Saturday 15 June 2013

INQUIRER.net: Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
Jun 15th 2013, 23:38

NEW YORK—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:   — By 2020, robots we can control remotely with our brains.   — By 2025, a scenario familiar to watchers of sci-fi cartoon show "Futurama:" the capability to transplant the brain into a life-support system, which could be a robot body. ...

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