23 juli 2008

Our bionic Kurtzweil future ?

Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I.


Computers are becoming more powerful at an ever-increasing rate, butwill they ever become conscious? Artificial intelligence guru RayKurzweil thinks so and explains how we will "download" our software(our minds) and "upgrade" our hardware (our bodies) to become immortal-- before the dawn of the 22nd century. In this debate with hiscritics, including several Discovery Institute Fellows, Kurzweildefends his views and sets the stage for the central question: "Whatdoes it mean to be human?"

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