Biological individuals are constantly moving their own death, I see a contradiction in calling myself alive since from the moment I became qualified to be called alive I have been accelerating towards my inevitable biological death.
A sentient mechanical or bio-mechanical entity for which "the end" is not inevitable should be considered more alive because it can evolve for longer and achieve a level of understanding of the universe which is impossible for someone or something which suffers from the constant burden of biological consideration.
Technological life is an evolution over bio-life, and surely destined to a much longer existence of it's society and it's individuals.
Surely the first alien intelligence we encounter will be at least partly non-biological since if we dont encounter them over the next few years, we will have also pretty much have made this evolutionary leap.
By the way, has anyone heard of a release date on IBM's Crusoe powered wearable ?...
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Biological individuals are constantly moving their own death, I see a contradiction in calling myself alive since from the moment I became qualified to be called alive I have been accelerating towards my inevitable biological death. ...
A sentient mechanical or bio-mechanical entity for which "the end" is not inevitable should be considered more alive because it can evolve for longer and achieve a level of understanding of the universe which is impossible for someone or something which suffers from the constant burden of biological consideration.
Technological life is an evolution over bio-life, and surely destined to a much longer existence of it's society and it's individuals.
Surely the first alien intelligence we encounter will be at least partly non-biological since if we dont encounter them over the next few years, we will have also pretty much have made this evolutionary leap.
By the way, has anyone heard of a release date on IBM's Crusoe powered wearable ?