Martine Rothblatt: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality

The founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the consciousness of the woman she loves in a digital file ... and a companion robot. In an onstage conversation with TED's Chris Anderson, Rothblatt shares her powerful story of love, identity, creativity, and limitless possibility.
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[@lordofraccoons2708]

sis went "let me just *grab some medicine books and M A K E A C U R E T O A D I S E A S E*"

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

Absolute Madlad

[@giul2369]

She paid people to find the cure

[@dm.3145]

@@taakothewizardfromtv7620 *madlass

[@dm.3145]

@@giul2369 Go and do the same then Mr.Genius

[@jimmaculate5]

others have done it, w/o medicine, like royal rife. he created the orgone box.

[@Amanda-kf6do]

I don't like how the announcer kept referring to Martine as "he"

[@Avi2Nyan]

Amanda Servellon yeah I noticed that too, that was pretty bad :/

[@yeboscrebo4451]

Well it is a he.

[@jp3863]

Yebo Screbo no, it’s a she

[@sophie9551]

Yebo Screbo don't call anyone "it"

[@petrapan8240]

I believe he meant no harm. It can be difficult to remember correct pronouns if you haven’t had practice. It took me several weeks to stop making the pronoun mistake with my child. Yebo, kindness is easy. Try it.

[@michaellight6981]

She just . . . She went from no knowledge of medicine to developing a cure for a previously incurable disease in just a few years. With no degree or anything. She's must be a genius. A real life Tony Stark or something.

[@theviewer6889]

Gender bent Tony Stark.

[@arnoldfurcaljr5188]

She makes Einstein look like a caveman

[@utubekullanicisi]

A degree doesn’t mean anything.

[@jdtv50]

Na I think it’s called “using your Brain” 💀

[@michaellight6981]

@@jdtv50 i use my brain a lot, and I have yet to make any significant contributions to any scientific field. Some brains are more productive than others.

[@hannanaut]

It’s funny how we never generally hear much about geniuses like her, how lgbt ppl, ppl of color, ppl of disability, etc., are erased and unspoken of. I hope she gets the recognition she deserves.

[@vivelakpop8713]

If she was a cis man I'm 100% sure that s"he"'ll be well know and that more people would heard of her

[@sorrel272]

@john mathew exactly, but sadly a majority of people don't see it that way, which is incredibly sad.

[@jarooe9658]

Absolutely hope so.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

@@vivelakpop8713 We know too much about this individual and the attempt to destroy women's rights.

[@billystokes3917]

@@ValleyoftheRogue Not just women's rights. It's really every right that isn't "straight white male" rights.

[@pinguenella]

I have so much respect for this woman but am I the only one getting Black Mirror vibes from preserving consciousness?

[@curtisking5138]

Pinguenella : Consciousness is not an entity! This is just another"quest for immortality", another "search for the fountain of youth"! The human mind The human spirit The human soul The human consciousness These are being equated to gigabytes of RAM in the human brain and can possibly be translated to code.Alternatively,it may be possible to mimic the codes,but what will the results be? Artificial intelligence? Artificial consciousness?I noticed that he mentioned"feelings", the currency of Transgenderism! Can emotions be codefied?How is feelings linked to processing, storing,and retrieval of information? Is "feelings" really a trait of femininity? Is this why embracing Transgenderism is marketed as "being enlightened"?Are men being encouraged to "identity as female"to qualify for eternal life?

[@B1TKZH47]

@@curtisking5138 All legitimate questions. However, you can't argue with the insane. Chesterton was right: those who don't believe in something (or Someone greater than yourself), will believe anything (and try to prove it, no matter how irrational or unreal).

[@cartoladasilva4892]

This man are pure evil!

[@taylorkay7264]

@@cartoladasilva4892 what

[@LPempty]

It can’t be done anyway. This person believes in a female so I wouldn’t be that freaked out by a lunatics views

[@Ro-sf1ud]

all these transphobic comments and the interviewer using the wrong pronouns are so gross and sad. she is so strong and inspirational

[@Alexis-hk9oz]

He*

[@MeAndMichaelOeuo]

べ韻右Alexis can you even read oml? Ffs. 🤦

[@Alexis-hk9oz]

@@MeAndMichaelOeuo yes

[@theviewer6889]

@@Alexis-hk9oz *She

[@jadeamulet2339]

べ韻右Alexis she

[@geistywiesty2895]

I wonder what is stopping this amazing human being from being widely recognize by the public and media I wonder..... *i w o n d e r w h y h u h ? ? ?*

[@6thdemon]

I know right!? Seriously though, I’ve seen people deadass claim that transgender people are controlling the media whilst the media censors them. Jesus christ

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

I sure do wonder huh

[@adda25]

galaxzii kid why should they when there’s the TRA lobby they’ve created who does the job for them?!

