrid” humans with enhanced capabilities.

Boebert asked the panel about “rumors that have come up the hill”—the sources of which she did not cite—of “a secretive project within the Department of Defense involving the manipulation of human genetics with what is described as non-human genetic material for the enhancement of human capabilities, hybrids.

The panelists answered no and yet there have been many conspiracy theories relating to transhuman hybrid Chimera programs where it is proposed that yes, hybrids are among us -- H plus beings have been created and the Transhuman movement is encouraging this type of experimentation.

You may if you wish speculate that perhaps some these hybrids are a chimera of mix of alien DNA and other things -- who knows? 

In closing, Boebert vowed that she “will not relent until we get those answers to the American people.”

This type of talk has never been brough to the floor of congress - but it has certainly been part of the Transhuman discussions at DAVOS and the World Economic Forum. 

Transhumanism is a subject I always love to pick at when it is relevant and recently I have noticed it is becoming more and more relevant as some of the most curious things are being talked about in Washington D.C. and elsewhere with regard to human evolution and machines being put into that Darwinian idea of survival of the fittest.

Transhumanism, a term popularized in the 20th century, traces its origins to the Renaissance humanist thinkers who believed in the perfectibility of human beings.

However, the modern transhumanist movement gained momentum during the mid-20th century with the advent of rapid technological advancement, particularly in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, nanotechnology and genetic manipulation. Julian Huxley envisioned a future where humans could transcend their biological limitations through technology.

We are integrating so quickly into a technological hyper-reality that the simulation is far more real than the mediocrity of the real. Everything is so intensified that our stimulation sensors need upgrades in order to sustain the kind of stimulation we are seeing today. In order to do this we may have to face voluntary human extinction with the promise that a better life awaits through technological advancement.

Science fiction illustrates the extremes of transhuman form. Even though the idea of transhumanism extends the promise of neutralized pain and suffering, we must understand that it is pain and suffering that makes the joy of the human experience more meaningful. It has been demonstrated in science fiction that while transhuman technology may prolong the life of one man, he still remains a slave buried in a technological prison. In Star Wars, Darth Vader was enslaved by technology and his ego. In Robocop, the protagonist was fighting to regain his lost humanity.

Nietzsche’s description of the ‘Übermensch‘ is one who has surpassed humankind, but still cares for the transience and vitality that humankind represents. We all know the story of Pinocchio wanting to be a real boy – and yet there are many humans that feel that they need to become Pinocchios. The need for love and the need for humanity can be found in the movie A.I. The story was haunting, the creepiness compelling, and served as a warning to those who believe that full evolution from MECHA to ORGA is possible.

Isaac Asimov presented the “Three Robot Rules” and claimed, if they were proper robots, they could not harm people. At least back then Asimov tried to tell us that we need to put some limits on the behaviors of our creations.

Science fiction provided us with passive robots that we never really associated with danger -- Robbie the Robot from forbidden planet was one -- so was B-9 from lost in space. But then came Hal 9000 from 2001 a space odyssey where the idea of a robot of a cybernetic system would rebel against its human programmers.

Huey and Dewey from Silent Running were robots that waddled through space working on a biological farm and eventually C-3Po and R2-D2 from Star wars gave us hope that Robots again could be valuable if not a little sassy and troublesome like most humans. We cannot forget Data from Star Trek the next generation, It was a cyber Pinocchio metaphor as Data wanted to be more like a human.

After the Terminator movies we were then reacquainted with a computer system that has Robots attacking humans--and eventually declaring wat on them.

There were lots of TV and movies and books about technology, and thus robots, running amok were the standard-- and still are in a way as usually, clones, A.I., and robots certainly end up being the villains in a lot of science fiction stories.

We were actually being warned and our common sense was being supported.

Then it slowly started to shift.

They started making movies about lovable robots, and lovable computers, most were dressed up in human “clothing” but some still looked like the robots of the past --still anthropomorphic with eyes to look into -- which is key to giving a machine artificial sympathy.

But what we are seeing coming off the line are robots that look as if they could hunt you down if they are needed again giving people chills --as they move quietly on properties ad the battlefields. 

The US Army are testing out robot dogs with guns treating them as if they were soldiers. Somewhere in the Middle East they are doing this. And probably countless other places as well. 

A robotic dog named “Spot” made by Boston Dynamics is the latest tool in the arsenal of the US Secret Service.

