Tag: Robert McIntyre

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News
Date
March 19, 2021

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Connectome, Consciousness, Death, hard problem of consciousness, Near-death experiences, Robert McIntyre, Sebastian Seung}

Does Freezing the Brain’s “Connectome” Offer Hope of Immortality?

_{Some cryogenics researchers are looking at methods of freezing the brain’s memory apparatus in the hope of reviving it one day and saving it as an artificial intelligence} _{News
March 19, 2021

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The question cryogenics raises is, can we freeze and then recover consciousness itself as opposed to simply saving imprints of a person’s memories as an AI? Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 2, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors

Tagged
Brain Upload, hippocampus, Nectome, Robert McIntyre, transhumanism, Whole Brain Emulation}

Claim: Yes, you can upload your brain

_{Fine print: They might have to kill you first} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 2, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors}

In a recent piece, we looked at cognitive scientist Susan Schneider’s explanation as to why we couldn’t cheat death by uploading our minds to the internet. But some have made a career of marketing the idea Read More ›