. . . so the plan is, basically, that the man plans to utterly zero out his privacy. Thereby making, in theory, a record which will enable future experimenters to synthesize how Scott Adams (RIP) would respond in the present even though he is now dead. And he calls this “immortality.” It puts me in mind of the long-ago roadside doggerel:SO YOU’RE INSURED REMEMBER KIDDO,
THEY DON’T PAY YOU
THEY PAY YOUR WIDOW.
BURMA SHAVE
IOW, he dreams of being seen - but (he assumes) he will not see.Immortality? Hardly.
I got a better plan for immortality and it includes
scraping this old body for a better one.
You can read all about it in some technical journals
by Matthew, Mark,Luke,and John. (Some guy already did it
and it works.)
Well, for him, it might not be a big difference.
Any plan for immortality is by definition “long term”. ;-)
He’s providing the groundwork for the world’s most elaborate digital “statue.” All very well if he provides the marble for a statue of himself.But even at that, there is still the problem of the motivation of the sculptor. Who would not prefer to make that statue of someone he loves?
We might all consider how to cause people to love us as much as Scott Adams loves himself. Which would have to entail caring about others ourselves.
Starting, I suppose, with wishing Scott Adams well in his project of inspiring that sculptor . . .
It doesn’t matter how high the resolution, a picture of you, is not you.
Personally, I'd prefer to have a legacy with my family, not some digital screed.
For instance, I can see my grandkids, in the kitchen with their grandkids, saying, "Here's the pancake recipe I used to make with my grandpa, WBill. Lemme tell you about the time he and I....."
If that happens, I'd consider myself a success.
And who wants to talk to your artificial self? Heck I barely talk to my real relatives !
Who is going to pay to keep you around? A wife? what about when she re-marries ? think the new husband will want you around?
But lets assume you have a sole mate that will miss you for life... and will pay to keep you around to talk to for whatever reason for the length of their life..
then what?
Who is going to keep you around then? every one who actually knew you when you lived is dead, who is going to pay to keep you around then? maybe they could store you on a usb drive and your great grandchildren could pull you out once or twice for a family tree project.
The plan will work great until a 17 year old intern deletes the data to store porn, and they forgot to run a back up...