#2 2009-09-30 20:45:24
In Kurzweil's estimation, we will be able to upload the human brain to a computer, capturing "a person's entire personality, memory, skills and history", by the end of the 2030s...
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#3 2009-09-30 21:36:11
Kurzweil's estimations keep being put back, and back. He estimated 2015 back in 99' or so. The guy is an apologist for much of what is wrong with malignant capitalism and technologies run amuck...
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#4 2009-10-01 04:46:36
Kurzweil raises some interesting points, but he fails to factor in the inherent squeamishness that people have towards machines that can *think*. As to the brain-uploading, I doubt most people would want another version of themselves active at the same time that they are. I can see a few rich egotists using the service to back up their precious industrialist brains, but it's not something that I think most people would do.
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#5 2009-10-01 06:24:53
George Orr wrote:
In Kurzweil's estimation, we will be able to upload the human brain to a computer, capturing "a person's entire personality, memory, skills and history", by the end of the 2030s...
https://cruelery.com/uploads/18_dollhouse-eliza.jpg
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I'm glad someone else watches the show, the ratings are atrocious, which is a shame considering how well the story arc is playing out.
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#6 2009-10-01 07:10:19
George Orr wrote:
"Did I fall asleep?"
"For a little while."
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#7 2009-10-01 19:11:47
fortinbras wrote:
I'm glad someone else watches the show, the ratings are atrocious . . .
That is be-cause FOX de-manded that the first six episodes be re-written in a style which they thought would at-tract more viewers. Of course, having no fucking clue what the public (And, e-specially "fans" of Joss Whedon) want out of their tele-vision viewing, they were way "off-base" and most people "tuned-out" by the time that the show started to get in-teresting. I briefly con-sidered giving up on that one my-self after that dog-aw-full "back-up" singer episode.
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#8 2009-10-01 20:37:55
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Kurzweil raises some interesting points, but he fails to factor in the inherent squeamishness that people have towards machines that can *think*. As to the brain-uploading, I doubt most people would want another version of themselves active at the same time that they are. I can see a few rich egotists using the service to back up their precious industrialist brains, but it's not something that I think most people would do.
I just scanned over the article and may have missed this. I assume the practical application of this would be to download one's thoughts and personality and transfer this info into a new cloned body that is without disease. This would allow a person to not only be cloned but to also retain personality and intelligence.
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#9 2009-10-01 20:39:43
Going from meat to silicon will be considerably easier than the other way. Kurzweil views uploading yourself to the matrix to be the next step in human evolution.
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#10 2009-10-02 00:21:48
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#11 2009-10-02 00:31:26
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Going from meat to silicon will be considerably easier than the other way. Kurzweil views uploading yourself to the matrix to be the next step in human evolution.
I agree. Silicone is the best way to go. 
Oh, silicon. Never mind.
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#12 2009-10-02 04:38:52
Decadence wrote:
fortinbras wrote:
I'm glad someone else watches the show, the ratings are atrocious . . .
That is be-cause FOX de-manded that the first six episodes be re-written in a style which they thought would at-tract more viewers. Of course, having no fucking clue what the public (And, e-specially "fans" of Joss Whedon) want out of their tele-vision viewing, they were way "off-base" and most people "tuned-out" by the time that the show started to get in-teresting. I briefly con-sidered giving up on that one my-self after that dog-aw-full "back-up" singer episode.
I came close too, if it wasn't Joss Whedon, it would have been left for dead for me right there too.
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