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'''Giulio Prisco''', born in [[Naples]] (Italy) in 1957, is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[information technology]] [[virtual reality]] consultant;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mi otra vida virtual, El Pais| url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/vida/virtual/elpepuespval/20060806elpepspor_4/Tes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mondes virtuels, Web de demain ? |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=968237}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SECOND LIFE : PUBLICIDAD DE PÍXEL |url=http://www2.interactivadigital.com/medios/www/object.php?o=39664}}</ref> as well as a writer, [[futurist]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ci'NUM Designers of Tomorrow |url=http://www.cinum.org/fr/30_experts/4-16.html}}</ref> and [[transhumanist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giulio Prisco's blog |url=http://transumanar.com/}}</ref> He is an advocate of [[cryonics]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=La eternidad no empieza aquí… por ahora|url=http://noticias.lainformacion.com/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencias-general/la-eternidad-no-empieza-aqui-por-ahora_GdCo7i5zt7MAnjqadQQeM1/}}</ref> and contributes to the science and technology online magazine ''Tendencias21''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tendencias21 |url=http://www.tendencias21.net}}</ref> He produces teleXLR8, an online talk program using virtual reality and video conferencing, and focused on highly imaginative science and
'''Giulio Prisco''', born in [[Naples]] (Italy) in 1957, is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[information technology]] [[virtual reality]] consultant;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mi otra vida virtual, El Pais| url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/vida/virtual/elpepuespval/20060806elpepspor_4/Tes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mondes virtuels, Web de demain ? |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=968237}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SECOND LIFE : PUBLICIDAD DE PÍXEL |url=http://www2.interactivadigital.com/medios/www/object.php?o=39664 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102121233/http://www.interactivadigital.com:80/medios/www/object.php?o=39664 |archivedate=2007-11-02 |df= }}</ref> as well as a writer, [[futurist]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ci'NUM Designers of Tomorrow |url=http://www.cinum.org/fr/30_experts/4-16.html}}</ref> and [[transhumanist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giulio Prisco's blog |url=http://transumanar.com/}}</ref> He is an advocate of [[cryonics]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=La eternidad no empieza aquí… por ahora|url=http://noticias.lainformacion.com/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencias-general/la-eternidad-no-empieza-aqui-por-ahora_GdCo7i5zt7MAnjqadQQeM1/}}</ref> and contributes to the science and technology online magazine ''Tendencias21''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tendencias21 |url=http://www.tendencias21.net}}</ref> He produces teleXLR8, an online talk program using virtual reality and video conferencing, and focused on highly imaginative science and
technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TeleXLR8 wants to be the "TED" for virtual worlds|url=http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2010/10/telexlr8-wants-to-be-the-ted-for-virtual-worlds/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MIND and MAN: Getting Mental with Giulio Prisco|url=http://hplusmagazine.com/2010/09/12/mind-and-man-getting-mental-giulio-prisco/}}</ref> He writes and speaks on a wide range of topics,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Future and You podcast, Feb 20th 2008|url=http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=309115}}</ref> including science, information technology, [[emerging technologies]], [[virtual world]]s, [[space exploration]] and [[futurology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Globalization and Open Source Nano Economy |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0659.html}}</ref> Prisco's ideas on virtual realities, [[Immortality#Technological_immortality|technological immortality]], [[mind uploading]], and new scientific religions are extensively featured in the OUP book "Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality".<ref>{{cite book |last=Geraci |first=Robert M. |title=Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality | isbn = 978-0-19-539302-6}}</ref>
technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TeleXLR8 wants to be the "TED" for virtual worlds|url=http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2010/10/telexlr8-wants-to-be-the-ted-for-virtual-worlds/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MIND and MAN: Getting Mental with Giulio Prisco|url=http://hplusmagazine.com/2010/09/12/mind-and-man-getting-mental-giulio-prisco/}}</ref> He writes and speaks on a wide range of topics,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Future and You podcast, Feb 20th 2008|url=http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=309115}}</ref> including science, information technology, [[emerging technologies]], [[virtual world]]s, [[space exploration]] and [[futurology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Globalization and Open Source Nano Economy |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0659.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629121955/http://www.kurzweilai.net:80/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0659.html |archivedate=2008-06-29 |df= }}</ref> Prisco's ideas on virtual realities, [[Immortality#Technological_immortality|technological immortality]], [[mind uploading]], and new scientific religions are extensively featured in the OUP book "Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality".<ref>{{cite book |last=Geraci |first=Robert M. |title=Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality | isbn = 978-0-19-539302-6}}</ref>


