On 1 February 2014 16:48, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 1/31/2014 9:18 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > We are potentially immortal in the same way as a car can potentially > survive indefinitely provided parts can be repaired or replaced > indefinitely. At present, we can repair or replace some parts in the > human body, but not enough to prolong life for more than a few years. > > > Actually I think we can make people live indefinitely now. I have seriously > considered starting a business to do this. I certainly think I can do it > more legitimately than those cryogenic preservation services. What I would > do it is gather as much information about the person as possible. If they > were still alive this would include extensive video recordings and > interviews. Then they would be 3d-modeled in CGI, with adjustment of age > appearance as desired. This model would then be inserted as an avatar of > the person in an artificial CGI world, similar to many computer games. The > avatar would be provided with an AI based on all the writings, video, > interviews etc so that it would respond like the person modeled in most > conversation. It could access current events etc from the internet so it > would be able to discuss things. > > Would the avatar be conscious? According to Bruno it would be if it's AI > were Lobian - which isn't that hard. But really it's beside the point. AI, > such as Watson, could easily appear as conscious and intelligent as your > 90yr old aunt and tell the stories she tells and exhibit the quirks she has. > Would the avatar be alive? conscious? Who would care? Not the loved ones > that paid to preserve Grandma for future generations. > > Anybody want to invest? It'll take big bucks to do it right.
If you really could do that, we could send these AI's into the world to work for us and represent us. We are nowhere near doing that. Then there is the additional question of whether the AI is a continuation of the person's consciousness. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
