PENTTI MALASKA speculates about evolution and the Global Brain Part II. “Symborgs, a “symbolic organism,” will be self-reflective, self-reproducing, self-conscious, “living programs” living within the Internet as their “natural” infrastructure and using advanced interfaces to function with other species. Also known as avatars, these organisms may essentially reside in supercomputers as uploaded consciousnesses.””
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