[@6thdemon]

adda25 the what? I googled that and found nothing

[@adda25]

galaxzii kid uncommongroundmedia.com/martine-rothblatt-a-founding-father-of-the-transgender-empire/

[@moshmo7005]

"I love my dad and she loves me" :')

[@calistafalcontail]

What a sick and twisted sentence. It send chills down my spine cause crap like this is foretold and it will end so badly.

[@qwerty1386]

The title of the video sounds like an anime name.

[@TheUnchainedMind]

My interest is piqued, but the real game changer will be making our current conciousness eternal, rather than a clone of it. The whole point is not dying.

[@perfectscotty]

You mean like the human should that already is eternal ? Nature has already taken care of this problem check out bill donahoes channel on photons.

[@majorgnu]

perfectscotty Yet another pseudoscientific immortality story with absolutely no basis on reality. If you have any semblance of scientific literacy and want to have a laugh, check the work of this quack. www.academia.edu/11819714/You_Are_Photon tl;dr: _my common sense tells me that our physical bodies can't possibly be the "source" of stuff I personally find mysterious, such as human emotions, so it follows that we're actually a photon trapped inside a body, and therefore can't die. Also, when you dream you're actually in parallel universes and stuff._ _Don't mind the whole of neuroscience though, that doesn't count. My gut feeling explanation with no verifiable evidence is totally real, and not something I made up to maintain my delusion of immortality._

[@TheUnchainedMind]

Major Gnuisance kek

[@perfectscotty]

I have a lot of ghost stories so I think the soul is a plasma structure, doesn't matter really. Remember that nature has had millions of years to try and figure out how to extend life forms. Soon physics will explain religion and vice versa.

[@TheUnchainedMind]

perfectscotty "nature has had millions of years to try and figure out how to extend life forms" You are wrong. Living forever or even for extreme lengths of time is not evolutionarily selected for. What is selected for is having a sufficient level of adaptation to be able to mate and propagate your own genes/species. As far as "Nature" is concerned, that is the end-game. "Soon physics will explain religion and vice versa." I'm not sure about physics, but psychology already can explain humanity's fondness of imaginary friends quite well. Rest assured, though, that religion will not and cannot explain science. Religion's role in the scientific world is that people will try their utmost to fit current scientific views with their sacred texts, thanks to how ambiguously written they are. It's getting hard for them though. As we gain more knowledge and ignorance shrinks, so do the shadows where religion hides.

[@Sebanoe]

People like this are the reason the phrase anything is possible exists, in fact in the dictionary where they put the definition progressive her picture should be placed in lieu of the words, she is a transgender person married to a black woman who are thought not to be generally open to the idea, found a remedy to her daughters alignment (which is superhero status right) there and made billions from it, has brilliant mind to create successful businesses, is working on preserving human consciousness.

[@melina3373]

This incredible person should be taught about! All of this is so incredible I have no words. I wonder why I’ve never heard of her ? (It’s the trans and wlw erasure)

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

Exactly

[@ohthelovelypoems]

Do not conflate trans with wlw. Totally separate, and anyone putting the two together is colonizing and misusing LGB identifiers.

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

@@ohthelovelypoems Trans women are women.

[@chuila7234]

@@quinndawsonosgood5261 nope, still male

[@ghoulbunni2057]

@@chuila7234 please entertain me with your mental gymnastics on how chromosomes dictate how a person should be viewed in life, I’m bored.

[@Ruby-pi4jm]

I think she's now who I'd consider the best person in the world. She's literally amazing.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@katarinajanoskova]

Whoa, how have I not heard of Martine before? What a life! Amazing lady. Also, Chris, thoughtful as always, I wish there were more TED interviews like this in addition to the talks.

[@jufriol8733]

Yeah

[@sewerrat7526]

*Y o u k n o w w h y* -YOU KNOW WHY-

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

You know why

[@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719]

You know why

[@DavideCosmaro]

U know y

[@kaitlyngrace9071]

this woman is incredible :’)

[@Justadudeman22]

Man

[@Ro-sf1ud]

AspiringOO woman

[@nina-uu5en]

@@Justadudeman22 shut up :)

[@Justadudeman22]

@@nina-uu5en No :)

[@nina-uu5en]

@@Justadudeman22 okay, maggot

[@coolattas]

what a goddamn legend. honestly, we can't help but stan her.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I loathe him.

