American startup Netcome announced the development of technology that allows you to upload client memory to the cloud. However, according to company employees, this process is "100% fatal."
Nectome, founded in 2016 by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, plans to offer the service as a commercial service. To do this, they are able to turn the human brain into glass, and then digitize the resulting "cast" of brain neurons and recreate people's memory online. This technology has already been tested on rabbits and won the Brain Preservation Foundation.
However, the developers note that in order for the process to be successful and the brain is accurately loaded into the cloud, it must be performed immediately after the death of the client. The fact is that at this point, in order to avoid damage to the organ, the blood flow is replaced with special embalming chemicals that keep the structure of the neurons intact. Another disadvantage of the technology is that while Netcome cannot demonstrate what a digital copy of a human brain will look like, but they plan to do so by 2024.
One of the founders of the startup, Robert McIntyre, was one of twenty-five people who applied to digitize the brain. In order to join the waiting list, you need to make a deposit of $ 10,000.
Nectome believes the service is legal in some US states that have euthanasia laws, including California, where the startup is based and has more loyal "death with dignity" laws. However, the developers are confident that the technology will only be used from 2021.
Ilnur Sharafiev