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Ph03n1x
lets say hypothetically this is possible and i managed to program my specific characteristics and personality traits into a computer i still would not be immortal because the programmed entity would continue to learn, adapt and change long after i was gone.
As this entity learns new things and develops new personality traits it would cease to be me and take on it's own identity...
once you give something the ability to learn there is no way to put the genie back in the bottle so to speak, it will continue to learn and change until it becomes something totally different from what was intended...
hypothetically speaking of course
you have cloned your consciousness into your machine - the machine is a reflection of your mind and can think with your mind - And ultimately will be able to think for you - And in a very real sense will be you!
Ph03n1x
lets say hypothetically this is possible and i managed to program my specific characteristics and personality traits into a computer i still would not be immortal because the programmed entity would continue to learn, adapt and change long after i was gone.
As this entity learns new things and develops new personality traits it would cease to be me and take on it's own identity...
once you give something the ability to learn there is no way to put the genie back in the bottle so to speak, it will continue to learn and change until it becomes something totally different from what was intended...
hypothetically speaking of course
Shema
The only reason we humans, and I suspect the humans who insist they are aliens, can think and reason at all is because we are capable of feeling. Take away the ability to feel and you become a genuine zombie with no thoughts of your own. A machine, no matter how far advanced, is not unlike a zombie. It can never have its own personal thoughts, preferences, biases, prejudices, reasons, likes, dislikes, dreams, wishes, hopes, desires, thrills, orgasms. In short it is nothing more than a man-made, or if you insist alien-made, machine. If anyone feels the need to gain immortality through turning themselves into a machine I strongly suggest you make sure it is not subject to rust.