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Robin Hanson: What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?

Meet the "ems" -- machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they're copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin Hanson describes a possible future when ems take over the global economy, running on superfast computers and copying themselves to multitask, leaving humans with only one choice: to retire, forever. Glimpse a strange future as Hanson describes what could happen if robots ruled the earth.

English
  • Originally Aired August 24, 2017
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code RobinHanson_2017
  • Network YouTube
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Name Type Role
Robin Hanson Guest Star