Futurist economist Robin Hanson says we will be forced to use human brains as templates for future uploaded, intelligent systems. The one form of intelligence that we know of the human intelligence may be a fluke and that way to create new intelligent beings would be to download versions of living humans. In order to get true AGI, we may have to download promising proto-AIs into little childlike bodies and foster them into human homes. I portray this in my novel existence.
Our special guest for the first episode of the Mindplex Podcast is David Brin, a scientist and science fiction author of more than 35 books over the last 40 years. His PhD in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego led to his current involvement with NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
5. From David: "Okay this one is purely political, trying to get Democrats to try new tactics in phase 8 of the US Civil War: Polemical Judo, by David Brin: http://www.davidbrin.com/polemicaljudo.html