[@enjoyerofspace]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 ok, edgy. edit: get your pronouns right, btw.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@enjoyerofspace 🙄

[@enjoyerofspace]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 but can you do something like that? please respond.

[@kevinkevin7713]

OneTopic send me.

[@somebodyontheinternet6486]

Me too

[@somebodylikesbacon1960]

same

[@pantheratigris3721]

same here

[@Pebbles.3]

Same.

[@kae41]

Same!!!

[@hawyee9090]

mrs. martine please adopt me

[@sorrel272]

Mood

[@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719]

Mood

[@LonaMicrosoftGates]

Mood

[@DavideCosmaro]

Mood

[@lucrtrvl]

haw yee Grow up and live your own exciting life! Lol

[@chronbinary]

Martine and Bina are amazing! What a creepy & incompetent interviewer though. He couldn't even get Martine's pronouns right after a whole conversation about her being a woman. And the way he phrased the questions about her transition was so gross and unnecessary, not to mention barely relevant to what the interview was about.

[@canadude6401]

Ya..the interviewer kept going on and on about her gender re-assignment. Why do we need to acknowledge our genders so much to accomplishments. I don't care if she is a gorilla, look what she has accomplished!! She has done so many things that others deemed impossible. She is a true inspiration to any business person or human. I'd bet that if the interviewer should in the future need a artificial organ transplant that gives him 10-30 more years of life, he will be eternally grateful.

[@colemanadamson5943]

L. maybe because he is a man?

[@SirDiamondRod]

Woman does not include sperm

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

The correct pronouns are "he " and "him." Rothblatt is a good example of why we need to raise taxes to 1950s levels. What HE proposes is outright evil.

[@Ro-sf1ud]

ikr

[@dylan_colon_three]

Everyone hear rn : ONE TOPIC MY BELOVED SENT ME!!!

[@courtneytorres5137]

Same.

[@ScarScar...]

Im not the only one?

[@daniellaplaysyt4236]

Ay I’m not the only one

[@Blocky_Frog]

AYYYYY

[@spicyspencer863]

same!

[@elinorshufan7248]

definitely a new idol of mine... what she's doing is absolutely unique and unmatched. I hope that in a few more years she'll finally get the recognition she deserves, because she will be written down in history as one of the most extraordinary minds there ever were.

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

She should, but she won't. Sadly

[@bluefernlove]

@@quinndawsonosgood5261 she will. Just give it time.

[@Taylor_5724]

Why am I just hearing about this now? This is fucking amazing.

[@ioq_]

you know why

[@seasonsarecool]

you have a pride flag in your pfp, you should know why

[@Taylor_5724]

@@seasonsarecool yeh I should have seeing I'm also trans

[@calistafalcontail]

This is fricking sick and you probably have never heard about how all this is prophecised and warned about and it will deceit so many people either. I can see right through it.

[@stonksboi69]

Martine is my idol, my favorite person, and exactly who I want to be as a person. I cannot begin to express how amazing her story is. She is truly the most brilliant woman I’ve ever seen, and I hope she keeps on going forever, making advances in medicine and technology. I love you Martine!

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

Ditto

[@JohnSmith-ry7wh]

That is the problem. A false and wicked idol angers the Lord ☦️

[@burpingcricket]

Can’t really let go of the idea of my mind being digitally preserved and therefore there being a computer out there with dyslexia, adhd and autism. Like how would it mimic my memory problems. Would it lock away memory data with very silly keycodes? “This memory only unlocks when you put wasabi on strawberries.”

[@iamtheboom6490]

"And here is the special interest closet. It opens once a while and takes days to clean up."

[@rawstarmusic]

For once this really was an astonishing talk. The components aren't all strange but put in one life story it's quite something. The floating gender identity is quite logic. She acted on it though. The achievement of curing her own daughters fatal illness was fantastic, an unbelievable result. Amazing. Her satellite communication is also a huge success. The uploading of personal treats to a file doesn't attract me. I prefer the organ repairs and possibly change of cell development. All in all a truly remarkable person with a remarkable life success. Cheers Martine.

[@gabrielamaramures289]

@DuskDeepens Tind să cred în cea de-a doua variantă !

[@qiyuuuu]

she's a fucking legend

[@user-oy4cf4fe9p]

Can't wrap my mind about it. They're like character of a sci-fi movie, both in personal and professional life.

