posthuman

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post- +‎ human

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posthuman (comparative more posthuman, superlative most posthuman)

  1. Succeeding human beings as presently defined; more than, or beyond, what is human.
    posthuman intelligence
    • 2002 April 2, Nicholas Wade, “A Dim View of a ‘Posthuman Future’”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      Despite his title, Dr. Fukuyama has no taste for a rerun of history and believes a posthuman future is one to avoid.
    • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎[2]:
      You could imagine this metropolis as an exemplary post-human city-state, run on A.I.—a twenty-first-century Athens—or as a gated community for the élite, a fortress against the coming chaos.

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posthuman (plural posthumans)

  1. A supposed being of this kind.
    • 2008 August 26, John Tierney, quoting Vernor Vinge, “Technology That Outthinks Us: A Partner or a Master?”, in The New York Times‎[3], →ISSN:
      Well, Dr. Vinge said, it’s possible that artificial post-humans would use us the way we’ve used oxen and donkeys.

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