transhumanism

It looks unlikely that medical science will abolish the process of ageing. But it no longer looks impossible

We are nearing a tipping point in life extension, thanks to technologies that enhance our health and maximise resources

Between here and the transhuman, serious obstacles lie. Creating artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artifacts suitable for downloading human consciousness, both appear quite distant in the future. Several intermediate steps must be taken before humans become posthumans.

This simulation would be similar to the one in “The Matrix,” in which most humans don’t realize that their lives and their world are just illusions created in their brains while their bodies are suspended in vats of liquid. But in Dr. Bostrom’s notion of reality, you wouldn’t even have a body made of flesh. Your brain would exist only as a network of computer circuits.