Immortality, Robots and You

[Señor Fingers]

An article on Ray Kurzweil, one of my favorite inventors of all time.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/16-04/ff_kurzweil?currentPage=all

Kurzweil has a fascinating view of the future, chock full of practical science fiction. From robotic organs to immortal human intelligence and evolutionary singularites, Ray maps out the transition to a bizarre and intriguing tomorrow.

 

[reset]

Fame! I'm going to live forever.

If I can project I may live to be 125 then I don't have to feel so old at 31 I suppose. Interesting stuff.

 

[joekerr31]

immortality is a myth, it ain't ever going to happen in my opinion.

 

[reset]

Let's just see if you feel the same way when you're 250 years old, youngin'.

 

[DJDamage]

The future is here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

 

[reset]

Dude I saw that the other day. Scared the crap out of me.

 

[WesCottII]

Honestly, I'd never WANT to live forever. I think it'd be awful.

It'd be so tiring, and I kinda want to see what death holds.

 

[bigjohnson]

Don't want to live forever? Pick the day you want to die.

for most people it's always sometime in the future unless they are ill and in unbearable pain or mentally ill or something.

I want to live forever. I want to see the day when my corporeal body is composed of state of the art nano-bots that can do marvelous magical things and when my consciousness doesn't depend on any one corporeal housing.

 

[reset]

I want to see they day when my corporeal body is composed of state of the art nano-bots

lookin' good kid!

 

[In Motion]

I really want to see what the future holds. Especially within the field of technology etc. That Boston robot was sick! Check out Akimo on youtube too. Its insane that they have this technology already.

 

[reset]

But can a robot savior lead us in war?

 

[In Motion]

But can a robot savior lead us in war?

Only the future will tell, only the future.

 

[SmoothTalker]

Holy **** that dog thing is so sweet. I didn't know we were anywhere close to making something that can actually walk and run on four legs intelligently. The way it recovered when slipping on the ice was very impressive.

Couple more years and that thing will be on two legs.

 

[bigjohnson]

I'm conflicted.

I want the 2017 model that looks like an anatomically correct Winona Ryder, age 20, but I fear that the Army already has 3 with guns on them somewhere in New Mexico, practicing their marksmanship.