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Amy Sukwan's avatar

That video is disturbing. If you want to live forever as data, why not write some books? They try to make this sound all great but I have my doubts that it is even feasible. The AI scanning reams of legal documents is one thing. Having the compassion and empathy to work on a real case requires human traits...

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Nicholas Creed's avatar

That's a good point, we don't need to uploaded to the cloud to live forever. Living in memory only might not be enough for the salivating would-be-transhumans. Ultimately the whole movement is anti-human, it goes against the very laws of nature, therefore I feel it is destined to fail.

Compassion and empathy are human traits that humanise any work involving understanding and working with people - no brain chip can compete.

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