Formerly a senior manager in the [[European Space Agency]], Prisco is a [[physicist]] and [[computer scientist]]. He served as a member on the board of directors of [[World Transhumanist Association]], of which he was temporarily executive director, and continues to serve as a member on the board of directors of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies bio page for Giulio Prisco |url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/prisco/}}</ref> and of the Associazione Italiana Transumanisti.<ref>{{cite web |title=Associazione Italiana Transumanisti: Umanesimo Scientifico: intervista a Giulio Prisco |url=http://guide.supereva.it/controcultura/interventi/2010/04/umanesimo-scientifico-intervista-a-giulio-prisco}}</ref> He is also a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers, and the Turing Church, fledgling organizations which claim that the benefits of a [[technological singularity]], which would come from [[accelerating change]], should or would be viable alternatives to the promises of [[major religious groups]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Order of Cosmic Engineers |url=http://cosmeng.org/index.php/Order_of_Cosmic_Engineers:About}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secondhand Smoke: Give Me That New Transhumanist Religion |url=http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2007/01/give-me-that-new-transhumanist.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Giulio Prisco To Present in Second Life Conference on the Future of Religion|url=http://transfigurism.org/community/blogs/administration/archive/2008/06/04/4626.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Un universo paralelo (y digital) |url=http://www.myriades1.com/vernotas.php?id=555&lang=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Technological Transcendence: An Interview with Giulio Prisco|url=http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/02/08/technological-transcendence-an-interview-with-giulio-prisco/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ten Cosmist Convictions (Mostly by Giulio Prisco)|url=http://cosmistmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/01/ten-cosmist-convictions-mostly-by.html}}</ref>
Formerly a senior manager in the [[European Space Agency]], Prisco is a [[physicist]] and [[computer scientist]]. He served as a member on the board of directors of [[World Transhumanist Association]], of which he was temporarily executive director, and continues to serve as a member on the board of directors of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies bio page for Giulio Prisco |url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/prisco/}}</ref> and of the Associazione Italiana Transumanisti.<ref>{{cite web |title=Associazione Italiana Transumanisti: Umanesimo Scientifico: intervista a Giulio Prisco |url=http://guide.supereva.it/controcultura/interventi/2010/04/umanesimo-scientifico-intervista-a-giulio-prisco}}</ref> He is also a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers, and the Turing Church, fledgling organizations which claim that the benefits of a [[technological singularity]], which would come from [[accelerating change]], should or would be viable alternatives to the promises of [[major religious groups]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Order of Cosmic Engineers |url=http://cosmeng.org/index.php/Order_of_Cosmic_Engineers:About }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secondhand Smoke: Give Me That New Transhumanist Religion |url=http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2007/01/give-me-that-new-transhumanist.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Giulio Prisco To Present in Second Life Conference on the Future of Religion |url=http://transfigurism.org/community/blogs/administration/archive/2008/06/04/4626.aspx |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820070250/http://transfigurism.org/community/blogs/administration/archive/2008/06/04/4626.aspx |archivedate=2008-08-20 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Un universo paralelo (y digital) |url=http://www.myriades1.com/vernotas.php?id=555&lang=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Technological Transcendence: An Interview with Giulio Prisco|url=http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/02/08/technological-transcendence-an-interview-with-giulio-prisco/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ten Cosmist Convictions (Mostly by Giulio Prisco)|url=http://cosmistmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/01/ten-cosmist-convictions-mostly-by.html}}</ref>


