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Rothblatt believes that within twenty years, "mind clones*" will be humanity's
biggest invention. (2) The concept of cloning human brains and placing them inside
robotic bodies has been described in numerous science fiction works. However,
Google director Ray Kurzweil believes that our bodies may be replaced by machines
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ロスプラットは「頭脳
クローン」が人類最大
の発明になると信じて
いる。 グーグル社の
人々の身体はやがて様
重役カーツワイルも、
械に置き換わり、デジ
タル的に不死身となる。
人間が現れると信じて
いる。 彼は著書の中
で、超知的な「トラン
スヒューマン」が様々
な問題を解決すると同
時に、通常の人間をご
within ninety years and that some people will become digitally immortal*. His 1999
book The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
describes one possible future in which the boundaries between biological human
intelligence and digital artificial intelligence blur*. Kurzweil mentions a possible 流の市民だと見なす
future that seems both (3) promising and terrifying. If super intelligent transhumans*
become hundreds of times smarter, many problems such as hunger, war, and pollution
【前途有望な未来像】
could be solved. However, (4)there is no guarantee that such computer-based
【恐ろしい未来像①】 ↑
intelligence would act “fairly” by ordinary human standards. According to Kurzweil,
during the late 21st century humans who become part of super-intelligent AIsystems*
【恐ろしい未来像②】
来像を描いている。
might start to regard ordinary humans as second-class citizens. At some point,
25 ordinary people simply will not be able to keep up with the super-intelligent
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"transhumans." If you had the choice and could afford it, would you upload your
own consciousness onto a computer? Would you like to purchase a robotic version
brofis
of yourself?