Jokes on you old people, looks like I'm going to become immortal.

In the article 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal, by Lev Grossman, some intriguing proposals were made about the future immortality of man/machine. People believe that the developing rate of computers is increasing at a scary rate. Ever since the first computer there have been rumors of machines taking over the world and either enslaving or eliminating the human race. Undoubtedly computers are becoming more advanced. “So if computers are getting so much faster, so incredibly fast, there might conceivably come a moment when they are capable of something comparable to human intelligence” (Grossman).

The increased attention on computer development has caused funding to increase incredibly. As you could see since 2000 billions and hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested into the computer industry. That total amount of money increases each day the more people begin to rely on computers. Thats where artificial intelligence comes into play. The more people rely on computers the more people keep making advances in them. Even artificial intelligence might soon be developed. “Artificial intelligence. All that horsepower could be put in the service of emulating whatever it is our brains are doing when they create consciousness — not just doing arithmetic very quickly or composing piano music but also driving cars, writing books, and making ethical decisions” (Grossman).

If that idea becomes a reality anything is possible. Computers would keep developing to a point of which they are smarter than us. I would view this transition from man to machine as an amazing thing. Cures could be developed for diseases, ending world hunger, and even world wide diplomacy could be achieved. Now even the possibility of time travel is up for question.

I don't believe this would make us less authentic as humans. It would make us more advanced than ever before giving us the ability to conquer almost anything. To be authentically human would mean to be 100% natural. Which if we live by that definition none of us are. We take vaccines and other medicines to help cure us. The merge with machines would just be another human advancement.

In A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the main character Bernard is on this ultimate quest to feel authentic from the others. Unfortunately there is no such state in which anyone can acquire. “Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one” (Huxley 77). Lenina says this when she remembers waking up for the first time hearing the hypnopaedic messages. She is saying that without anyone else we can't do anything. With the heavily dependence on other people there is no such thing as being an artificial person. Everything you do is based off something someone has already done.

The idea of immortality is a huge thing to achieve, but if it will ever be achieved is the real question. Could someone really stop or actually reverse the aging process? If this did become possible, what would happen to the population. Would society reach its carrying capacity? Then what...?