TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OR ALIENATION OF THE HUMAN RACE?

Robotics, nano- and biotechnologies, digital techniques, artificial intelligence, brain-machine interfaces and cybernetic prosthetics are already being used experimentally to transform human “nature”. Will these drastic changes to the human race have become widespread in tomorrow’s world and, if so, in what way? Will men and women be more liberated or alienated, improved or automated, ultra-powerful or under surveillance?

With Alain Damasio, science-fiction author ( La Zone du dehors, Les Furtifs... ); Charles Susanne, professor of anthropology and human genetics, author of L’homme amélioré and editor of the collective work Transhumanisme : À la limite des valeurs humanistes.

In partnership with Bruxelles Laïque