The device has lately been spotted patrolling the perimeter of President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. They do not have weapons - and each can be controlled remotely or automatically - as long as its route is pre-programmed.

Passers-by are warned by a sign on each of Spot’s legs: “DO NOT PET.” 

I wonder who in their right mind would pet a robot dog?

Video of Spot strutting around the property has gone viral on TikTok - where reactions range from calling them cool and cute, to creepy.

Ron Williams, a former Secret Service agent who is now CEO of the security and risk management firm Talon Companies, suspects the assassination attempts against Trump added urgency to the agency’s push “to upgrade the technology that can enhance the ability to detect and deter.

At Mar-a-Lago, where so much of the property is exposed, Williams said robotic dogs are long overdue. “They can cover a lot more area” than humans alone, Williams said of the dogs, which he expects will become more of a common sight over time.

And it’s not just the Secret Service. Williams said robotic dogs have increasingly become a tool used by militaries and law enforcement agencies around the world.

A bomb squad in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that purchased Spot in the spring deploys the device to inspect potential explosives, according to Boston Dynamics promotional materials.

Last year, the New York Police Department moved forward with adding the robotic canines to its force despite complaints of “a dystopian overreach of police power.

On the other side of the globe, Ukraine has used them to conduct reconnaissance in the war theater.

The robo dog comes outfitted with multiple cameras that generate a 3D map of its surroundings, according to Boston Dynamics marketing materials, and can also have extras such as thermal sensing.

Unlike their human and real canine counterparts, robotic dogs aren’t distracted by visuals, sounds or smells they encounter.

We are now reaching a point n our reality where we no longer have the safety of a theater to protect us from militant robots that are weaponized -- we are the point where we have robots to fear and robots that will replace humans, the ones you can love, and be loved by, and trust. 

Yeah, trust.

The media is busy setting us up for both.

The evil killer robot is easy to comprehend. Compassionless, non-empathic, and killer mindsets are a given when it comes to robots. 

That concept is easy to understand and accept because that is clearly what the technology is capable of. 

But the loving robot? The compassionate AI partner? The robot that has feelings? And can love us?

Yes the robot can be programmed to say all of the things you want to hear--and be there to listen to all of your problems. Its like what you used to do with an imaginary friend, or the family pet when mommy and daddy didn't understand.

But this is the point -- if we fall in love with the machines we will soon try to find commonalities between mech and organic-- finding traits we have in common.

This is what they are trying to sell us -- that life has no special attribute other than highly functioning materials—cells, blood, flesh, organs, all machines that function like machines. 

We will have to consider that gender has no meaning. That biological imperatives can be halted and that love and life is a byproduct of machinery—albeit sophisticated machinery, something that can now be replicated considering bio-technology and nano-technology.

As a machine you can identify as anything you wish. With an artificial consciousness you can identify as a demon using obtuse pronouns -- like we and they --and legion -- from many comes the one.. all of the hermetic arcanum. 

We are already beginning to break away form gender stereotypes as it prepares us for machine hood.. as it prepares us to be a platform set aside for Eugenics directives

That’s how all of this works. It is called “normalization” and most of us are falling for it in more ways imaginable.

Some of us have already compromised our DNA. We have spit in cups and have become part of the biological register. Others lines up or were coerced into being vaccinated in order to alter the DNA of the body -- for future pandemics and for the promise that all things can be cured by extending telomeres and becoming more than human -- a human hybrid of sorts , sharing you DNA with animals, and artificial life and intelligence.

I have been troubled by the recent book written by Henry Kissinger and two other technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt.

It is called Genesis where the rise of AI creating “superhuman” people is a major topic of concern.

The book was released nearly a year after the former secretary of state died at 100.

Kissinger warns that humanity is "trying to wield a power it cannot possibly understand." 

Craig Mundie wrote "Humans won't any longer be at the top of the scale in terms of intelligence, and that forces us to think differently about our relationship to everything."

Schmidt says humanity could become "the dog" to AI's human.

In a section titled “Coevolution: Artificial Humans,” the three authors encourage people to think now about “trying to navigate our role when we will no longer be the only or even the principal actors on our planet.”

“Biological engineering efforts designed for tighter human fusion with machines are already underway,” they add.

