After Life
An essay by Hans Moravec, Hans Moravec, dated September 1989. The author's publication list gives "After Life, September 1989" among his informal reports; the page prints "© 1989". The page states that it is adapted from Mind Children (October 1988); that does not date its wording.
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- After Life Hans Moravec (author-hosted HTML, Carnegie Mellon University project archive) · published 1989-09 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 d9cdeba72b5376e21c1ace052ac4bcf5e1a4773134a8bbc84dbbbaa2de035679). Author-hosted HTML printing "© 1989 by Hans Moravec" and "This article is adapted from the author's book Mind Children: the future of robot and human intelligence, Harvard University Press, October 1988". Earliest capture located: 1999-11-10 (not compared).
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- Human minds transferred into machinesMoravec's essay of 1989, in a section headed "Transmigration", describes a robot surgeon simulating and then removing a conscious patient's brain layer by layer, so that the mind is "transferred to a machine".1989-09 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Human minds transferred into machines: propositions page →
- Machine intelligence as a physical or cosmic processMoravec's essay of 1989 places machine evolution in a sequence running from Darwinian evolution through learning to cultural evolution, which it states "accelerated itself further through the invention of information machinery". It states that once machine minds match human ones, culture will be able to break free of its "limiting Darwinian roots".1989-09 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machine intelligence as a physical or cosmic process: propositions page →
- Machine intelligence spreads beyond EarthMoravec's essay of 1989 ends with a supercivilization spreading outward from the sun, "converting nonlife into mind", which might convert the entire universe into an extended thinking entity.1989-09 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machine intelligence spreads beyond Earth: propositions page →
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