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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. Download Democrats first by northben · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think we would have the power (storage capacity) to download liberal Politicians ® now, judging by the size of their brains...
    But _why_ would you want to copy someone like that? I don't know.