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Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
Associated Press ^ | Jun 15, 2013 6:02 PM EDT | Peter Svensson

Posted on 06/16/2013 1:47:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so.

Dmitry Itskov gathered some of humanity’s best brains—and a few robots—in New York City on Saturday to discuss how humans can get their minds to outlive their bodies. Itskov, who looks younger than his 32 years, has an aggressive timetable in which he’d like to see milestones toward that goal met:

Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of the Orthodox Church in America, who has a background in neurobiology and physics, offered another critique at the conference. “A lot of this stuff can’t be done,” he said. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dmitryitskov; russia; singularity; skynet

1 posted on 06/16/2013 1:47:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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2 posted on 06/16/2013 1:50:41 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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All running on a Windows based platform.

What could go wrong?


3 posted on 06/16/2013 1:52:51 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Oh Good, a new orientation category to worry about....Robosexual


4 posted on 06/16/2013 1:52:59 PM PDT by Regulator
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—— Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of the Orthodox Church in America, who has a background in neurobiology and physics, offered another critique at the conference. “A lot of this stuff can’t be done,” he said -——

A human being is more than ones and zeros. But stupidity springs eternal.


5 posted on 06/16/2013 1:58:25 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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6 posted on 06/16/2013 2:02:52 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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7 posted on 06/16/2013 2:06:04 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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Does this mean George Soros will live forever? I was really hoping to outlive that bastard.


8 posted on 06/16/2013 2:06:55 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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By 2020, robots we can control remotely with our brains.

So, if we can forestall "immigration reform" another 7 years, we won't be needing all those people who do the work we don't want to do?

9 posted on 06/16/2013 2:11:21 PM PDT by HomeAtLast
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Reminds me of the old TZ episode wherein an elderly couple shops for new, young bodies, but can only afford one transplant.


10 posted on 06/16/2013 2:15:46 PM PDT by HomeAtLast
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The last time I heard of something similar to this, it didn't turn out too well.
 
 
Exterminate!
 
 

11 posted on 06/16/2013 3:53:00 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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