Prisco has been repeatedly at odds with [[technocriticism|technocritic]] [[Dale Carrico]] who argues that transhumanism is [[technological utopianism]] turned into a [[new religious movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amor Mundi: Giulio Prisco's Defense of Superlative Nonsense |url=http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2007/11/giulio-priscos-defense-of-superlative.html}}</ref> Prisco agrees but counters that transhumanism is an “unreligion” because it offers many of the benefits of religion without its drawbacks.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Transhumanist spirituality, again | url = http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2008/10/transhumanist-spirituality-again.html}}</ref>
Prisco has been repeatedly at odds with [[technocriticism|technocritic]] [[Dale Carrico]] who argues that transhumanism is [[technological utopianism]] turned into a [[new religious movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amor Mundi: Giulio Prisco's Defense of Superlative Nonsense |url=http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2007/11/giulio-priscos-defense-of-superlative.html}}</ref> Prisco agrees but counters that transhumanism is an “unreligion” because it offers many of the benefits of religion without its drawbacks.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Transhumanist spirituality, again | url = http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2008/10/transhumanist-spirituality-again.html}}</ref>

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Giulio Prisco, picture by David Orban

Giulio Prisco, born in Naples (Italy) in 1957, is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant;[1][2][3] as well as a writer, futurist,[4] and transhumanist.[5] He is an advocate of cryonics[6] and contributes to the science and technology online magazine Tendencias21.[7] He produces teleXLR8, an online talk program using virtual reality and video conferencing, and focused on highly imaginative science and technology.[8][9] He writes and speaks on a wide range of topics,[10] including science, information technology, emerging technologies, virtual worlds, space exploration and futurology.[11] Prisco's ideas on virtual realities, technological immortality, mind uploading, and new scientific religions are extensively featured in the OUP book "Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality".[12]

Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco is a physicist and computer scientist. He served as a member on the board of directors of World Transhumanist Association, of which he was temporarily executive director, and continues to serve as a member on the board of directors of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies [13] and of the Associazione Italiana Transumanisti.[14] He is also a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers, and the Turing Church, fledgling organizations which claim that the benefits of a technological singularity, which would come from accelerating change, should or would be viable alternatives to the promises of major religious groups.[15][16][17][18][19][20]

Prisco has been repeatedly at odds with technocritic Dale Carrico who argues that transhumanism is technological utopianism turned into a new religious movement.[21] Prisco agrees but counters that transhumanism is an “unreligion” because it offers many of the benefits of religion without its drawbacks.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Mi otra vida virtual, El Pais".
  2. ^ "Mondes virtuels, Web de demain ?".
  3. ^ "SECOND LIFE : PUBLICIDAD DE PÍXEL". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "The Ci'NUM Designers of Tomorrow".
  5. ^ "Giulio Prisco's blog".
  6. ^ "La eternidad no empieza aquí… por ahora".
  7. ^ "Tendencias21".
  8. ^ "TeleXLR8 wants to be the "TED" for virtual worlds".
  9. ^ "MIND and MAN: Getting Mental with Giulio Prisco".
  10. ^ "Future and You podcast, Feb 20th 2008".
  11. ^ "Globalization and Open Source Nano Economy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Geraci, Robert M. Apocalyptic AI - Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality. ISBN 978-0-19-539302-6.
  13. ^ "Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies bio page for Giulio Prisco".
  14. ^ "Associazione Italiana Transumanisti: Umanesimo Scientifico: intervista a Giulio Prisco".
  15. ^ "Order of Cosmic Engineers".[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Secondhand Smoke: Give Me That New Transhumanist Religion".
  17. ^ "Giulio Prisco To Present in Second Life Conference on the Future of Religion". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Un universo paralelo (y digital)".
  19. ^ "Technological Transcendence: An Interview with Giulio Prisco".
  20. ^ "Ten Cosmist Convictions (Mostly by Giulio Prisco)".
  21. ^ "Amor Mundi: Giulio Prisco's Defense of Superlative Nonsense".
  22. ^ "Transhumanist spirituality, again".
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