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Katashi_itto

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:37 PM Nov 2015

New startup aims to transfer people's consciousness into artificial bodies so they can live forever [View all]


As advancements in technology continue at an ever-increasing pace, will there ever come a day when we’ll be able to use science to cheat death? Australian startup company Humai seems to think so; it claims to be working on a way to transfer a person’s consciousness into an artificial body after they’ve died.
“We want to bring you back to life after you die,” says Humai CEO Josh Bocanegra on the company’s website.

“We’re using artificial intelligence and nanotechnology to store data of conversational styles, behavioral patterns, thought processes and information about how your body functions from the inside-out. This data will be coded into multiple sensor technologies, which will be built into an artificial body with the brain of a deceased human. Using cloning technology, we will restore the brain as it matures.”

In an interview with Australian Popular Science, Bocanegra said: “We'll first collect extensive data on our members for years prior to their death via various apps we're developing.” After death, the company will cryogenically freeze members’ brains until the technology is fully developed, at which point the brains will be implanted into an artificial body.

“The artificial body functions will be controlled with your thoughts by measuring brain waves. As the brain ages we'll use nanotechnology to repair and improve cells. Cloning technology is going to help with this too.”

http://www.techspot.com/news/62932-new-startup-aims-transfer-people-consciousness-artificial-bodies.html
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Idiots! The continuity problem! longship Nov 2015 #1
"Jeff, we have your copy completed. Mind if I put a bullet through your head now?" IDemo Nov 2015 #9
Precisely. longship Nov 2015 #10
This always bothered me as a kid watching the original Star Trek IDemo Nov 2015 #11
McCoy knew it, too. nt longship Nov 2015 #13
It's simple, you are not you anymore! Rex Nov 2015 #20
New startup aims to transfer sucker's $$$s to its offshore account MowCowWhoHow III Nov 2015 #2
I found out a relative of mine was a director of the South Sea Company muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #12
Anyone remember the movie Surrogates? edgineered Nov 2015 #3
I would like to be upgraded. Deadshot Nov 2015 #4
I'm exhausted just thinking about it. n/t phylny Nov 2015 #5
Sounds like a scam on the megamillionaires who are the obvious target market. hedda_foil Nov 2015 #6
Walt Disney didn't. He was cremated. LiberalAndProud Nov 2015 #17
will there still be sass? MisterP Nov 2015 #7
New startup watches too much "Blacklist." ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #8
A hideous idea, except to narcissists like Trump. He'd probably love this. n/t pnwmom Nov 2015 #14
I think someone's unclear on the concept of Ron Green Nov 2015 #15
Fucking trolls. GeorgeGist Nov 2015 #16
That's how the Cylons in the new Battlestar Galactica got started! csziggy Nov 2015 #18
Well well well. It seems we're already up to Cymeks. Shandris Nov 2015 #19
Send money now! nt bemildred Nov 2015 #21
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