[ExI] VIDEO: Martine Rothblatt on Reconstructing Minds from Software Mindfiles, Teleplace, September 18

[Giulio Prisco]

VIDEO - Martine Rothblatt on Reconstructing Minds from Software
Mindfiles, Teleplace, September 18
http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/martine-rothblatt-on-reconstructing-minds-from-software-mindfiles-teleplace-september-18/
Video: http://telexlr8.blip.tv/file/4137555/

Martine Rothblatt gave an ASIM Expert Series talk in Teleplace on
“Reconstructing Minds from Software Mindfiles” on Saturday September
18, 2010.

Abstract: “I do think, however, there is a (natural) tendency to way
overestimate the importance of copying our brain structure to copying
our minds. I think our minds will be uploadable in good enough shape
to satisfy most everyone by reconstructing them from information
stored in software mindfiles such as diaries, videos, personality
inventories, saved google voice conversations, chats, and chatbot
conversations. The reconstruction process will be iteratively achieved
with AI software designed for this purpose, dubbed mindware.“

Some questions and comments from the audience have been of a
philosophical nature and related to preservation of self (whatever
that is), but most of those who attended the talk were already
prepared to accept that, depending on the amount of information stored
and the accuracy of the reconstruction process, the upload copy may be
(and feel like) a valid continuation of the original self. The talk
and the discussion have been more focused on actual technologies and
technical issues: How to extract enough information? How to prove that
the information extracted is enough? How to quantify a critical
treshold? How to make sure that nothing really important is left
behind? How to reconstruct a thinking and feeling mind from a
database? Martine gave a detailed presentation of the preliminary
implementation of software mindfiles in her twin projects CyBeRev and
LifeNaut (similar, but kept separate mainly as a fail-safe measure)
and their forthcoming mobile clients and integration with social
networks.

See also ASIM Experts series: Reconstructing Minds from Software
Mindfiles on carboncopies.org and the discussion in the article MIND
and MAN: Getting Mental with Giulio Prisco on H+ Magazine. Martine
presented also the short movie Bina48 Robot on YouTube (latest update
of the video in the New York Times article).

Thanks Martine for the great talk and thanks to the (about 25)
participants who contributed to the discussion with very interesting
questions and comments. For those who could not attend we have
recorded everything (talk, Q/A and discussion) on video.
http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/martine-rothblatt-on-reconstructing-minds-from-software-mindfiles-teleplace-september-18/

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Martine Rothblatt on Reconstructing Minds from Software Mindfiles,
> Teleplace, September 18, 10am PST
>
> Martine Rothblatt will give an ASIM Expert Series talk in Teleplace on
> “Reconstructing Minds from Software Mindfiles” on Saturday September
> 18, 2010, at 10am PST (1pm EST, 6pm UK, 7pm CET).
> http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/martine-rothblatt-on-reconstructing-minds-from-software-mindfiles-teleplace-september-18-10am-pst/
>
> Those who already have Teleplace accounts for teleXLR8 can just ahow
> up at the talk. There are a limited number of seats available for
> others, please contact me if you wish to attend. You can also join the
> Facebook page for the event.
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109802802385416&v=app_2344061033&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=156546761037504&ref=ts
>
> Abstract: “I do think, however, there is a (natural) tendency to way
> overestimate the importance of copying our brain structure to copying
> our minds. I think our minds will be uploadable in good enough shape
> to satisfy most everyone by reconstructing them from information
> stored in software mindfiles such as diaries, videos, personality
> inventories, saved google voice conversations, chats, and chatbot
> conversations. The reconstruction process will be iteratively achieved
> with AI software designed for this purpose, dubbed mindware.“
>
> Martine Rothblatt is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur.
> Rothblatt graduated from UCLA with a combined law and MBA degree in
> 1981, then began work in Washington, D.C., first in the field of
> communication satellite law, and eventually in life sciences projects
> like the Human Genome Project. She is currently the founder and CEO of
> United Therapeutics. In 2004, Rothblatt launched the Terasem Movement,
> a transhumanist school of thought focused on promoting joy, diversity,
> and the prospect of technological immortality via personal
> cyberconsciousness and geoethical nanotechnology. The purpose of the
> CyBeRev (cybernetic beingness revival) project of the Terasem Movement
> is to prevent death by preserving sufficient information about a
> person so that recovery remains possible by foreseeable technology.
>
> Teleplace is one of the best 3D applications for telework, online
> meetings, group collaboration, and e-learning in a virtual 3D
> environment (v-learning). Those who already have Teleplace accounts
> for teleXLR8 can just ahow up at the talk. There are a limited number
> of seats available for others, please contact me if you wish to
> attend. You can also join the Facebook page for the event.
> http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/09/martine-rothblatt-on-reconstructing.html
>