World-renowned computer genius Ray Kurzweil predicted the possibility of enhancing human qualities in the future through the aid of nanotechnology, Huffington Post reported. Dubbed as the "restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal, Kurzweil suggests that nanobots could be utilized to promote high complexity of emotions and characteristics -- funnier and sexier human beings.

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Nanobots can be used to connect brains to computers in order to develop a more enhanced level of emotions and other characteristics of higher complexity. In a recent discussion at the Singularity University, Kurzweil explained how humans can develop such enhancement in expressing loving sentiments.

He further added that future humans can be funnier and sexier. Kurzweil projected that such scenario can be possible by 2030. By this time, human brains will be able to send mails and photos directly to the brain through a connection in the cloud system.

Combining man and machine is the next stage in the evolutionary process of human beings. According to Kurzweil, connecting human brain into a nonbiological thinking machine is the next step in human evolution which can be compared to our ancestors -- trying to learn how to use these new tools.

The process will not only lead to enhanced logical intelligence but also in the human's emotional capacity. He further added that adding a variety of levels to the hierarchy of the modules that will be attached to the brain can create a deeper level of human expression.

To explain further, Kurzweil, along with Google co-founder Larry Page, demonstrated this hypothetical scenario they envisioned. The nanobots can multiply human intelligence by a thousand times, in a way similar to how smartphones work. Kurzweil said that this process could make our individuality more 'unique'. He views that the human's current state is limited in a fixed enclosure. Connecting our brains into the internet can make us more 'unique'.

The concept of individuality can be a point of ethical concern as it has been depicted in science fiction. Nanotechnology can make humans more robotic. Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, the head of the neuroengineering department at Duke University, feared that relying on machines could lead to humanity's demise -- the lose of diversity among human behavior simply because computer operates in absolute terms, ones and zeros, black and white.

 

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