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Assuming all of this doesn't just end with the bodies being dumped at some point, I wonder if future medicine will use the frozen bodies and brains more like a
by xg15 4y ago
Assuming all of this doesn't just end with the bodies being dumped at some point, I wonder if future medicine will use the frozen bodies and brains more like a kind of reference to construct an AI from, instead of really trying to revive them.
Sort of how historians can read badly damaged ancient documents, but usually copy over their results to a new medium instead of trying to repair the original document.
A lot of the usual philosophical discussions following whether or not the AI is the same as the real person would probably follow...
- the__alchemist 4y agoThe book Fall; or, Dodge in Hell dives into a related topic; both frozen bodies, and brain reconstruction, reasoning through its potential consequences, and the experiences of a brain without a physical reference. It's quite long though! Also explores some unrelated concepts like finding truth an an internet world, Paradise Lost, and a fantasy adventure.
- vanderZwan 4y agoI have a vague memory of watching a sci-fi mini-series in the nineties with a similar premise… something with "Lazarus" in the title. Ah, found it: Cold Lazarus. [0] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0115140/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0115140/
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoOne of the big cons of this brand of immortality is that there is a pretty reasonable probability that if you manage to get uploaded at all someone will use copies of the result for horrific experiments or even just entertainment. You could wake up in hell, basically. Seems to me anyone who thinks this option is strictly better than death lacks imagination.