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Currently, the oldest human being ever recorded was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who died in 1997 at the age of 122. Average global life expectancy is currently 73. In 1950 it was 47.
The steady increase has contributed to a belief among some that it can be pushed ever higher through health and fitness initiatives.
Loss of resilience cannot be avoided
Numerous wealthy individuals and companies have begun looking at ways to increase lifespan.
Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, has funded anti-ageing research and declared himself “against death”.
Google has also backed a company aiming to extend longevity. The Gero study said: “Healthy human subjects turned out to be very resilient.”
If you could upload your mind into a computer, would you? How AI is making science fiction real In a new documentary, A.rtificial I.mmortality filmmaker Ann Shin explores whether AI can make us live forever and what that would mean
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • 16 hours ago • 6 minute read • Ann Shin (at right) poses with Erica, robot creation of Hiroshi Ishiguru. Photo by Photo by Iris Ng
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A.rtificial I.mmortality, the opening-night film at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival, is a fascinating foray deep into the realms of artificial intelligence, machine learning and biotechnology. But for filmmaker Ann Shin, the starting point was much more personal. Ann’s father is suffering from dementia. The wondrous machine that is