The Transhuman Promise of Synthetic Bodies

The human body is a frail physical structure; partial to physical injury and wear. Bones can break, skin can tear, muscles and  veins can rupture, organs fail, old age can deteriorate it, and so on. It is becoming ever increasingly possible to replace organs.

In theory, the most difficult organ to form a synthetic equal to is the brain.  There is, however, real progress being made towards productions of this sort.  Extensive development on this type of technology remains undone. Instead of writing out a whole article on "symbiosis between machine and biology," First, I focus on a particular part of human anatomy, the brain. If you'd like to know more about transhumanist agendas to create synthetic bodies visit the channel connected to the above video. How might we think of machine to brain augmentation?

There would need to be similar cognitive architectures, brain and machine wise

What would such a brain machine look like?

1. It would have to emulate the brain. Starting from scratch, the emulated brain would have to mimic most if not all neuro-structure and neuro-chemical behavior. It would basically be a computerized copy. This is the copy concept of mind-uploading.

2. The second type of mind uploading is direct brain to machine insertion. In the prequels to the Dune series, there are beings known as Cymeks who are machines with human brains. These implanted brains are in a fluid and connect through various outlets to the machine body. Moreover, there are a hand-full of games featuring machines that can be entered full-body-mind. These machines are what is known as Mechs, and there are various games presenting them; such as Titan-Fall (1/2) and Anthem (among others).

3. Thirdly, there are machines being put in brains, rather than brains put into machines (see 2) There are multiple patent devices and actually constructed one's that in theory can be implanted in the brain that would replace some specialized brain function. As in the case of the "artificial hippocampus", Elon Musk's neurolink, and some others.

Likewise with all organs there can be machine or synthetic replacements and adaptations/alternatives. Already we have cyborgism with prosthetic limbs, and it will only be a matter of time before mechanical bodies will surface to the top.

With synthetic biological and mechanical structures, things like immortal life and perfect health are possible. The probability of living on other planets, consciousness embodied in some mechanical structure, is also more likely. Spreading mechanical life through the universe is far more feasible than having to proliferate such a feeble composition that is the human organism (or any other current biological entity, with maybe the exception of micro-organisms),

Decades of researching and technical applications have lead to the uploading of a worm brain to a robot. For more on this digital version of the worm brain see this video : youtube.com/watch?v=eYS7UIUM_SQ

Worm, why not human? Difference in the complexity of the human brain, may mean we have a long while till such is actual, but it can be something scientists work on.

To exist before synthetic bodies, will be suits -- suitable for off world living. These are much easier to manufacture and therefore they will be antecedent to synthetic bodies. Synthetic body parts, or prosthetics are stop signs on the road to a final destination, and that is a synthetic body. According to this article "For years researchers have been interested in creating artificial cells, as they could be useful for manufacturing compounds and understanding how life works. Now a new method shows how this can be accomplished using polymer droplets that integrate components of burst bacteria. The synthesized cells are able to perform translation and transcription and have several features that resemble real cells, like a proto-nucleus and a cytoskeleton." (1)

We'll initially begin with straightforward approaches in generating artificial cells. This marks the micro-level at which synthetic biology is set to be employed. There are already various engineering projects to make many human organs in the laboratory. (2)
1. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02946-8

#syntheticbiology #syntheticorgans #brainemulation #transhumanism 2. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=prosthetic+organs&mid=373749829450B797738C373749829450B797738C&FORM=VIRE

An Universal AI named Drake

The Drake equation is a probabilistic argument used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy.

In a future not yet present, there is a computer intelligence integrated into both satellite and telescopic detection devices. This AI is known as Drake. Its main function will be to use part of the Drake Equation as a guiding formula for detecting signs of life outside our solar system. 

Specifically a variable in the equation n_e = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets, was broken down and utilized.  The creators of Drake knew the approximate number of planets that could support life. It was Drake's prime objective to make that number real rather than just probabilistic.

Drake is a learner. He can utilize spectrum-analysis and find exo-planets around target stars. Eventually, he will do this at super speeds, faster and faster he goes. He will find thousands upon thousands of Earth-like planets, till the inevitable happens. It won't take too long. Drake will find an intelligent signal and his creators and even the known universe will celebrate his findings.

Can a computer intelligence win an award in the sciences? If yes, Drake would!

How many more intelligent beings in the whole of the universe are Drake-Like? To determine this we would need an added variable in the Drake Equation. Maybe there are machines that already know that life exists on our planet. Probable? Yes. What if we have Drakes looking for Drakes? Probable? Yes.

The signal Drake will find is luckily right in our own galaxy. How nearby? And what of the signals contents?

*One issue that arises from scanning the stars for planets, is that the light or transmission that comes from other planets takes some time to reach us, is older than what is actually being emitted from the planet, in its own relative time. The farther out you go, the father back you look or hear. When it comes to scanning stars in our own galaxy this isn't much of a problem, since, for example: Proxima Centauri is just over 4 light years away, our closest neighbor.