Current efforts to integrate humans with machine include brain-computer interfaces, a technology that the U.S. military identified last year as of the utmost importance. Such interfaces allow for a direct link between the brain’s electrical signals and a device that processes them to accomplish a given task, such as controlling a battleship.

Elon Musk said that he thinks humanoid robots will outnumber humans in less than 20 years. Of course his company is helping to make that future a possibility.

Musk said during an appearance at the Future Investment Initiative that “I think by 2040, there will probably be more humanoid robots than there are people.”

That estimate would put around 10 billion humanoid robots in use around the world. Musk said the price for a “robot that can do anything” would likely cost between $20,000 and $25,000 apiece.

That lines up almost exactly with Musk’s estimates for the cost of Tesla’s Optimus robots, a line of humanoid robots that are being put to limited use by the company. While speaking at the automaker’s “We, Robot” event on Oct. 10, Musk said he expects Optimus to be sold for between $20,000 and $30,000 a piece in the “long term” once production is increased.

Tesla isn’t alone in advancing humanoid robots. Well over a dozen companies are working on similar technology, including Figure AI, Apptronik, Toyota Research Institute, and of course Boston Dynamics.

We are used to machines looking like appliances, not humans or pets even objects of sexual desire. As the future moves forward we will find that machines can take on human forms that are uncharacteristically real. Once humans move beyond their repulsion to “lifelike machines” they reach a point of empathy. As our fears of man and technology diminish, we begin to see evolution steer towards transhumanism.

A loose definition of transhumanism is that it is the point in evolution where man becomes something that is beyond human. Transhumanists see the human body as something that can be improved through science and technology. 

They also see technology as a means by which we can overcome suffering, aging, loneliness, and involuntary death. 

Transhumanist thinkers predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label “posthuman.” The symbol for transhuman is H+ or “Enhanced Human.”

Transhuman science is not all about machines. It is also about creating human intelligence or life artificially. 

For example, we now have the technology to create synthetic human sperm, meaning that while it can be used in humans and made from human stem cells, it was created outside of the human body in a laboratory. The sperm was made from a small sliver of skin. It raises the possibility of babies being born entirely through artificial means, and even the macabre scenario of long-dead men ‘fathering’ children from beyond the grave. This means that we are at a point in our evolution where human reproduction is not a purely biological process. Imagine making sperm from the DNA of a dead man. 

Or how about making sperm from the DNA of a child? How would that affect us psychologically, socially and ethically? The process could be done in a lab with machines monitoring the embryo as it grows. This means that a child could grow in the womb of a mother that is entirely mechanical.

With this technology it is feasible to get the same result from the stem cells of an aborted fetus. This would mean that if a woman wanted an abortion she could request that the cells of the unborn fetus to be salvaged, kept in liquid nitrogen, and then used later when the baby could be born at a more convenient time for the mother. This would mean an entirely new step for those who believe “right to life.” In family planning there would be the option of birth control, producing a child for adoption, aborting the child and then giving birth to that child at a later more convenient time.

These are futuristic matters that the Bible or that conservative Christianity will have to address eventually.

The Catholic Church, in a bold move, has decided to protect human life at every stage of its development. While the Church has said that they shall hold life sacred even in the face of mutation or of chimeras used in science, they warn that there is an inherent danger in enhancing human forms through artificial or mechanical means, and that it is the moral obligation of scientists to reject any opportunity to use biological material that comes from a procedure considered gravely immoral by the church, even if there is no close connection between the researcher and those doing the illicit procedure. This includes stem cell research, in-vitro fertilization, embryonic freezing and, I am sure, creating sperm artificially outside the testicles of a human male.

Transhumanists will argue that these procedures promote life and the continuation of the soul -- that is, if we have souls. With these “morally deplorable” technologies it is feasible to create another host for the continuation of your consciousness, basically another host for your mind. 

The idea of uploading the brain into the body of a clone or an artificially enhanced child has been considered by science as one of our next steps in the evolutionary process.

It is the idea of the Übermensch morphing into Ubermech.

Yes the silly notion of hybridization -- something that has been the agenda of the World economic forum and others that want a government run by scientists and Eugenicists.

It is the dying vision of Kissinger and the silly questions being said at a UFO hearing -- it is something that Elon Musk as brought up recently. 

But then again Elon Musk says a lot of crazy things like recently he claimed to be a "3,000-year-old time-travelling and identity-assuming vampire alien."

Well that would explain a lot -- right?