Sauers_: Immortality Is an Engineering Problem — Odds Depend on Foom vs. Steady AI Progress
Sauers_ · x · 2026-10-26
- Repligate argues biology won't be fully 'solved' like psychology, but there's >50% chance effective biological immortality arrives within our lifetimes.
- Sauers agrees: immortality is likely a 'very hard engineering problem,' so its feasibility hinges mostly on whether AI progress turns foomy or stays accelerated-but-normal, not on biological specifics.
- Counting mind uploading would raise the odds further; he calls the take 'not unreasonable.'
Related event: AI Commentators See Over 50% Odds of Biological Immortality in Our Lifetime(2 posts)→
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