Anders Sandberg is a Swedish researcher, science debater, futurist, transhumanist and author. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow at Reuben College.

This piece was created by Aron Mill, using Midjourney and DALL-E. Aron is a researcher at the Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED). Through his work he aims to contribute to civilizational resilience against Global Catastrophic Risks. He is interested in flourishing future scenarios in which we have traversed the precipice of existential risks and recently began exploring these themes through art and hopeful narratives.

This image shows a fascinating future in which a diverse range of life forms exist. At the highest level are the cyborg-baby-buddhas, who live in a constant state of bliss and float above the worlds they experience.Moving down the image we encounter synthetic or completely artificial life, which may include humans with significant robotic enhancements or AI in humanoid form. Another individual desired to embody the Hindu goddess with multiple arms. Finally, at the bottom of the hierarchy, are people who merge with plants and sprout leaves for photosynthesis.