Ever seen the show Dollhouse? You basically just summed up the main plot device of the whole thing.They've already begun to record our thoughts, emotions and dreams onto hard drives and can translate thoughts into recognizable words, so I see that as being the first step. Mostly this new tech is being used for translating neural brainwave activity into digital signals usable by such devices as prosthetic arms, but the potential is awesome and there is a lot of research being done in this field.
If they can perfect these devices and add in some organ replacements there's really no reason we can't live for at least several hundred years. We'll be like a car - if one module fails, bring us into the garage and get a new one installed, keeping the main computer and adding updates as necessary. If we should become brain-dead, just load up a new body with the old thoughts.
The question that pops into MY mind in these discussions is, as always, will we be smart enough to use this technology morally and ethically?And, would we WANT to live that long - one of my favorite old TV shows, Highlander, addressed the question of immortality and how it affects not only you but everyone around you.
Imagine someone getting hold of your "life disk", containing all your thoughts? Talk about ID theft ...
Never saw that - guess I'll be spending some time on YouTube or Hulu ...Ever seen the show Dollhouse? You basically just summed up the main plot device of the whole thing.
It's quite an intelligent show for American television actually, plus it has Dichen Lachman, so bonus points for her being gorgeous!
Well if she looks similar, I'm really not seeing the problem...Never saw that - guess I'll be spending some time on YouTube or Hulu ...
Dichen IS interesting looking (Australian and Tibetan - how could she be otherwise?), but I shy away from her character name - I had a stalker named Sierra.
It might not be a case of artificial intelligence like learning to play chess, but merely a new way of recording data. We're electrical in nature, so are computers - we have a lot in common.It will be a long time before anyone can fit the vastly complex human consciousness into a synthetic computer. Computers can't even solve the board game of chess, how can they possibly replicate the complexities of the human brain?...
She was good-looking enough - it's just that my male pride was wounded by not being the stalker.Meow said:Well if she looks similar, I'm really not seeing the problem...
Until someone pulls the soul card on you. I'll spare everyone that debate, though.It might not be a case of artificial intelligence like learning to play chess, but merely a new way of recording data. We're electrical in nature, so are computers - we have a lot in common.
Stalk back; you guys could have played the most epic two man, cross-city game of manhunt ever.She was good-looking enough - it's just that my male pride was wounded by not being the stalker.
If Watson (an IBM computer) can win at Jeopardy against some of the best human players using the rules of deduction, I don't see why this wouldn't be possible. Computers are closer to using the laws of reasoning like humans do than we think. I don't think that we should be immortal.It will be a long time before anyone can fit the vastly complex human consciousness into a synthetic computer. Computers can't even solve the board game of chess, how can they possibly replicate the complexities of the human brain?
I think the most effective way of extending you life span today is practicing a diet of high nutrition and caloric restriction.
Ugh - thank you.Until someone pulls the soul card on you. I'll spare everyone that debate, though.
Been there, done that - I'm retired from that particular game these days.Stalk back; you guys could have played the most epic two man, cross-city game of manhunt ever.
Realistically it probably would be like this. The rich would be the ones with the technology, so why not abuse that and control distribution how you would want it as well.As to the question about finite resources, have you seen the movie In Time? Basically people were genetically engineered to not age after age 26, but they only had a year to live. You could earn more through work or you could even steal it. Everything you bought or sold was paid for in time. The rich had millions of years and the poor were dropping off like flies because they ran out.