Virtually Human: The Promise and the Peril of Digital

Virtually Human: The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality

Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousnessâ€•simulation of the human brain via software and computer technologyâ€•becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robotics. Bina48 is a nascent Mindclone of Martine's wife that can engage in conversation, answer questions, and even have spontaneous thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a Mindfile created by the real Bina. If you're active on Twitter or Facebook, share photos through Instagram, or blogging regularly, you're already on your way to creating a Mindfileâ€•a digital database of your thoughts, memories, feelings, and opinions that is essentially a back-up copy of your mind. Soon, this Mindfile can be made conscious with special softwareâ€•Mindwareâ€•that mimics the way human brains organize information, create emotions and achieve self-awareness. This may sound like science-fiction A.I. (artificial intelligence), but the nascent technology already exists. Thousands of software engineers across the globe are working to create cyberconsciousness based on human consciousness and the Obama administration recently announced plans to invest in a decade-long Brain Activity Map project. Virtually Human is the only book to examine the ethical issues relating to cyberconsciousness and Rothblatt, with a Ph.D. in medical ethics, is uniquely qualified to lead the dialogue.

Country	USA
Author	Martine Rothblatt
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781250046635
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1250046637
Label	St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer	St. Martin's Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2014-09-09
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-09
Studio	St. Martin's Press

Virtually Human: The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality

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