jzero: Why would a robot want to overcome its limits when those limits are merely placed within its desires? Why would a human want overcome his limits when his limits are placed in his desires? The traditional sense of limitation is a limitation that exists and stops you, e.g. some circuit that shuts the bot down should…
Sparks: "But Captain, your robot would be the perfect man. Handsome, strong..." Murphy: "Well, could my robot be a- heh, beautiful woman?" Sparks: "Uh, yeah. Sure." Murphy: "Then you'd better believe I'd put my brain in a robot's body!"
[ QUOTE ] I'd take nanotech that regenerates your body faster, removes problems your body can't fix and reverses the genetic aging over any robot body. Now THAT would be immortality! And you could even program the nanobots to attack anything that's not you and fling your blood at other people to assimilate them! No armor…
jzero: Self-aware is the easiest part. Philosophy has blown that issue way out of proportion, robots (or AIs) have been self-aware and capable of emotions before they even learned to walk. It could also pave the way for near-fearless spce exploration as we could send copies of ourselves to far off reaches of the galaxy Or…
[ QUOTE ] I'd take nanotech that regenerates your body faster, removes problems your body can't fix and reverses the genetic aging over any robot body. Now THAT would be immortality! And you could even program the nanobots to attack anything that's not you and fling your blood at other people to assimilate them! No armor…
But you'll have the strength of 5 gorillas.. how could you not want a robot body? My robot body is gona have Jackhammer legs and a fishtank backpack filled with electric piranas that give me unlimited power.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/23/brain.download/index.html If this is true, then I hope when I'm 63 I have enough cash to get me a new kickn' robot body. Imagine how it would be though? I mean, it would be like owning a computer. Imagine the upgrades? God, I love this kind of stuff!
I am still waiting for my robot maid and flying car. When I get those then we can talk about downloading the human brain into a computer... How trippy would it be to wake up in a robot body and go visit your own grave? Immortality my hair nuts, "I'm sorry Mrs. Johnson but your husband ran out of minutes, don't worry next…
Well I think the flying cars, now called PFMs (personal Flying Machines) will be for sale in the next 10-15 years. and robotic maids and such are actaully predicted to hit the market in 2010. Though I get what you mean by it just being a copy, which is why for teleporters I'd only go with the ones that dice you into…
I'd take nanotech that regenerates your body faster, removes problems your body can't fix and reverses the genetic aging over any robot body. Now THAT would be immortality! And you could even program the nanobots to attack anything that's not you and fling your blood at other people to assimilate them! No armor can stop…