John Smart's new talk: Biostasis drops to $36K as AI reshapes the future of self
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-10-20
Futurist John Smart released a new talk on Biostasis, AI, and the Future of Self, noting that Sparks Biostasis now costs just $36K — "affordable for most Americans."
He poses a series of philosophical questions: would you preserve yourself at death if it were effectively free and you believed it would work? Will your Personal AI become an ever more intimate part of yourself, and would it want to preserve your complexity and uniqueness for an "Extraordinary Future"?
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