[ExI] The Age of Em – Robin Hanson in Second Life, Tomorrow (Sunday June 26)

[Giulio Prisco]

VIDEO - Robin Hanson presented his new book “The Age of Em: Work, Love
and Life when Robots Rule the Earth” at the Turing Church meeting in
Second Life on Sunday, June 26. The presentation was followed by a
discussion. Watch the video, look at the slides, and feel free to
comment and ask questions: Robin said he will answer questions posted
here...
http://turingchurch.com/2016/06/27/video-robin-hanson-in-second-life-on-the-age-of-em/

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Age of Em – Robin Hanson in Second Life, Sunday June 26
> http://turingchurch.com/2016/06/25/the-age-of-em-robin-hanson-in-second-life-sunday-june-26/
>
> Robin Hanson will present his new book “The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life
> when Robots Rule the Earth” at the next Turing Church meeting in Second Life
> on Sunday, June 26. The presentation will be followed by a discussion, and
> everyone will be able to ask questions...
>
> A book presentation in Second Life is a natural fit for “The Age of Em.”
> According to Robin, the “ems” (uploaded humans running on suitable computing
> hardware) that will inherit the Earth will live most of their life as pure
> software in virtual reality... Second Life, primitive as it is compared to
> future standards, is a good mental model for the virtual reality habitats of
> future ems... Perhaps our collective mind designed Second Life to start
> experimenting with our future habitats.