The Dividing Line Between Human and Replicant Already Happened

Brian S Hall:

This idea that the tech we place inside us is to be feared, unlike all the tech swirling outside of us, is a dated and dying relic of our fading, twentieth-century upbringing.
We are all already replicants.

Wikipedia defines "replicant" as "a bioengineered or biorobotic being created in the film Blade Runner. (Replicants) are virtually identical to an adult human, but have superior strength, agility, and variable intelligence depending on the model. Because of their physical similarity to humans, a replicant must be detected by its lack of emotional responses and empathy to questions posed in a Voight-Kampff test."
What test could we use today to detect a replicant? Should we? Probably, it's too late to discern. Rather than optimizing artificial intelligence tests, we may ultimately need to design tests to determine what is really real - assuming our future technology affords us one "true" sanctioned reality.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 28, 2013 12:11 AM
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