Lifeboat News http://lifeboat.com/ The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards the Singularity. en-us 120 Copyright 2002-2026 Lifeboat Foundation Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:05:39 CDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) Ellen Siobhan Mitchell, Chief Scientific Officer at MitoQ Limited, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Ellen_Siobhan_Mitchell_Chief_Scientific_Officer_at_MitoQ_Limited_joins_our_Biotech_Medical_Board Ellen Siobhan Mitchell, Chief Scientific Officer at MitoQ Limited, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:05:39 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Ellen_Siobhan_Mitchell_Chief_Scientific_Officer_at_MitoQ_Limited_joins_our_Biotech_Medical_Board Haley Lowy, Chief of Staff at SingularityNET, joins our Robotics/AI Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Haley_Lowy_Chief_of_Staff_at_SingularityNET_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Haley Lowy, Chief of Staff at SingularityNET, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:31:11 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Haley_Lowy_Chief_of_Staff_at_SingularityNET_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Rida Khadra, CEO of the SHIELD Longevity program, joins our Life Extension Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Rida_Khadra_CEO_of_the_SHIELD_Longevity_program_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board Rida Khadra, CEO of the SHIELD Longevity program, joins our Life Extension Board. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:26:16 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_04_26_Rida_Khadra_CEO_of_the_SHIELD_Longevity_program_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board Milton Chen, CEO of VSee, the AI-enabled, no-code/low-code telehealth platform used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, McKesson, Optum, Mass General, DaVita, and the International Space Station, joins our Robotics/AI Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Milton_Chen_CEO_of_VSee_the_AI_enabled_no_code_low_code_telehealth_platform_used_by_the_U_S_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services_McKesson_Optum_Mass_General_DaVita_and_the_International_Space_Station_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Milton Chen, CEO of VSee, the AI-enabled, no-code/low-code telehealth platform used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, McKesson, Optum, Mass General, DaVita, and the International Space Station, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:55:02 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Milton_Chen_CEO_of_VSee_the_AI_enabled_no_code_low_code_telehealth_platform_used_by_the_U_S_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services_McKesson_Optum_Mass_General_DaVita_and_the_International_Space_Station_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Watch "Martians by ZIA". https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Watch_Martians_by_ZIA Watch "Martians by ZIA".

The Lifeboat Foundation helped remaster and AI-enhance and subtitle this cool pro-Mars settlement video by our Elaine Walker. Enjoy! Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:27:29 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Watch_Martians_by_ZIA Watch "Our Beautiful Earth | The Beauty Of Earth | Remastered: Blue Beauty documentary short with scenery" which has finally been remastered by us after 12 years! https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Watch_Our_Beautiful_Earth_|_The_Beauty_Of_Earth_|_Remastered_Blue_Beauty_documentary_short_with_scenery_which_has_finally_been_remastered_by_us_after_12_years Watch "Our Beautiful Earth | The Beauty Of Earth | Remastered: Blue Beauty documentary short with scenery" which has finally been remastered by us after 12 years! Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:46:46 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Watch_Our_Beautiful_Earth_|_The_Beauty_Of_Earth_|_Remastered_Blue_Beauty_documentary_short_with_scenery_which_has_finally_been_remastered_by_us_after_12_years Read "AI Critics have an Ignorance Problem" by our Ahmed Bouzid. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Read_AI_Critics_have_an_Ignorance_Problem_by_our_Ahmed_Bouzid Read "AI Critics have an Ignorance Problem" by our Ahmed Bouzid.

Journalists and editors rightly worry about being replaced, but the argument for human superiority collapses when humans stop performing the exact functions they claim machines can’t: judgment, context, verification, skepticism, and responsibility.

