Foresight Institute Turns 40: From Sci-Fi Fringes to Research Frontier
juanbenet · x · 2026-08-20
Foresight Institute released a short film reflecting on its 40-year history. In 1986, the organization took seriously technologies like nanotechnology, machine intelligence, radical life extension, and brain-computer interfaces, which were then considered science fiction. Today, these are established research frontiers. The tweet also notes K. Eric Drexler's class and the "brain spas" nature of Foresight weekends.
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