Whats the next step after reaching organic limitations?

[arafor]

I have heard many interesting theories about how when an organic being reaches a certain stage they either will upload themselves into computers or will mix themselves with computers or possibly make themselves into pure energy. Which one of these is most likely.

 

[Hakeem]

What organic limitations?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Yeah, let's all turn into pure energy. Sounds like an awesome idea.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

bio-mech bodies
computer brain

or we could go the other way, gene-mod.
organic will have just the same amount of limits as computers

 

[Saken]

Let's attatch our bodies to computers and lose all emotions and senses to play our computer games and browse pornography easier, yeah!

I don't see any of this happening. Maybe to the extent of cyborgs, and what not, through medical processes and surgeries to save lives, which is already being done, and has been done for some time now.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

main memories on computer hard-drive, emotions and wotnots handled on organic brain
like HD and RAM in current computers

 

[Saken]

Hm, sounds possible, but the cost, both financially and for the sake of humanity?

 

[takakenji]

i have ascended into a ball of pure energy

 

[Saken]

Maybe that's the next step for you in Animal Crossing, but in reality, pssh...

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

Hm, sounds possible, but the cost, both financially and for the sake of humanity?

the cost? the development of such technology would mean that brain to machine interface has been created. that would mean cheap organic bodies run by robot brain is also a possibility. that would lead to, potentially, very cheap labor. there is a huge profit potential in cheap labor, in terms of profit. this would possibliy support the technology financially.
the more likely is that the government/army invests in the tech. if a brain can connect to a machine, why not do it remotely. that would mean while the human brain is stored safel somewere while a proxy body can run around in the battlefield without the dangers of losing the brain with all its experience and training. the army, if it was possible, would finance it for sure.

sake of humanity? i think we would all be happier if we were able to live without weakness and illness that often plagues the human body. and as long as you keep your own mind, i dont think a mech body means losing your humanity

 

[Saken]

I definetly see all the plus sides to it, but I'm still stuck on the losing humanity part. You are losing what you were born with. People already have a hard time finding themselves, be it finally becoming comfortable with their own body, their own appearance, the way they look not only to themsevlves but to others. Strapping a brain/head to a computer and slapping it on a mechanical body just sort of seems too unrealistic and in-human. It's like creating a new sub-species of human all together.

 

[raid1000]

i can only think of teleportation
deathomising your body and sending it through the internets and reathomising in another location :biggrin:

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Did you know that in C&C: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge (mind controlled) people were sent to the Grinder so the Commander would receive money?

I see an profit in this..

 

[arafor]

Well getting back on topic, Ive come to realize its very hard for any organic species to survive long enough to even reach any of these.

 

[HINDYhat]

Well the pure energy part seems possible.

 

[arafor]

That would take even more time and technology than making yourself into a cyborg of decent capabilites and way beyond the ability to upload ourselves into computers.

 

[Hakeem]

You guys are missing something:

What organic limitations?

Why do we need to upgrade? What's wrong with the way we are now? Would this new life be better such that we choose it? If so, what would be the things in the current way of life that are inadequate?

I think we would all be happier if we were able to live without weakness and illness that often plagues the human body.

Instead we would live with the weaknesses and illnesses of the mechanical body or digital world.

I like my body. Weakness, illness and all. Without the weakness and illness, strife, and otherwise negative aspects of life, our lives would be eternal bliss and amusement. Would this not get boring, eventually?

Watching, WALL-E, I was thinking, how did he come to the state he was in? He had started out as a practically emotionless robot, but over the centuries, he developed what looked like emotion. What caused him to acquire this "human" curiosity? The only answer that I could come up with, and it seems to make sense to me, is that, he simply got bored. If you think about it, all emotion could arise from boredom.

Without the twists and turns and ups and downs, a roller coaster loses its name.

 

[Saken]

Agreed.