Use of Digital Mindfiles to Preserve Life Pending Revival Via Mindware, Cyber-Consciousness & Mindloading, Delivered at Transvision 07 Conference in Chicago
1. Cybernetic Biostasis: Use of Digital Mindfiles to Preserve Life Pending Revival Via Mindware, Cyber-Consciousness & Mindloading Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. [email_address] TransVision07 ~ Chicago 2007-07-24 2030 GMT
7. Rembrandt’s View of Abraham’s Readiness to Sacrifice His Son There are many different ways to remember something… But there are a limited number of patterns of recollection!
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9. Fascinating Mindfile Facts: Estimated Number of… Few dozen Emotions 7% - 13% Adult’s thoughts retained per day 6 Universal facial expressions Few dozen Personality sub-types Several hundred Recognizable faces Up to 7 items for 3 - 20 seconds An adult’s short term memory
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11. Unique Human Combinations % Mannerism, Personality & Feeling Sub-Types Out of 36 Possible Types Unique Human Combinations 20% 1T 1K 1M 1B 33% 50% 66% 80%
12. New Word: Bemes Bemes Genes Design Elements of Mind/Nootype Design Elements of Body/Phenotype
13. Darwinian Phenomena Can Rebuild With Mindfiles Can Rebuild With Datafiles Can Rebuild With Nano-Bio Made of Neuron States Made of Symbols Made of DNA Make Self Make Culture Make Proteins Bemes Memes Genes
21. Do Mindfiles Preserve Life? No Autonomy Multi-Platforms Adapt to Environment No Autonomy Mindfiles Grow Develop Only Viral Copy Mindfiles Reproduce Not all Stimuli Eg Chatbots Responsive Not the Bits Electricity Extract Energy Not Enough Data Structure Organized I Say NO I Say YES Biological Criteria
25. Are Mindfiles IT or Thermodynamically Alive? Can’t Be Quantum If Sufficiently Detailed IT Replicable Not Growing When Static Order Grows With Uploads Continuous Increase Not Localized Enough Digital Storage Media Localized Region Mindfiles Are NOT Alive Mindfiles ARE Alive Factor
26. So, Do Mindfiles Preserve Life? I Say YES Just Say NO “ It’s a tautological debate.”
29. Ergo, When Mindfiles Are Revived, They’ll Be Called Alive Dead Heart + No Transplant = S/he Is Dead Dead Heart + Transplant = S/he Was Alive Dead Mind + No Mindplant = S/he Is Dead Dead Mind + Mindplant = S/he Was Alive If brain functions, such as memory, are retained ex vivo isn’t the person still alive?
52. How These Concepts Hang Together Mindware Revives Consciousness Mindware Is a Zombie Bust Deposit Mindfiles Can’t Be Bothered Live Die Wasted Time Die Die