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Thursday, September 26, 2013


Hawking predicts uploading the brain into a computer

September 26, 2013
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Professor Stephen Hawking has predicted that it could be possible to preserve a mind as powerful as his on a computer — but not with technology existing today, The Telegraph reports.
Hawking said the brain operates in a way similar to a computer program, meaning it could in theory be kept running without a body to power it.
“I think the brain is like a program in the mind, which is like a computer, so it’s theoretically possible to copy the brain onto a computer and so provide a form of life after death.”
He made the comments at the 33rd Cambridge Film Festival, featuring a special gala screening of Hawking presented by the documentary’s subject, Professor Stephen Hawking.

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