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      • Some researchers believe there’s a limit on how long it’s physically possible to live: perhaps 125 years. But what if we don’t need our bodies at all? Some people, including famed futurist Ray Kurzweil, believe that by 2045, we might become immortal by uploading our brains into computers.
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  2. Mar 13, 2023 · Predicting this timing is tricky, to say the least. But Kurzweil says one crucial step on the way to a potential 2045 singularity is the concept of immortality, possibly reached as soon as 2030...

  3. Jun 17, 2013 · NEW YORK — By 2045, humans will achieve digital immortality by uploading their minds to computers — or at least that's what some futurists believe. This notion formed the basis for the Global...

  4. Jul 30, 2019 · But even if they turned out to be right on the science, what the 2045 Initiative is aiming for would not be immortality in the classic sense. A perfect recreation of a person’s consciousness would be the equivalent of cloning, not life preservation.

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  5. Mar 25, 2023 · “I have set the date 2045 for the 'Singularity' which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence a billionfold by merging with the intelligence we have created.” Speaking on a podcast with computer scientist Lex Fridman, Kurzweil set out his views on immortality.

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  6. Mar 15, 2023 · But his most famous prediction, about which he even wrote a book, is that we will reach singularity by 2045. Singularity is the moment when machine intelligence becomes equal to or surpasses...

  7. Oct 6, 2023 · In terms of immortality, Kurzweil believes that by the year 2030, we will be able to "advance human life expectancy" by "more than a year every year". Part of this – itself progress towards the...

  8. Christopher McFadden. 6 years ago. 28 Min. 0. 1, 2. The average human lifespan has increased dramatically over the last 100 years. This has been achieved largely, thanks to the fruits of our...

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