Would you want immortal life as a cyborg?
Would you give up your right arm for a robotic device that performs better? Think about it.
Transhumanism can mean uploading one’s mind into cyberspace. But some transhumanists hope to slowly morph into “immortal cyborgs” with endlessly replaceable parts.
Five years ago, we were told, we were all turning into cyborgs.
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Further reading:
Transhumanism: Is it a dangerous idea? Some Silicon Valley greats hope to merge with machines to live forever. But what then?
Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil: We will merge with computers by 2045
Is Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity now nearer—or impossible? In response to Kurzweil’s talk at the COSM Technology Summit, panelists noted that AI achievements are revolutionary in size but limited by their nature in scope
Jay Richards: Kurzweil’s Age of Spiritual Machines is fiction, like Skynet
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Will we become mere apps of our smart machines?