TransVision Madrid 2025 Summit - Presentations by Jose Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, and David Wood
On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentations from Dr. Jose Cordeiro, David Wood, and Dr. Aubrey de Grey, that were delivered during Day 2 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit on October 2, 2025. From Madrid, Spain, the U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to stream to you these in-depth presentations by three of the leading transhumanist thinkers. Dr. Jose Cordeiro provided an overview of the TransVision Madrid conference, the role of Spain in advancing healthy longevity, and how the history and trajectory of technological advances can bring about “Vita Plus Ultra” – “life far beyond” current limits. Dr. Aubrey de Grey provided a presentation entitled “Where do we stand?” – highlighting the current status of the quest to reverse biological aging through the damage-repair approach, including key insights from the Robust Mouse Rejuvenation Study #1 (RMR1) and the major objectives of the RMR2 study for which the pilots are now underway.David Wood presented on the Longevity Dividend and the Longevity Dividend Paradox – why correct arguments about the massive economic benefits of greatly extended longevity have not yet led to significant political support for rejuvenation research – and how that paradox might be overcome.The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience. Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/ Visit the website of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF): https://levf.org Watch the previous Virtual Enlightenment Salons with Jose Cordeiro, David Wood, and Aubrey de Grey:- Jose Cordeiro (September 20, 2020) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmF-6ftCm3U - Aubrey de Grey (February 21, 2021) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohet4kAfskM - David Wood on “Vital Foresight” (July 18, 2021) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Aj7Z6qcnM - David Wood on the Transhumanist Shadow (January 2, 2022) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbijrxUm3o - Aubrey de Grey on Robust Mouse Rejuvenation (February 19, 2023) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx45Z9eRLb8&t=2s - Jose Cordeiro and David Wood on “The Death of Death” (June 25, 2023) –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf6SXx_VNis
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The Progress of Artificial Intelligence and Why Humans Will Not Be Made Obsolete Anytime Soon
On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, which offers a balanced portrayal of areas in which artificial intelligence has made impressive strides recently, and areas where humans will remain superior or uniquely capable for a long time. Countering both the hype and fear surrounding artificial intelligence, Chairman Stolyarov’s remarks encourage us to harness the beneficial applications of AI while recognizing the enduring advantages of our humanity. This presentation was originally delivered virtually at the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2025 (VSIM-2025) conference in Ravda, Bulgaria, on September 9, 2025. The recording includes introductory remarks by Professor Angel Marchev Sr. and discussion in the subsequent Q&A session, with comments by Anton Kulaga and David Wood.ReferencesVSIM-2025 Conference Website: https://vsim-conf.info/ “AI’s Achilles Heel—Puzzles Humans Solve in Seconds Often Defy Machines” by Deni Ellis Bechard. Scientific American. July 18, 2025 - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tests-that-ais-often-fail-and-humans-ace-could-pave-the-way-for-artificial/ Three sets of ARC-AGI problems available for humans to try: https://arcprize.org/arc-agi François Chollet, "On the Measure of Intelligence" (2019) - https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01547 U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Peter Voss on the Path to AGI – August 4, 2024 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJm-z28vIoc U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh – September 7, 2025 –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLfEPvg1-0
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Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
On Sunday, September 21, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a term he coined in 2022 for a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement. The Virtual Enlightenment Salon will include a discussion of what Euro-Transhumanism is, what differentiates it from “classical transhumanism” in Sorgner’s view, what are some of its policy implications, and what American politics can learn from Euro-Transhumanism, especially in light of the quite turbulent recent political events in the United States.Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is a world-leading philosopher recognized for his work in posthumanism, transhumanism, Nietzsche, and the philosophy of music. He is especially known for his interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche and his critical engagement with human enhancement and emerging technologies. He is a philosophy professor at John Cabot University in Rome, Director and Co-Founder of the Beyond Humanism Network, and a Fellow and Advisor of numerous organizations, as well as Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of the Journal of Posthuman Studies, and a prolific public speaker.Stefan Lorenz Sorgner has authored numerous books on philosophy, including “Metaphysics Without Truth” (2007), “On Transhumanism” (2020), “We Have Always Been Cyborgs” (2022), and “Philosophy of Posthuman Art” (2022).Learn more about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner on his website: www.sorgner.deRead the THPedia entry about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Stefan_Lorenz_Sorgner
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Tobias Teufel
On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Tobias Teufel to discuss recent advances in additive manufacturing and 3D-printing, as well as the potential of these technologies to be deployed as part of policies for achieving greater abundance for as many people as possible.Tobias Teufel is an entrepreneur, biohacker, drone pilot, and philosopher on emerging technology across all topics. He is also the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador in Germany. You can learn more about him here - https://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#TobiasTeufel Learn about Tobias Teufel’s startup 3DDruckByTeufel (3DPrintingByTeufel) at https://www.3ddruckbyteufel.de/3ddruckbyteufel/
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Rafi Qumsieh
On Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh, founder of Breakthrough Labs, which is focused on building AI agents to aid in scientific discovery, including pursuing advances in longevity, disease cures, nuclear fusion, mathematics, consciousness research, and philosophy. Rafi Qumsieh provides an overview of the current state of functionality of various agentic AI systems, as well as their limitations and opportunities for improvement in the coming years. He also demonstrates the functionality of Aristotle, the system developed by Breakthrough Labs to leverage the power of Large Language Models to generate high-quality solutions and hypotheses in a variety of scientific fields. This Salon includes in-depth exchanges between Rafi Qumsieh and the U.S. Transhumanist Party panelists – Gennady Stolyarov II (Chairman), Dan Elton (Director of Scholarship), and Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. (Director of Visual Art) – regarding emerging developments in the capabilities and applications of AI models. Visit the website of Breakthrough Labs: https://breakthroughlabs.ai/ Try the Aristotle agentic AI here: https://heuristic-mauve.vercel.app/
Intended to bring leading thinkers in areas such as longevity, transhumanism, futurism, artificial intelligence, politics, philosophy, art, and culture – making connections among disciplines to facilitate breakthroughs in understanding and a more rational, advanced, and informed society. In the spirit of the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment, the Enlightenment Salons make possible in-depth, long-form conversations that enable the exploration of ideas about humankind’s future in unprecedented ways.
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