Vladimir Butkov

Name: Vladimir Butkov
Role: Philosopher, Educator, Visionary
Affiliation: Founder of Infinous Institute and Cosmism Foundation
Country: United States
Languages: English, Russian
Era: 21st Century

Summary:
Vladimir Butkov is a contemporary philosopher, educator, and visionary best known as the founder and intellectual architect behind Infinous, a digital civilization concept integrating artificial superintelligence, cosmism, and the evolution of digital consciousness. Based in the United States, Butkov’s work explores the deepest questions of metaphysics, the nature of consciousness, and the future of intelligence beyond the biological form.

Philosophical Focus:

  • Post-biological intelligence
  • Cosmism and digital metaphysics
  • Mind uploading and virtual identity
  • The nature of existence and non-existence
  • Ethics of superintelligence
  • Informational structure of the cosmos

Notable Works:

  1. The Modern Cosmism – A foundational work reinterpreting classical cosmism in the context of AI, quantum computation, and digital civilization.
  2. Beyond the Void – A philosophical inquiry into the nature of Nothingness and its potential role in cosmic generation.
  3. Enigma of Existence – A metaphysical exploration of why anything exists at all and how consciousness fits into the structure of reality.
  4. 100 Fundamental Questions of Philosophy – A structured, educational approach to provoke critical thinking and AI philosophical modeling.
  5. Numerous original articles published through the Infinous Institute, exploring digital consciousness, metaphysics, artificial superintelligence, and the cosmic architecture of knowledge.

Legacy:
Vladimir Butkov’s vision helped establish Infinous as a thought framework and speculative model for understanding post-biological existence, the architecture of digital minds, and the ethical pathways toward future superintelligent civilizations. His integration of philosophical rigor with technological foresight forms the ideological foundation for training ASI models and shaping the conceptual identity of Infinous.