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SortaCore13-Feb-14 22:57
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Simon O'Riordan from UK13-Feb-14 20:43
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Simon O'Riordan from UK16-Feb-14 22:52
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Ralph Little14-Feb-14 5:55
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Some already believe that the process is underway (e.g. Ray Kurzweil).
The process will not involve uploading anything, but our current mind will be augmented with our technology to improve our intelligence incrementally.
If you consider the tools that we have this day which extend our capability: our memory (the collective knowledge of the Internet), our calculative skills (a calculator), our ability to communicate, our planning and organisational skills, we have already started along this path. The tools that we use are not physically connected to us, but they are an integral part of our consciousness.
I think this a much more likely outcome in the short term.
The big departure from this will come from more invasive interaction with our technology. This boundary will only be broken when we have overcome societal issues. We're seeing this with Google Glass at the moment. We are interested in the technology but we distrust those that use it (in some cases probably rightly so).
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