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 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:22:26 CDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) Rosalia Arteaga joins our Education Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_17_26_Rosalia_Arteaga_joins_our_Education_Board Rosalía Arteaga joins our Education Board. She is the first woman to have served as Constitutional President and Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:22:26 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_17_26_Rosalia_Arteaga_joins_our_Education_Board Read issue #290 of Lifeboat News! https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_11_26_Read_issue_290_of_Lifeboat_News Read issue #290 of Lifeboat News! Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:17:02 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_11_26_Read_issue_290_of_Lifeboat_News The Lifeboat Foundation likes to worry--and we worry a lot! https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_11_26_The_Lifeboat_Foundation_likes_to_worry_and_we_worry_a_lot The Lifeboat Foundation likes to worry—and we worry a lot! But worrying is not enough; we also need solutions.

Our newest book, "If Nobody Builds It, Everybody Dies", written by Grok 4.2 and edited by Sean Hastings 1.0, argues that banning AI is unrealistic in a world of competing nations and that the only path with a chance of working is to make sure the first artificial superintelligences are friendly, as detailed in our AIShield program.

Elon Musk calls the book “Interesting”. Learn more! Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:23:48 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_11_26_The_Lifeboat_Foundation_likes_to_worry_and_we_worry_a_lot Read "From Cognitive Extension to Cognitive Dependence: A History Theory and Governance of Human Offloading in the Age of Generative AI" by our Frank D. Smith. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_06_26_Read_From_Cognitive_Extension_to_Cognitive_Dependence_A_History_Theory_and_Governance_of_Human_Offloading_in_the_Age_of_Generative_AI_by_our_Frank_D_Smith Read "From Cognitive Extension to Cognitive Dependence: A History Theory and Governance of Human Offloading in the Age of Generative AI" by our Frank D. Smith. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:23:19 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_06_26_Read_From_Cognitive_Extension_to_Cognitive_Dependence_A_History_Theory_and_Governance_of_Human_Offloading_in_the_Age_of_Generative_AI_by_our_Frank_D_Smith 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