[MURG] mind uploading x prize?

[Eric Zilli]

Sam:
I mean destructive uploading will mature sooner, and I have some
slight doubts as to whether non-destructive uploading is actually
possible.
I agree that from a prize point of view, uploading a human is a bigger
deal than uploading a rat. It would take considerably longer, and
uploading a rat (and then probably a non-human primate) would have to
occur first, but I guess you're right that the prize goal should be
the uploading of a human. The goal of the X Prizes is to get people
working so that things that would eventually be discovered/invented
are done so well ahead of "schedule." And that's what we really want:
human uploading as soon as possible.


Bill:
That is, indeed, one of the suggested challenges they list on their
website. I'm not sure a prize of $1 billion is reasonable, but my
guess is a team who actually does make a self-replicating assembler
would get plenty of money from selling the technology to other
companies. I think both nanotech and mind uploading challenges should
be created, because neither on its own would directly lead to the
other (though either would help).

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:51:32 -0700, Bill Cousert <billcousert at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think a Nanotechnology X Prize would be a better goal.. Pherpas the
> first person to build a self replicating assembler gets $1 billion.
> 

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