Will is given no more than a month to live and in desperation, his wife Evelyn uploads his consciousness into the quantum computer that their project has developed. Will’s consciousness survives his body’s death in this technological form and requests to be connected to the Internet to grow in capability and knowledge. But is this computer intelligence still ‘Will’ or now without a body and connected to the internet, has it transcended into something completely different?
Call it preemptive extinction panic, smart people buying into Sci-Fi hype or simply a prudent stance on a possible future issue, but the fear around artificial intelligence is increasingly gaining traction among those with credentials to back up the distress.
