Artificial Superintelligence Will Help People Live to Be 1,400 Years Old

This is what Swedish philosopher and writer Nick Bostrom states in his new essay, "Optimal Timing for Superintelligence."

He compares the implementation of strong AI to heart surgery. If it is delayed or doesn't happen at all, the patient might die. The surgery itself also carries risks, but the chances of radically improving the quality of life afterward are much higher and justify the risks.

According to Bostrom's assessment, even with some risk of humanity's destruction due to the technology, the benefits of the emergence of superintelligent AI are incomparably greater.

Superintelligence is capable of extending life to 1,400 years, he believes. If humanity were freed from disease and aging and mortality were fixed at the current rate for 20-year-olds (about 0.07% per year from random causes), that would be the average life expectancy.

Moreover, Bostrom calls this estimate conservative, since it ignores more radical "eternal life" scenarios, such as digitizing consciousness and uploading it into "backup copies".

Do you think AI will enable people to live for thousands of years?

❤️ — Yes, it's just a matter of time
🔥 — No, that's science fiction...

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