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'''Luke Muehlhauser''' is a Senior Research Analyst at Open [[Philanthropy]] Project.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref><ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>  His investigative research spans a wide range of topics - especially the [[social science]]s, global catastrophic risks, and technical and [[Philosophy|philosophical]] issues that are relevant to Open Philanthropy’s overall giving strategy.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref>

'''Luke Muehlhauser''' is a Senior Research Analyst at Open [[Philanthropy]] Project.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref><ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>  His investigative research spans a wide range of topics - especially the [[social science]]s, global catastrophic risks, and technical and [[Philosophy|philosophical]] issues that are relevant to Open Philanthropy’s overall giving strategy.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref>

Muehlhauser is an [[Atheism|atheist]] who owns the website Common Sense Atheism.<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> He is an outspoken advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> Previously, he was an [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref>

He is an [[Atheism|atheist]] who owns the website Common Sense Atheism.<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> He is an outspoken advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> Previously, he was an [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref>

Muehlhauser was the Executive Director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute  which was formerly called the Singularity Institute (see: [[Atheism and transhumanism#Endeavoring to upload the human brain and achieve a technological singularity|Atheism, transhumanism and the hypothesized technological singularity]] and [[Atheism and consciousness]]).<ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser - About]</ref>  

Muehlhauser was the Executive Director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute  which was formerly called the Singularity Institute (see: [[Atheism and transhumanism#Endeavoring to upload the human brain and achieve a technological singularity|Atheism, transhumanism and the hypothesized technological singularity]] and [[Atheism and consciousness]]).<ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser - About]</ref>  

Event horizon: All social and technological progress thus far has come from human brains. When technology creates entirely new kinds of intelligence, this will cause the future to be stranger than we can imagine. So there is an ‘event horizon’ in the future beyond which our ability to predict the future rapidly breaks down.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120623233918/http://singularity.org/singularity-faq/ Singularity FAQ - written by Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>}}

Event horizon: All social and technological progress thus far has come from human brains. When technology creates entirely new kinds of intelligence, this will cause the future to be stranger than we can imagine. So there is an ‘event horizon’ in the future beyond which our ability to predict the future rapidly breaks down.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120623233918/http://singularity.org/singularity-faq/ Singularity FAQ - written by Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>}}

Muehlhauser does concede that a technological singularity may never occur.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120623233918/http://singularity.org/singularity-faq/ Singularity FAQ - written by Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>

He does concede that a technological singularity may never occur.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120623233918/http://singularity.org/singularity-faq/ Singularity FAQ - written by Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>

An article entitled ''The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists'' describes the atheist [[Ray Kurzweil]] thusly:

An article entitled ''The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists'' describes the atheist [[Ray Kurzweil]] thusly: