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

5 Post author: Dr_Manhattan 01 August 2012 08:49PM

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Comment author: DanielLC 01 August 2012 09:37:00PM 2 points [-]

What is a "hologram-like avatar"? Do the figure that a robot body isn't good enough, and they want one that A) can't interact with the world meaningfully, and B) is physically impossible?

Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2012 05:08:13PM 0 points [-]

I have not read the article yet but this immediately makes me much more suspicious of their intentions and odds of success. Solving hard problems like immortality is tricky enough, there is no point throwing in technical constructs which do nothing to advance this goal- unless you believe that having holographic bodies is somehow more important than living forever.