Key points from article :
Today’s supercomputers are nowhere near the complexity and power of the brain.
But lots of teams are working on it
2045 Initiative – spearheaded by Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov.
Brain Preservation Foundation (BPF) – mission covers everything from brain-friendly diets to advancing cryogenic brain storage.
Blue Brain Project – run from EPFL it’s starting with rodents before moving on to humans.
Also need to pin down the mystery of consciousness.
Technology will gradually augment our biological forms and then eventually phase them out.
