Azog

Good evening from Amsterdam, sir. I have a question in connection with your recent statement saying that the "consciousness is the way information feels while it is being processed". Soon enough some of our most advanced computers will have met all 4 requirements for a physical system to be conscious - in the light of the above, do you foresee any significant advances in the AI field within next 5-10 years?

Mr. Tegmark, do you believe that there will be a "bypass" of the theory of relativity that would enable us to reach remote destinations at apparent superluminal speeds? Maybe via such hypothetical technologies such as Alcubierre Drive or something similar?

Whole-brain simulation seems plausible, but mind uploading seems like return to the medieval body-mind duality.

Do you think that an emergent phenomenon such as "mind" will ever be transferable? What would be the biggest hurdles standing in the way of such a scenario?