Q: What void are people trying to fill with transhumanism?

A: Understanding where things are headed helps you make the best decisions for the best quality of life. There's also beauty in the evolution of life and echo systems on earth.

Q: I actually sort of worry that a lot of people are out of touch with the genuine beauty of life

A: People can have more than one interests. We can appreciate the beauty of a tree or rose, as well as appreciate the beauty of a large language model or a deep neural network learning to drive. In reality it's all one interconnected system.

Q: If you increase your IQ to 10,000, what makes you think that will make it easier to ignore a fundamental meaninglessness?

A: There is no "fundamental meaninglessness". Meaning is significance assigned inside of minds to conceptual representations of external phenomenon.