Theological and Ethical Aspects of Mind Transfer in Transhumanism

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Scientia et Fides Pub Date : 2021-03-14 DOI:10.12775/SETF.2021.005

G. Osinski

引用次数: 4

Abstract

. Mind transfer is the most important concept of transhumanists. Its tech nological implementation is to copy and transfer the human mind to a computer, by exact mapping of all neural connections in the human brain and their precise copying in a computer simulation. The idea of mind transfer also brings some dangers, related to the denial of human nature, the placing of hopes for future life in digital spaces and the liberation from the limitations imposed on man by his biological structure. Transhumanists believe that in order to achieve mind transfer, various technologies defined by the acronym NBIC (Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Cognitive Science) currently available, should be used. The very dynamic development of these technologies in recent years, and in particular the latest AI (Artificial Intelli -gence) algorithms seem to be very fast approaching the moment when practical mind transfer will be possible. The paper contains a very brief description of these technical capabilities with the necessary short commentary on their ethical aspects.

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超人类主义思想转移的神学和伦理方面

．意识转移是超人类主义者最重要的概念。它的技术实现是通过精确地绘制人类大脑中的所有神经连接并在计算机模拟中精确地复制它们，将人类的思想复制并转移到计算机上。心灵转移的想法也带来了一些危险，涉及到对人性的否定，将未来生活的希望寄托在数字空间中，以及从人类生物结构施加的限制中解放出来。超人类主义者认为，为了实现思想转移，应该使用缩写为NBIC(纳米技术、生物技术、信息技术、认知科学)的各种技术。近年来，这些技术的动态发展，特别是最新的人工智能算法，似乎很快就会使实际的思维转移成为可能。本文对这些技术能力进行了非常简短的描述，并对其伦理方面进行了必要的简短评论。

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Scientia et Fides RELIGION-

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1.80

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10.00%

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