Posthumanism, Singularity and Transcendence: A Study of Kurzweilian Futurism in The Mothercode

Transhumanism and posthumanism aspire to turn people into living machines. Transhumanism is a changed version of human with enhanced capacities to eradicate diseases and stop death; posthumanism is a highly transformed, enhanced, and amalgamated form of being. It focuses on moving beyond Transhumanism to create artificial humans whose biology is outmoded.This paper examines the scientific and technical advances needed to create a posthuman and examines posthuman influences and the technological vision in Stivers’ The Mother Code. It explores what it means to be human in the posthuman period, in which artificial human form has emerged. As such, this study analyses the potential alterations in characters' actions, minds, and bodies after metamorphosis.