Media magnate Dmitry Itskov plans to live forever by loading his personality into a robot

The multimillionaire Dmitry Itskov with the help of modern science will try to uncover the secret of eternal life. His project “Initiative 2045” aims to achieve immortality over the next 30 years.

The Russian millionaire brought together leading neuroscientists, specialists in the field of robotics and scientists studying human consciousness to try to develop a system that will allow him to avoid, in fact, a predetermined biological fate by moving his human personality to a robot, reports Daily Mail Online.

On Wednesday, BBC Two will show a documentary on the science fiction venture Dmitry Itskova. “I’m 100 percent sure that we will succeed,” Itskov said. But there are those who doubt the realism of this venture. One famous neurologist claims that "this is too stupid, therefore impossible."

The 2045 Initiative project is designed for 30 years and is seen as the next step in the evolution of research in the field of artificial intelligence. “Various scholars call this the loading or transmission of consciousness. I prefer to call it personality transfer, ”said Dmitry Itskov. The digital version of the human brain will be loaded into a special android, made in the form of a person.



The documentary will also feature the Japanese android Erica, one of the most humanoid robots in the world and a paralyzed man who already controls a bionic arm with the power of thought.


Erica Android


Eric Sorto, paralyzed below the neck, controls a robotic arm thanks to sensors implanted in the brain

In 2013, Itskov in an interview with the New York Times said: “The whole problem of humanity is that at present we are not making plans for the future. Our leaders are focused on stability. We do not have what unites all of humanity. This initiative will inspire people. ”