Apple releases its brain uploading service for immortality
How will the first mind uploading service compare to 19th century thinking?!
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Do we need to become biologically immortal? Or could we one day upload our minds to the cloud and live forever in a virtual world (AKA digital cryonics)?
What would be required to reproduce a human brain in silicon? We would need technologies powerful enough to support the three key steps in its development:
Scanning would need to be done to a fine enough resolution to capture the intricacies of the brain, probably needing an automatic handling system, and a way to fix the brain for the duration so that it is scanned as an instant in time. This 3D scan would then need to be translated into a digital model incorporating all of the neurocomputational components, such as cells and synapses, and their current state. The final step, the simulation, is then mainly down to brute force computing – processor speed and quantity, memory and lightning fast communication between them all.
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Book that explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain written by Ray Kurzweil
Book about how close we are to achieving a full simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology written by Martine Rothblatt
Non-profit organization focused on preserving, evoking, reviving and downloading human consciousness
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and author of several books
Thought-provoking but humorous look at a corporate-sponsored afterlife
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