The answer to AI, Ahmed argues, isn’t mediocre human work demanding special protection — it’s better human work: critics who learn their subject, editors who ask the questions writers forgot, and AI users who accept that an impressive tool doesn’t absolve them of responsibility for the result. AI will make mistakes; the more troubling mistake is humans surrendering, through ignorance and laziness, the very qualities that supposedly make them indispensable. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:16:53 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_03_26_Read_AI_Critics_have_an_Ignorance_Problem_by_our_Ahmed_Bouzid Richard Siow joins our Life Extension Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_02_26_Richard_Siow_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board Richard Siow joins our Life Extension Board. He is Director of Ageing Research at King’s (ARK) and Honorary Secretary General of the European Society of Preventive Medicine. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:50:57 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_02_26_Richard_Siow_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board Gabriel Vazquez Torres, Founder of ConsciencesAI, joins our Robotics/AI Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_29_26_Gabriel_Vazquez_Torres_Founder_of_ConsciencesAI_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Gabriel Vázquez Torres, Founder of ConsciencesAI, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:34:03 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_29_26_Gabriel_Vazquez_Torres_Founder_of_ConsciencesAI_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Lifeboat Foundation is now accepting Zelle payments with our donations@lifeboat.com Zelle account. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_29_26_Lifeboat_Foundation_is_now_accepting_Zelle_payments_with_our_donations_lifeboat_com_Zelle_account Lifeboat Foundation is now accepting Zelle payments with our donations@lifeboat.com Zelle account. Donate now! Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:23:44 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_29_26_Lifeboat_Foundation_is_now_accepting_Zelle_payments_with_our_donations_lifeboat_com_Zelle_account Read the play "The Unusual Chauncey Faust" by our Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_28_26_Read_the_play_The_Unusual_Chauncey_Faust_by_our_Coni_Ciongoli_Koepfinger Read the play "The Unusual Chauncey Faust" by our Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger. Submit your request to membership@lifeboat.com with the subject “Lifeboat Foundation The Unusual Chauncey Faust”.

Following a sold-out engagement as part of the playwrights’ competition 15 Minutes of Frame, "The Unusual Chauncey Faust" by New York indie theatre playwright Coni Koepfinger was selected from more than 100 plays and went on to win the final competition by popular vote, earning first place. The original 15-minute one-act was awarded the opportunity to be developed into a full-length work.

Set in the present, "The Unusual Chauncey Faust" centers on Chauncey Faust, an actor who senses that time is slipping away. From the beginning of his career, Chauncey has felt driven by a purpose beyond ambition or recognition. His relationship to his work — and to his own life — carries a dreamlike quality, shaped by a persistent sense of calling that sets him apart. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:58:54 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_28_26_Read_the_play_The_Unusual_Chauncey_Faust_by_our_Coni_Ciongoli_Koepfinger Read "The .serva Standard: One Primitive for All AI Cost Reduced, Barriers Removed", coauthored by our Rachel StClair. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_25_26_Read_The_serva_Standard_One_Primitive_for_All_AI_Cost_Reduced_Barriers_Removed_coauthored_by_our_Rachel_StClair Read "The .serva Standard: One Primitive for All AI Cost Reduced, Barriers Removed", coauthored by our Rachel StClair. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:57:49 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_25_26_Read_The_serva_Standard_One_Primitive_for_All_AI_Cost_Reduced_Barriers_Removed_coauthored_by_our_Rachel_StClair Watch "Privacy Lost", an award-winning short film about our augmented future, written by our Louis Rosenberg. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Watch_Privacy_Lost_an_award_winning_short_film_about_our_augmented_future_written_by_our_Louis_Rosenberg Watch "Privacy Lost", an award-winning short film about our augmented future, written by our Louis Rosenberg.

Whether you call it Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, or Spatial Computing, our lives will soon become a seamless merger of the real and virtual. Enabled by AI-powered glasses, this technology could make our world a magical place where almost anything is possible.

Unfortunately, this magical future comes with great risks. Unless regulated, these wearable devices will track our behaviors and monitor our emotions like never before. This will threaten our privacy and leave us vulnerable to AI-driven manipulation throughout our daily lives. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:42:09 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Watch_Privacy_Lost_an_award_winning_short_film_about_our_augmented_future_written_by_our_Louis_Rosenberg Read "Cybernetics in the Anthropocene" by our Andrew Pickering. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Read_Cybernetics_in_the_Anthropocene_by_our_Andrew_Pickering Read "Cybernetics in the Anthropocene" by our Andrew Pickering.

This essay argues for a cybernetic approach to environmental crises as an alternative to dualistic human mastery over nature. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:56:15 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Read_Cybernetics_in_the_Anthropocene_by_our_Andrew_Pickering Read "The glutathione S-transferase Gstt1 drives survival and dissemination in metastases", coauthored by our Raul Mostoslavsky. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Read_The_glutathione_S_transferase_Gstt1_drives_survival_and_dissemination_in_metastases_coauthored_by_our_Raul_Mostoslavsky Read "The glutathione S-transferase Gstt1 drives survival and dissemination in metastases", coauthored by our Raul Mostoslavsky. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:54:04 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_26_Read_The_glutathione_S_transferase_Gstt1_drives_survival_and_dissemination_in_metastases_coauthored_by_our_Raul_Mostoslavsky