X-Message-Number: 17943 From: "Pat Clancy" <> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:41:49 -0800 Subject: Re: My answers for Shawn... > > I assume by "virtual" you mean uploading? If so, I would put the date > around 2030, or maybe even much later. But, then I consider uploading to be one > of the more difficult technologies to be developed in the 21st century. I could > see uploading being developed most likely after a "singularity" has happened, > and self-improving AI is on the job. Most people now put the date for that at > roughly 2025. Predictors on the extrolist say they think it will happen much > sooner now, rather then later. I think you need to add a "0" to all your estimates (including cryonics revival) - except for AI, where you can replace the number by "infinity". You don't seriously believe there will be an uploading technology in 29 years??! I've got $1000 that says there's no _inkling_ of an uploading technology in 2030 - or "AI" by 2025 for that matter. Pat Clancy Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17943