Longevity is a topic of great interest to scientists and
businessmen alike, many of them being focused on finding ways to prolong human
lifespan by a few dozen years. But Los Angeles-based company Humai wants to
take the idea to the next level – they’re trying to use artificial intelligence
(AI) to bring people back from the dead and keep them alive forever! Many
experts, however, smell a rat.
The concept of resurrecting people using AI
seems taken from a sci-fi movie, but ‘Humai’ founder Josh Bocanegra has assured
the media that he is quite serious about the business of resurrection. He even
believes that it could become a reality within the next three decades. And his
company’s mission statement is as straightforward as it gets: “We want to bring
you back to life after you die.”
According to the Humai website, AI and nanotechnology can be
used to “store data of conversational styles, behavioural patterns, thought
processes and information about how a person’s body functions from the
inside-out.” This data can be coded into multiple sensor technologies built
into an artificial body that is powered by the brain of a real, deceased human.
And as the brain ‘matures’, the company will restore it using cloning
nanotechnology so it can always be brought back to life. Technically, a person
could live forever this way.
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