In the new film Supersapiens, writer-director Markus Mooslechner raises a core question: As artificial intelligence rapidly blurs the boundaries between man and machine, are we witnessing the rise of a new human species?

“Humanity is facing a turning point — the next evolution of the human mind,” notes Mooslechner. “Will this evolution be a hybrid of man and machine, where artificial intelligence forces the emergence of a new human species? Or will a wave of new technologists, who frame themselves as ‘consciousness-hackers,’ become the future torch-bearers, using technology not to replace the human mind, but rather awaken within it powers we have always possessed — enlightenment at the push of a button?”

“It’s not obvious to me that a replacement of our species by our own technological creation would necessarily be a bad thing,” says ethologist-evolutionary biologist-author Dawkins in the film.

Supersapiens in a Terra Mater Factual Studios production. Executive Producers are Joanne Reay and Walter Koehler. Distribution is to be announced.

Cast:

Mikey Siegel, Consciousness Hacker, San FranciscoSam Harris, Neuroscientist, Philosopher

Ben Goertzel, Chief Scientist , Hanson Robotics, Hong Kong

Hugo de Garis, retired director of China Brain Project, Xiamen, China

Susan Schneider, Philosopher and cognitive scientist University of Connecticut

Joel Murphy, owner, OpenBCI, Brooklyn, New York

Tim Mullen, Neuroscientist, CEO / Research Director, Qusp Labs

Conor Russomanno, CEO, OpenBCI, Brooklyn, New York

David Putrino, Neuroscientist, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York

Hannes Sjoblad, Tech Activist, Bodyhacker, Stockholm Sweden.

Richard Dawkins, Evolutionary Biologist, Author, Oxford, UK

Nick Bostrom, Philosopher, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University, UK

Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscientist, Oxford University, UK

Adam Gazzaley, Neuroscientist, Executive Director UCSF Neuroscape, San Francisco, USA

Andy Walshe, Director Red Bull High Performance, Santa Monica, USA

Randal Koene, Science Director, Carboncopies Science Director, San Francisco



Markus Mooslechner | Supersapiens teaser