(Honestly, check it out- it’s unlike anything else I’ve ever read).Īnd as ever, on this blog, I want to take something of monumental and societal importance and make it far more parochial by asking what it might mean for charities. This particularly resonate with me because I also spent much of the recent Christmas break reading a mind-expanding new book called “ The Age of Em” by the economist Robin Hanson, which imagines a future in which whole-brain digital emulation has become commonplace and then applies rigorous social science and economic analysis to it. Beyond that is the idea of full-blown digital emulation, which will be familiar to anyone who has watched the first episode of the most recent series of Black Mirror (“USS Callister”).
Others are exploring whether AI can be used to create realistic chatbots based on the personalities of deceased relatives that can emulate conversations with them. A number of organisations are exploring the possibility of indefinite life extension: for instance Calico, which is owned by Alphabet (the parent company of Google). A combination of recent developments in digital technology and bioscience has opened up the possibility of conquering death.
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