Old age could soon be old news, according to a leading futurologist who claims people born after 1970 could live forever. He predicts that by the year 2050, humans could outlive the constraints of the physical body.
Genetic engineering could be used to extend the body’s life expectancy, by reducing or reversing the ageing of cells. Advances in AI could lead to android bodies for humans to live in after their own flesh and blood frames have ceased to function. And virtual reality worlds could be created for people to upload their consciousness into once their bodies have failed.
The claims were made by Dr Ian Pearson, an engineer and inventor from Ipswich who lectures on the future of our daily lives, according to The Sun.
The holy grail for genetic engineering, human immortality, has long been a fascination for many, he says. There are quite a lot of people interested in living forever,’ Dr Pearson told The Sun. There always has been, but the difference now is tech is improving so quickly, lots of people believe they can actually do it.’
Dr Pearson says that anyone alive today who survives until 2050 may never have to face death.
Source: Dailymail