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FUTURE SCIENCE PROJECT | An Interview with Randal Koene

2018

The above video was created by Mika Mautner, a student and researcher for Carboncopies. It features an interview with Randal Koene who describes the current state of neuroscience as it relates to Whole Brain Emulation or mind uploading.

YOUR ANIMAL LIFE IS OVER MACHINE LIFE HAS BEGUN. THE ROAD TO IMMORTALITY

THE GUARDIAN

2017

In California, radical scientists and billionaire backers think the technology to extend life – by uploading minds to exist separately from the body – is only a few years away.

THE FALLACY OF FAVORING GRADUAL REPLACEMENT MIND UPLOADING OVER SCAN AND COPY

INSTITUTE OF ETHICS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

2015

This paper demonstrates a chain of reasoning that establishes metaphysical equivalence between these two methods in terms of preserving personal identity.

The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer

Popular science

2014

Read about Dr. Randal Koene recruiting top neuroscientists to help him make humans live forever.

Breakthrough philanthropy

Thiel foundation

2014

Watch the entire program of this innovative event, featuring the most visionary non-profits innovating in service of humanity.

Randal Koene on whole brain emulation

Machine learning research institute

2014

An interview with the Machine Learning Research Institute and Dr. Randal Koene on Whole Brain Emulation.

EXPERIMENTAL ENHANCEMENT OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION

FRONTIERS IN SYSTEM NEUROSCIENCE

2014

Enhancing brain function entails controlling neuronal function. There are several methods available for this which led to some relevant experimental data. Read about them here.

WINTER INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE

FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE

2013

Watch Dr. Koene discuss Substrate Independent Minds.

SUBSTRATE-INDEPENDENT MINDS

ISSUES MAGAZINE

2012

In pursuing a Utopian world of perfect post-humans, we may irrevocably undermine what makes us human in the first place. Our lives are a composite of actions and experiences, and our minds depend on our bodies and the environment - but do they have to?

RANDAL KOENE ON SUBSTRATE INDEPENDENT MINDS

HUMANITY MEDIA

2011

In this interview, Dr. Randal Koene gives a wonderful overview of the current state and future prospects of R&D regarding substrate-independent minds.

CARBONCOPIES-REALISTIC ROUTES TO SUBSTRATE-INDEPENDENT MINDS

KURZWEIL ACCELERATING INTELLIGENCE

2010

What might brains and minds look like in the future? Read how Carboncopies is offering a networking platform and hub around which experts in the individual fields relevant to ASIM can gather and exchange ideas.

WHOLE BRAIN EMULATION, A ROADMAP

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY

2008

Whole brain emulation (WBE), the possible future one‐to‐one modelling of the function of the human brain, is academically interesting and important for several reasons. Read about why in this roadmap WBE roadmap.