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knb comments on Immortality Roadmap - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: turchin 28 July 2015 09:27PM

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Comment author: turchin 29 July 2015 09:17:15PM 1 point [-]

I think that without uploading or creating copies (and without AI) any life extension method would give 1000 years life expectancy maximum. It is very long but nowhere near immortality.

Uploading is almost like creating AI, so if we will have EMs, we will come to AI very soon after it. In the earlier versions of the map plan A was named "Victory on aging", and after it was renamed in "To survive until Immortality", which is oxymoron, so I think that "survive until FAI" is the best name and idea.

Comment author: knb 31 July 2015 08:31:30AM *  1 point [-]

Uploading is almost like creating AI, so if we will have EMs

It should be "ems" as it is short for emulation, not an acronym. Sorry for the nitpick, I've seen this a lot and it bothers me for some reason.