mind uploading

Jay Richards interviews Robert J. Marks at COSM 2019

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June 19, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology

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Are Our Brains Downloadable?

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June 19, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology

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Jay Richards interviews Dr. Robert J. Marks II, Director of the Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, about the meaning and future of artificial intelligence. Marks challenges the notion espoused by Ray Kurzweil and others that our minds are “downloadable.” In Marks’ view, there are certain aspects of our brain that are not algorithmic and thus can’t be uploaded Read More ›

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March 2, 2018
Human Exceptionalism

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Your Mind Uploaded in a Computer Would Not Be You

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March 2, 2018
Human Exceptionalism

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Transhumanists, as they are often called, pursue several approaches to attaining, if not exactly eternal life, then an indefinite existence. Some aim at radically extending life expectancy through biotechnology, such as by overcoming cellular aging, manufacturing cloned organs to replace worn-out body parts, and using stem cell therapies. But the most prominent transhumanist immortality proposal these days aims to upload our minds into computers, enhanced with artificial intelligence capabilities, whence we can “live” in the Cloud or as cyberbeings. Read More ›