Exploring digital immortality | Bruce Duncan & Bina48 | TEDxMadrid

During 10 years, digital elements of the personality of the human Bina Aspen have been uploaded in a mind file. For educational purposes, that mind file has been installed in an android, Bina48. Bruce Duncan, managing director of the Terasem Movement Foundation, and Bina48 take the stage in this talk to discuss between them and with the audience a future where thanks to the AI advancements, those mind files can live again in some sort of creature. Video directed by Daniel Goldmann and edited by Xavi Fortino.

Bruce Duncan,has a Masters Degree in Education and has worked as a project leader and educator for the over 30 years. His projects include Experiential Education Programs, Youth Development Projects, Disability Rights Advocacy Campaigns, Independent Film producing and International Conflict Resolution and Peace Education. Since 2006 he has been the Managing Director of the Terasem Movement Foundation, a private Research/Education organization located in Lincoln,Vermont,USA where he is also the Principle Investigator of the LifeNaut Project, which explores cyber-consciouness via a longterm mind uploading experiment. Bruce is also Managing Producer for Terasem Media and Films, which has produced the independent science fiction feature film “2B: The Era of Flesh is Over (www.2Bmovie.com). He also curates the a cyber museum dedicated to addressing racism, bigotry and prejudice at the World Against Racism Museum,www.endracism.org.

Bina48 is an educational robot which contains the mind file of Bina Aspen.

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