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It seems to me the most likely scenario is that we perfect the ability to copy minds into an electronic computer system. Such a digital mind would no longer nee
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
It seems to me the most likely scenario is that we perfect the ability to copy minds into an electronic computer system. Such a digital mind would no longer need most of the resources a human body would and could potentially last nigh-indefinitely. It would also be able to take advantage of both >1G (no flabby meat body) and <1G (no aging) constant accelerations. Further, a colonization effort by digital beings would only require raw resources to build more electronics and starlight for power, which expands the number of habitable places from "planets with human survivable conditions" to "basically anywhere near a star".
- arcanon 5y agoIt seems trivializing and like an existential crisis to have all of a humans being encoded in a computer. Once you have that, why even keep it running for all time as it is? Its just a version of software you could make changes to. We are probably not as glorious as we could be to become immortal as we are.
- kybernetikos 5y agoAre there any software, hardware or cloud providers currently existing that you would trust to run your consciousness?
- robotresearcher 5y agoWhy does this seem ‘most likely’ to you? I don’t see current tech that points this way at all. We don’t even have broad agreement on what a mind is beyond the the everyday folk notion. What are we to copy?