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Downloading The Mind

Posted by Hemos on from the place-it-in-your-databank dept.

bluemug writes "The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science radio show Quirks and Quarks aired a piece this weekend about Ray Kurzweil's ideas on downloading human minds to silicon. (The interview is available in MP3 or OGG.) Kurzweil figures we'll have strong AI by 2029 and be able to copy a human mind about a decade after that. Book your appointment now!"

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  1. Sure! by Koyaanisqatsi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Book your appointment now

    Yeah, I'll go check it out on my flying car, while the robot takes care of things at home.

    1. Re:Sure! by troc · · Score: 5, Funny

      Flying car?

      That's soooo last decade. Surely you will be using your household teleportation booth?

      You could combine it with a trip to the tactile 3D hologram suite.

      At least tell me you have a subspace communications port or how else will you download the 1Tb bug updates to Microsoft Windows XXXP with "use this browser or else" Interuniversenet Explorationer?

      Not that I am doubting there's enough silicon out there for a few brain dumps, no, of course not. And anyway Skynet will protect us from the Matrix.

      Troc

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  2. Floppy minds by Glanz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, most people I know could put their minds on floppies, and it would still leave enough space for a nice copy of FDISK........... [fmind?]

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  3. Brain Dump! by irn_bru · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. A literal brain dump. Just don't use Eproms or you might loose your mind...

  4. A decade after 2029? by BluBrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the world ends at GMT 03:14:07, Tuesday, January 19, 2038!

    Uhh, pencil me in for the 18th... just in case.

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  5. Re:Eternal life? by Washizu · · Score: 5, Funny

    None of the atoms present in our bodies right now, were there 10 years ago.

    Please explain how tattoos last longer than 10 years.

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  6. Old News by BoBaBrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've been making partial brain dumps for years. They're called "Books".

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