Cybernetic immortality and its discontents
Of all the research programs investigating radical life extension, cybernetic immortality is, by definition, the most ambitious. Several models fall within this category. While some include the possibility of “re-corporealizing” either as machine, biological entity, or hybrid, all models have severa...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2015
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Theology and science
Année: 2015, Volume: 13, Numéro: 2, Pages: 162-174 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | CF Christianisme et science |
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| Résumé: | Of all the research programs investigating radical life extension, cybernetic immortality is, by definition, the most ambitious. Several models fall within this category. While some include the possibility of “re-corporealizing” either as machine, biological entity, or hybrid, all models have several essentials in common. They require the ability to construct a non-biological (e.g., electronic) substrate that can model the functioning human brain, including the ability for consciousness (self-awareness) and a means for uploading into this artificial mind the contents of one's mortal life experiences. The individuals who have speculated most comprehensively on this include Ted Chu, Raymond Kurzweil, and Martine Rothblatt. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6700 |
| Contient: | In: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2015.1023526 |