Perhaps a more relevant fact about me that I’m a firm believer in transhumanist ideas, while at the same being an self-proclaimed music-enthusiast with a basic musical education, which should make it obvious why I decided to volunteer for MTF.
But, going back to the pseud thing. I have a weird relationship with philosophy. I’ve never studied it per se, although I’m familiar with some ideas, and I know some philosophers personally (by the way, there’s nothing more enjoyable than brutal friendly banter between a physicist and a philosopher). On the other hand, I’m heavily dissuaded from pursuing it further due to how detached from reality it is. Unfortunately, the questions that are of most interest to me seem to fall deep in the realm of philosophy - at least for now.
And the questions are - what does it mean to be human? Or, more accurately - what does it mean to be conscious? Can we use technology to create artificial consciousness? Does this question even make sense? Or maybe we could create silicon-based life instead of carbon-based?
Some of these questions are strongly related to technology, like the whole area of Artificial Intelligence (which is why I decided to do an AI-related Master’s). At the same time, I can’t help but think that art is somehow related to the ill-defined concept known as being human. So, for example - music. Tech + music = MTF.
Of course, it might be that it’s a complete red herring. In that case, well, I’ll get to enjoy the two things I love the most in life - music and technology.
See you at MTF Stockholm!
PS The story behind the photo is actually somewhat interesting - we were returning from a human rights-related protest when one of our photographer friends came up behind us pretending to be a thug. Fun times!
