Virtually Human: The Promise-and the Peril-of Digital Immortality

Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness-simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology-becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robotics. Bina48 is a nascent Mindclone of Martine's wife that can engage in conversation, answer questions, and even have spontaneous thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a Mindfile c...