Microsoft patents digital immortality
Microsoft has applied for a patent , which describes the project of the so-called "immortal computing" (immortal computing) or, more clearly, digital immortality.
By “digital immortality” is meant the preservation of digital archives that remain from a person after death. It can be some kind of personal texts, audio clips, video clips, or an interactive hologram of your own body — everything that a person wants to leave for descendants. Information in digital form is stored.
The digital grave will allow a person to gain partial immortality, since it will preserve the personality traits of its owner. It can be configured so that the system remains active for many years after the death of the owner. For example, she can send happy birthday greetings to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In the aforementioned patent application, Microsoft does not simply present some abstract ideas, but describes a real project that is already being worked on in the research division of Microsoft Research. The patent application was filed back in June 2005, and is only now published in the public domain. Microsoft Research employees refuse to say whether they already have a working prototype of a digital immortality system or not, Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes .
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The patent casually describes the requirements for a digital media. In order to carry the virtual personality of the host through the centuries, there must be no moving parts in it that can be damaged. Reading information should be carried out using a separate interface, independent of the specific artifact. Owners of digital archives have the right to determine who should be allowed access to information. Verification of access rights is carried out using a DNA test or other biometric procedure.
In addition, the patent describes the requirement for an energy source for a digital person. This should be an alternative inexhaustible source of energy, for example, thermal.
In order for people or other creatures to be able to understand information from a digital archive over many millennia, Microsoft experts recommend storing data simultaneously in many languages, as well as in the form of graphic hierolglyphs. Be sure to leave instructions on how to use the artifact.
A patent application by Microsoft has displeased expert testimony. Many believe that Microsoft is trying to patent the obvious things and famous concepts.
By “digital immortality” is meant the preservation of digital archives that remain from a person after death. It can be some kind of personal texts, audio clips, video clips, or an interactive hologram of your own body — everything that a person wants to leave for descendants. Information in digital form is stored.
The digital grave will allow a person to gain partial immortality, since it will preserve the personality traits of its owner. It can be configured so that the system remains active for many years after the death of the owner. For example, she can send happy birthday greetings to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In the aforementioned patent application, Microsoft does not simply present some abstract ideas, but describes a real project that is already being worked on in the research division of Microsoft Research. The patent application was filed back in June 2005, and is only now published in the public domain. Microsoft Research employees refuse to say whether they already have a working prototype of a digital immortality system or not, Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes .
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The patent casually describes the requirements for a digital media. In order to carry the virtual personality of the host through the centuries, there must be no moving parts in it that can be damaged. Reading information should be carried out using a separate interface, independent of the specific artifact. Owners of digital archives have the right to determine who should be allowed access to information. Verification of access rights is carried out using a DNA test or other biometric procedure.
In addition, the patent describes the requirement for an energy source for a digital person. This should be an alternative inexhaustible source of energy, for example, thermal.
In order for people or other creatures to be able to understand information from a digital archive over many millennia, Microsoft experts recommend storing data simultaneously in many languages, as well as in the form of graphic hierolglyphs. Be sure to leave instructions on how to use the artifact.
A patent application by Microsoft has displeased expert testimony. Many believe that Microsoft is trying to patent the obvious things and famous concepts.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4993/
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