The AI machine has no idea what it means to be human. It cannot offer genuine compassion, it cannot foresee your suffering, ...

We’ve gotten to the point where cloning animals is a reality, and presumably the act of cloning a human being isn ... system and live on as a digital consciousness. That last part, of course ...

But what if consciousness doesn’t have to be persistent, continuous, or even "real" in a human ... AI research may not lie in achieving full consciousness but in extending these momentary selves ...

Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that advances in AI, biotechnology ... abilities through neural implants and even upload their consciousness into digital formats, living on beyond their physical ...