shminux comments on Russian plan for immortality [link] - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 01 August 2012 11:07:29PM 1 point [-]

Step C (upload) seems the most far fetched:

2030-2035 Creation of a computer model of the brain and human consciousness with the subsequent development of means to transfer individual consciousness onto an artificial carrier.

Comment author: Yuu 02 August 2012 07:05:15AM *  1 point [-]

They have another interesting plan on their site:

It is supposed that as a result of the planned work at the end of 2015 the project’s team will elaborate the full detailed description of the mechanisms of human brain. It will be possible to use this description to make (in yrs. 2018-2020) a full scale working analog of the human brain, based on technological (not biological) informational elements and devices.

http://2045.com/news/29053.html

So, just wait a bit, and you can get electronic brain. ^^ This reminds me of the predictions about number of genes in human genome:

Only a decade ago, most scientists thought humans had about 100 000 genes. When we analysed the working draft of the human genome sequence three years ago, we estimated there were about 30 000 to 35 000 genes, which surprised many.

After project was finished, scientists found only about 20 000 genes.

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Comment author: David_Gerard 03 August 2012 12:20:58AM 0 points [-]

The rest is pretty out there. Brain transplants - into an android body, no less - within 13 years.

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