Nicanor Perlas - Humanitys Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence, A Spiritual-Scientific Respose

NICANOR PERLAS is an adviser, global activist, writer and speaker on artificial intelligence, globalization and spiritualized science. He has advised UN agencies, the Office of the President and Congress, as well as cities and towns undertaking large-scale social threefolding projects. He has headed global and national civil society networks that were responsible for stopping 12 nuclear power plants, banning 32 pesticide formulations and bringing about mainstream sustainable development, including organic farming in the Philippines. Perlas is a member of the Senate Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. For the global impact of his work, he has received the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize), the Outstanding Filipino Award and UNEP S Global 500 Award. He is the author of Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power, Threefolding.

Advance Praise for Humanity's Last Stand

The most important book I have read in the past decade ... When I finished it, I took a few deep breaths, gathered myself, then asked, Now that I know this, how do I best live my life? Please, everyone, read this book, ask yourself the same question, and together, with the guidance Nicanor provides, let us build the new world we all know is possible.Thomas Cowan, MD, physician and author, USA

In Nicanor Perlas, the conscience of the world is embodied. He is describing the heights and depths of humanity with presence and actuality, incredible knowledge and spiritual advice for each one of us. You are a different person after having read this book. I am deeply touched by messages of the keeper of the world's conscience. Elizabeth Wirsching, Anthroposophical Society in Norway

Reading this book encouraged me to awaken even more fully to the importance of the human soul and to nurture and defend the truly human. I will do this not only in my daily work in the Brazilian slums but also in the anthroposophical movement and other spiritual streams that strive for humanness. We all have to work together to keep alive the human-spiritual spark in us.Ute Craemer, Waldorf community educator, Brazil

Nicanor Perlas approaches the burning, crucial subject of artificial intelligence with untiring courage. The image of the modern archetypal hero emerges from between the lines of this book. Nicanor sets out on the (im)possible quest barehanded and unable to predict what the final outcome will be, yet he moves on, anchored in his uniquely deep and powerful thinking imbued with his love for humanity.Mnica Cumar, publisher, Chile

Nicanor Perlas joins the likes of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking in raising a red flag of concern over the ever-widening dissemination of Artificial Intelligence into the life of worldwide humanity.Van James, artist, author, educator and Chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawaii

In this book, Nicanor Perlas is almost shouting out the message that it is time now to wake up and realize that we are on the edge of a complete breakdown ... A very important book that in so many ways is an urgent wakeup call for us all! Read it and do it now!Mats-Ola Ohlsson, Curative educator / social therapist and General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Sweden

This book is important for the present and will be relevant for the future, just like the books of and works by Rudolf Steiner are and will continue to be.Yuji Agematsu, Japan

As profoundly important, utterly mesmerizing, as it is at once both terrifying and an incredible call to arms. Nicanor Perlas adeptly outlines the urgent need to move away from a materialistic consciousness to an emerging science-based spirituality that can address the existential challenges and issues surrounding artificial intelligence ...Emily Fletcher, Editor, Sphere Magazine, New Zealand

The value of this book is that it points to a profound way of contextualizing and understanding a phenomenon that will influence individual lives and society in ways we can hardly comprehend.Cornelius Pietzner, CEO of Alterra Impact Finance, Switzerland, and Member of the Board and Director of Mind and Life Europe, Switzerland

Well researched and deeply passionate, this book embodies a care for humanity that has its wellsprings in knowledge of the spiritual as well as the scientific ... It awakens and guides us as to how artificial intelligence, instead of suppressing humanity, can be a part of our healthy evolution.John Bloom, General Secretary, Anthroposophical Society in America (US), Vice President, Organizational Culture, RSF Social Finance, USA

Nicanor Perlas brings a lifetime of human intelligencethe active relation of thinking, feeling, acting human beings to each otherto the challenge of the apparently intelligent machine ... There have been many predecessors, but this is the first book of the human movement. Let us read it and awaken to the next stage of our humanity!John Beck, Editor, Being Human magazine, USA

Nicanor Perlas book is a necessary wake-up call. Far from any hostility to technology, he describes with great expertise these challenges and shows ways out that are based especially on the spiritual activity of humans.Christoph Strawe, Institute for Social Issues, Initiative Network Threefolding, Germany

Nicanor Perlas has written a very important book that many should read!... Humanity has to wake up to what it means to be fully human and harness latent spiritual capacities. Only in this way, and together with others worldwide, will we succeed in finding a solution to the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.Alexander Schwedeler, Leadership consultant, IMO Institute for Man and Organisation Development, Germany

As a true global citizen, living with the major issues of our time, Nicanor Perlas raises awareness on the existential challenges of AI/ AGI/ ASI ... With clarity and precision, he describes what can be understood as human and what not. The book leaves one concerned and yet more decided than ever to do one's share for a more human and sustainable world.Alexandra Abensperg-Traun, Director, Philiana, Austria

Nicanor Perlas presents eloquently and clearly the issues at stake with the accelerating developments of Artificial Intelligence at different levels: physical, psychological, social and spiritual ... He provides a road for anthroposophists to contribute in the solution of these issues in combination with a wider Michaelic community. This is his unique skillglobal networking and community building.Karla Cryer, psychologist and adult educator, Australia

This is an eye-opening book that reveals the true face of AI and the negative forces that it is bringing to humanity ... It is filled with Nicanor's deep love for humanity and his hopes for our evolution. Reading this will most certainly motivate readers to take a courageous step towards a better future for humanity.Kaori Akimoto, counselor and biography facilitator, Japan

Nicanor Perlas draws upon his extensive research, spiritual insights and experiences as a global activist to issue a Michaelic call to actiona call to wake up to the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence, while making suggestions of what to do about it that engender hope for the future evolution of humanity.Gary Lamb, Co-Director of the Hawthorne Valley Center for Social Research and the Ethical Technology Initiative, USA

Nicanor has given us another unique book. As Steiner showed, the way to counter Ahriman is by unmasking it. Nicanor gives us two vital hints: how to understand AI and the shadow behind it and secondly, how to intervene along with others without distinction of creed or culture, in order to make AI benefit and serve humanity.Luis Espiga, President, The Triform Institute, Spain