5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality

5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality



[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ]



I think a lot about how to become immortal. More than I should, probably.

Many think it’s a waste of time. Everyone dies, and it’s foolish to think we can avoid it. This piece takes a different view, and describes a number of ways, with varying levels of requirement and effectiveness, one can either avoid dying or live on after death.

They’ll go from most practical to most effective.

1. Live On Through Your Children

This one is cheating a bit, mostly because you’re not actually becoming immortal.

But the fact remains that this does give many people (probably billions) a genuine feeling of lastingness, and that’s significant.

Again, I don’t really count it because it’s an extremely tenuous way of living on, but it deserves mention.

2. Live On Through Your Works

This one is kind of like the first, in that you’re not actually getting to continue living. So it’s a bit of a misnomer too.

What it deals with, however, can also provide a significant sense of contentment at the end of one’s life. Basically, if you leave behind works and ideas that will be used by significant numbers of people, for a significant period of time, you can think of this as living on.

It’ll take some sting off of dying, perhaps. But not much. You’re still dead.

3. Reconstruction Through Reproduction of Variables

Ok, now we’re getting into actual survivability.

This one works like this: either before you die, or after you are dead, an organization collects a series of inputs about you and uses them to create a working model of you.

Here are some of the input types:


* Your DNA (this is really important)
* Everything there is to know about where you grew up (what was happening in the world then, where you went to high school, what the major news events were, the major themes in culture and art, etc.)
* Everything there is to know about the people you grew up with
* All your personal, transformational experiences. This can be gathered from a myriad of sources, but your own description of the incidents will be key. It’ll also come from interviews with people who know those experiences and how they affected you
* Every piece of output you left behind, e.g. blog posts, Facebook posts, books, essays, schoolwork, letters, videos, whatever. They’re all harvested for evidence of who you are


Then, the system takes the environment data and models it against your DNA, which it got from a piece of hair or something. It runs your entire genome and determines how you would respond mentally to these various stimuli.

The output is a digital life form that is, as much as it can be, you. You now live in cyberspace somewhere, and you’re introduced to the fact that you were reconstructed using this method, and that you have this rich history, etc. You are you.

4. Preserving Your Brain to Be Put in Another Body in the Future

Another method for achieving comfort that you’ll continue to live after death is to have a reliable way to preserve your brain once you pass, with the belief that it’ll be either 1) put into another body later (not my favorite idea), or 2) it’ll be downloaded into a digital form to live permanently in cyberspace.

Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avsnitt(532)

UL NO. 422: To Survive AI, We Must Become Creators

UL NO. 422: To Survive AI, We Must Become Creators

Fabric Threat Models, An AI Worm, GitHub Auto-blocks, Long Covid IQ, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedN:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 Mars 202420min

A Conversation With Ismael Valenzuela About AI and Threat Intelligence

A Conversation With Ismael Valenzuela About AI and Threat Intelligence

In this sponsored standalone episode I speak with Ismael Valenzuela, VP of Threat Research and Intelligence at Blackberry Cylance. We discuss: Modern Threat Intelligence The shifting attention of attackers GenAI attacks How defenders are adapting to AI attacks And many other topics Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Mars 202445min

UL NO. 420: APTs using ChatGPT, Bugs Putin, The good side of AI jobs loss?, AI Monitoring Culture, AI patents, and more…

UL NO. 420: APTs using ChatGPT, Bugs Putin, The good side of AI jobs loss?, AI Monitoring Culture, AI patents, and more…

APTs using ChatGPT, Bugs Putin, The good side of AI jobs loss?, AI Monitoring Culture, AI patents, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Feb 202423min

UL NO. 419: Problem Quality, 0-Day Spyware, LOTL, Ollama + OpenAI

UL NO. 419: Problem Quality, 0-Day Spyware, LOTL, Ollama + OpenAI

Two new agent types, Ollama's new API structure, $7 Trillion for chips, American satisfaction, and more… Read the episode online here.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Feb 202430min

UL NO. 418: DEFCON Moves, AnyCloudDesk, Ransomware Learnings, My Top AI Projects

UL NO. 418: DEFCON Moves, AnyCloudDesk, Ransomware Learnings, My Top AI Projects

My favorite 2 AI projects, US spending habits, and your security program is sh*t… 📢Sponsored by Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure, it can't access your apps. Zero Trust auth for Okta that drives your Devices to 100% compliance.  Watch a DemoBecome a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Feb 202427min

UL NO. 417: NSA's Broker Buys, AI-Assisted Attacks, Companies Only Want Killers

UL NO. 417: NSA's Broker Buys, AI-Assisted Attacks, Companies Only Want Killers

Companies Demand AI, Breach Overload, More Tech Layoffs, Chip Investment, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Feb 202423min

A Conversation with Shil Sircar from BlackBerry Data Science

A Conversation with Shil Sircar from BlackBerry Data Science

In this episode of Unsupervised Learning, we talked to Shil Sircar. Shil is the Senior VP of Engineering and Data Science at BlackBerry, and we talked about: - Machine Learning in Cybersecurity - The Evolution from ML to Generative AI - Predictive vs. Generative Models - Preventive AI in Cybersecurity - The Cylance AI Platform - Attacker vs. Defender Dynamics - Temporal Advantage in Threat Detection - Synthetic Malware Generation - Behavioral Analysis for Cybersecurity - And the Future of AI in Cybersecurity So with that, here's our conversation with Sil Sircar… Dive deeper here: Product Page: CylanceAI by BlackBerry Blog: Riding the AI Waves: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence to Combat Cyber Threats Blog: AI in Cybersecurity: Hype vs. Help Video: As Cyberthreats Have Evolved, So Has the Need for AI Video: Real-world performance is the ultimate test for predictive AI Predictive AI in Cybersecurity: What Works and How to Understand It Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Jan 202437min

UL NO. 416: Tracking AI Agent Activity, 400 SF Cameras, AI Sleeper Agents…

UL NO. 416: Tracking AI Agent Activity, 400 SF Cameras, AI Sleeper Agents…

Benign AI's "Many Eyes", OpenAI's Pentagon partnership, AI voice scams, Zuckerberg all-in on AGI, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24 Jan 202423min

Populärt inom Teknik

uppgang-och-fall
elbilsveckan
rss-racevecka
bilar-med-sladd
market-makers
skogsforum-podcast
rss-laddstationen-med-elbilen-i-sverige
rss-technokratin
natets-morka-sida
rss-elektrikerpodden
developers-mer-an-bara-kod
mediepodden
ai-sweden-podcast
rss-uppgang-och-fall
solcellskollens-podcast
hej-bruksbil
bli-saker-podden
rss-it-sakerhetspodden
rss-veckans-ai
rss-fabriken-2