# Humanity Has Always Augmented Itself With Technology by Salim Ismail > "If we morph or merge with AI, that process has been going on forever. Emad is wearing spectacles; technically, he is a transhumanist. The minute you receive a vaccination as a child, technically you are a cyborg. We have been augmenting the human experience with technology for a very long time, and look at the unbelievable lives we are living now and the opportunity to solve more and more problems. Our brains are so geared toward negativity that we become stuck in it. The work we are doing is pushing a positive narrative because the world is infinitely better than it has been. Let’s celebrate that." > **— Salim Ismail**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 9:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=599s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Salim Ismail|Salim Ismail]] - [[wiki/Posthumanism|Posthumanism]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If we morph or merge with AI, that process has been going on forever. Emad is wearing spectacles; technically, he is a transhumanist. The minute you receive a vaccination as a child, technically you are a cyborg. We have been augmenting the human experience with technology for a very long time, and look at the unbelievable lives we are living now and the opportunity to solve more and more problems. Our brains are so geared toward negativity that we become stuck in it. The work we are doing is pushing a positive narrative because the world is infinitely better than it has been. Let’s celebrate that." — Salim Ismail, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-salim-ismail-humanity-has-always-augmented-itself-technology ```