"In a later press conference, Putin confirmed the discussion and said that "life expectancy will increase significantly" in the near future and "we should also think about this" in terms of political and economic consequences. (In Russia, life expectancy has actually decreased significantly in recent years, and the overall population is declining.) The brief snippets of conversation suggest that immortality is on the minds of the world's strongmen,"
"Shows like and Alien: Earth present visions of a world in which consciousness can be scanned by machines and perhaps even loaded into other machines. Meanwhile, Putin and Xi are thinking more about repeated organ transplants and life extension rather than "the Singularity." So, which dystopic future are we more likely to get? (Yes, I am presuming, based on the current state of the world, that the near future will be pretty dystopic. I think it's a good bet.)"
Putin affirmed plans and predicted that life expectancy will increase significantly, urging consideration of political and economic consequences. Russian life expectancy has recently decreased and the population is declining. Powerful leaders appear to prioritize biological life-extension, including repeated organ transplants. Silicon Valley envisions longevity through robots, software, and mind uploading, with fiction imagining consciousness scanned and loaded into machines. The contrast between clones raised for organ harvests and mind-download scenarios presents competing dystopian futures. The likelihood of a dystopic near future is presumed, and the desirability of eternal life is questioned.
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