AGING: NANOTECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - HEALTH-OF THE ELDERLY

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Aging: the long road to longevity

The third way: the nanotechnological revolution and the advent of artificial intelligence

The salient points of the third road concern the development of artificial intelligence and molecular nanotechnologies. Artificial intelligence refers to an ingenuity that has nothing biological but which is created by man at will (computer). The term nanotechnology , coined in 1978, refers to machines capable of operating in infinitesimally small spaces, in the order of a millionth of a millimeter (1nm), and of creating the desired molecules one atom at a time.
When these two technologies integrate and are incorporated into our bodies, the "increase in" life expectancy beyond 120 years will not be just a "hypothesis, but a highly probable event.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence refers to non-biological forms of intelligence, capable of reaching the processing capabilities of the human brain and rapidly surpassing them within the next few decades. The first sketches of this science already exist, such as software capable of transcribing on the screen the words spoken into the microphone.

Beyond this, one of the most important purposes of "artificial intelligence is the completion of the so-called" reverse engineering "of the human brain, based on the full understanding of its operating principles, necessary to be able to mechanically simulate its functioning. integrating biological intelligence and artificial intelligence, humanity would make an extraordinary evolutionary progress.

Knowing the way in which our brain exercises its cognitive functions will give a significant boost to the development of artificial intelligence applied to nanotechnologies. Microscopic nanorobots will thus be able to circulate in our body transported by blood and, programmed by software downloaded from the internet, will allow us to virtually overcome any obstacle between us and health.The result: the life expectancy of the human species will soar.

Nanotechnologies

Nanotechnologies deal with the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, for example by moving atoms from one place to another at will. Thanks to these techniques, medicine will first be able to make use of nanorobots capable of exploring the human body and, subsequently, to send these "micro spacecraft" on real therapeutic missions, delegated, for example, to the repair or reconstruction of damaged structures.

Nanobotic red blood cells - The respirocytes-

Artificial red blood cells, capable of replacing biological ones with an "effectiveness hundreds or thousands of times greater than their natural counterpart, could one day circulate in our blood, giving us supernatural abilities. We could, for example, survive for a couple of" hours. without breathing, exploring distant planets or the ocean floor without resorting to oxygen cylinders and taking advantage of the countless applications of this technology in the health and economic fields.

Nanobotic red blood cells - The microbivores-

Together with respirocytes, nanoctenologies could give life to microbivores, artificial white blood cells, capable of engulfing pathogenic elements with a thousand times greater effectiveness and speed than biological white blood cells. Also in this case we could download software directly from the internet. and direct our microbivores towards the destruction of cancer cells, a new flu strain, defend ourselves from biological attacks, and so on.

Conclusion

According to Harvey Mackey, 61 percent of famous people fail to achieve their prestigious goals before the age of sixty. ”For this reason, there are countless reasons why it is really worth staying healthy in the last decades of one's life.

In the nineteenth century, Victor Hugo said that the forties are the oldest youngsters, while the fifties are the youngest seniors. At the beginning of the 21st century, we can safely say that the 50s and 60s are only the beginning of the second half of life. In 2004, 41 cases of supercentennial individuals, who were over 110 years of age, were documented. In the midst of this century, many researchers believe that number will soar.

In this long journey we have seen which strategies to undertake to maintain our vigor in the years to come, until the biotechnological (second way) and nanotechnological (third way) revolution will find its maximum expression. In the meantime, we hope that the numerous articles on the site will be of help to continue at full speed along the path of prevention.

Bibliography

Freely translated and reworked from the rewiew "Latest advances in antiaging medicine" by Terry Grossman "(Keio Journal of Medicine 54: 85-94, June 2005) in turn inspired by the book entitled" Fantastic Voyage: The Science Behind Radical Life Extension "by Ray Kurzwel and Terry Grossman.