If You Could Put Your Brain in a Working Human Looking Robot, Would You?

[Higen_]

So if you could take your brain and put it into a robot that looked like a human, would you? This would (potentially) greatly expand your lifespan. Let me know your thoughts. Would you pay for this, if so how much? Do you think it's unethical? Would you want to have the potential to live forever? Do you think this could even be possible?

[Guest]

Not sure if would, I mean I would like to live a great deal longer. But a robot body?.....meh.

[kierden]

If I could have a penis, yes.

[_ASSASSIN_]

"do you think this is unethical"

reminds me too damn much of Deus Ex: HR

[WunderWuffle]

Would you want to have the potential to live forever?

Read the book Tucket Everlasting.

[Volbet]

One question: Is the procedure reversable?

 

If yes I don't see why not give it a try. i wouldn't want to live forever (or as long as the Sun atleast). I would become boring after the first 250 years or so. 

[WunderWuffle]

One question: Is the procedure reversable?

 

If yes I don't see why not give it a try. i wouldn't want to live forever (or as long as the Sun atleast). I would becoem boring after the first 250 years or so. 

Agreed, I just dont want to live forever, like you said.

[helping]

that feel when there's a bug in the software.

[eoso]

If it was in all respects a mechanical human body, capable of pain, touch, and other sensory functions, I don't see why not. It would make us immortal, and quite literally superhuman. 

[Higen_]

Read the book Tucket Everlasting.

Does it go into the possibilities of this?

[T.Vengeance]

I don't know about that. I'm always a huge believer that everything must end, and should end. It's like that ying yang thing. Life without death seems weird. When I'm 80ish and death is just around the corner, I'd like to look back at my life and reflect on all the things that I've done. Death gives some tranquility in my opinion.

[JORDANonPC]

yes definitely as long as I still have everything a human body has and the ability to still be able to feel things physically 

[TTesla]

But... Would I have the powers of like iron man, or crysis?

[Higen_]

One question: Is the procedure reversable?

 

If yes I don't see why not give it a try. i wouldn't want to live forever (or as long as the Sun atleast). I would become boring after the first 250 years or so. 

Well you would have to find a body to put your brain in, or cryogenically freeze your body if you want to reverse it. Idk how successful reversal would be.

[M-ursu]

What happens if robot bluescreens?

So i would not do that.

[Higen_]

Agreed, I just dont want to live forever, like you said.

What if it wasn't reversable? But if you wanted to die, there would be a "kill switch" of sorts

[skullbringer]

I would only do it, if I have the option to kill my self anytime I want.

Ethics dont really matter to me, as life is way too complicated to stick to everlasting rules, at least IMHO.

I dont think that infinite life will be possible, ever. But say like living 200 years or so could be possible in a few decades. I would not see it as an extension of your life, but more of a second, seperate state of being and I could imagine paying all I have saved in my previous live and give it all up for a new one...

[Volbet]

Well you would have to find a body to put your brain in, or cryogenically freeze your body if you want to reverse it. Idk how successful reversal would be.

Couldn't my own body be put into life support, just untill I found out if I like it in the robot body? My heart would still be able to function without the brain, and I would just need a machine to breath for me.

[LIGISTX]

Would be just like the movie surrogates. Pretty interesting idea, although makes people do pretty stupid things because they are not "risking" their own flesh. lol

[Higen_]

What would the characteristics of the human-looking robot be? How would it work? And I just had to say this since reading something about a russian scientist saying to put the human brain into something like a hologram, "May I have a bigger 'junk' to go with it?" 

It would basically look like a regular human, skin, facial features, same size and proportions, etc. And there would be some sort of power supply to power all the motors to make the robot move. Your brain would be the control center of the robot that would make the body move just as it regularly would. There would also have to be some way of supplying oxygen to the brain, so maybe a heart-like device.

[Higen_]

that feel when there's a bug in the software.

That's what one of my main concerns would be

[Higen_]

If it was in all respects a mechanical human body, capable of pain, touch, and other sensory functions, I don't see why not. It would make us immortal, and quite literally superhuman. 

I would defiantly opt to have sensory functions, but I think I would only want to have pain to a certain extent, you know?

[newbie]

Don't think it's possible, and even if it is, I would never do it

[qwertywarrior]

a human robot is harder

a customized clone is more possible  than a full robot ( to have full human senses - it will be possible but much further in the future than a clone)

 

also a full human brain transplant is hard in a clone -using parts of ur brain is less dangerous

 

there would be alot of psychological effects because u wont recognize ur self anymore not to mention ur actions will differ greatly in ur new body because u wont be ur self anymore

 

looking into a mind of such a person going through such transition would be mortifying to me

not to mention the social impacts

a person wont be recognized for how he looks anymore

that sounds like a grand idea but look into it deeper

you would really know if any one is who he says he is

life will start looking worthless

[Wferr]

You could plug in your self over usb for gaming haha.