[@lucrtrvl]

I saw a movie a long time ago about two young beautiful women black and white loving each other and being happy and turned out it was happening in a virtual reality

[@deborahlpollitt9463]

What a remarkable human being. They modeled a person living the full expression of themselves, and expressed so many profound ideas. But the statement "race is fiction, racism is real" said in passing is so true. Wow, what a mind, what a life. A wonderful example of the teaching that "your mind creates your reality".

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Protip: a robot you've designed to look like a specific human, and programmed to mimic said person's actions, is not actually that person, and you haven't "downloaded their consciousness". No matter how perfect the imitation is, it's still an imitation. If a stick insect looks convincingly enough like a stick, does that make it a stick?

[@JustOneAsbesto]

***** It matters insofar as people think they can download their consciousness after they die. They're still dead.

[@SchiferlED]

***** Making a copy of someone is not proper immortality though. It's really no better than having a child and having them live on after you die. Proper immortality can only be achieved through improvements in genetics and medicine to stop cellular aging, or through direct replacement of organic tissue with synthetic tissue that performs the identical function without breaking down.

[@markos635567]

JustOneAsbesto If the stick insect is made of wood, and it sounds like wood when you tap it, and it burns exactly like wood, and it smells like wood and its insides are made of wood and.. (you get the idea), then yes it's a stick.

[@U_F_N_M]

JustOneAsbesto Yeah well if you can't have invincibility, having unlimited continues is the next best thing.

[@SchiferlED]

***** Depends on which definition of "immortal" you are using. I think "Invincible" is most commonly used to describe something that cannot be destroyed. "Immortal" simply means that there is no limit on how long it can live, given ideal circumstances (i.e. not getting hit by a car). Making something that cannot be killed with the application of force is effectively impossible, so it makes no sense to even talk about it in this context, thus the "not aging" definition of immortal.

[@HL-hr4ox]

Unlimited supply of transplant organs. Saving her child’s and others lives through medicine and genius business. Utilizing satellites in innovative ways. Uploading our consciousness. THIS WOMAN.

[@zankfrappawdeezil5566]

Wake up people dont you recognize BUNK when you hear it....? indeed MAD!!

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

He is nuttier than a peach orchard boar.

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

She's incredible. That's the kind of people that should be known by everyone everywhere

[@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719]

You know why she isnt

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

@@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719 of course I do...

[@MillyMiller84]

He

[@rudolphpistorius1151]

@@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719 what do you mean, her influence is found all across America. You have hollywood, democrats and left wing heros all pushing this agenda and a massive transgender rise in America. You are ignorant if you think their not getting any credit. She is making millions from this, so stop feeling sorry for yourselves

[@gabrielamaramures289]

@@toiletdoritogatoradegaming9719 Poate pentru că această creatură este toxică. "Toată lumea de pretutindeni" a experimentat deja un fake la nivel global care a îndrăznit să ne jignească inteligența... ajunge! Acestă altă entitate dubioasă, păstrați-o doar pentru voi, cei care-i cântati in strună .

[@rafaella9700]

so proud that a transgender woman being so important and powerful!

[@brt7721]

She’s a genius!

[@gcil8214]

This is like a badass sifi movie, and I love it! I would watch a movie about this any day!!

[@secretphoenixeyes]

She deserved an ESPY not caitlyn

[@Blocky_Frog]

@@jenm1336 Sir/Madam/Other, sit down. You can’t use improper acronyms for the LGBTQQIAAP+ community, it’s disrespectful.

[@DavideCosmaro]

@@jenm1336 the fact that you rcfnsxkkscbdhcrid with the keyboard means that you're gay AND a bottom ;)

[@kingofthorns203]

The ESPYs are just for athletes. LOL

[@dbiswas]

Hi Martine, you are just a genius person. Also a great person whom we have to learn so much. A big salute to you. Thank you so much.

[@orlando098]

What was the interviewer thinking, calling her he at the end.. so disrespectful :-/

[@Comfymura]

Right?? I'm sure it was probably a slip up, but I would expect better of somebody on the stage representing ted ed.

[@edenschwenk4649]

and saying her deadname after like a minute! ugh

[@spacedebris566]

He's a man.

[@OptimisticMisanthrop]

I need a Netflix show about this woman ASAP

[@user-yl1ft2io4f]

wow what a queen

[@isaiahjohnson96]

Some of these comments are heartbreaking! 😭💔 However Martine is my new Shero! 💖💗💓❤💘

[@et8387]

This is so freaking inspiring... Like I don't think that I would have been able to just go and find a cure for my daughter although everyone said it's impossible, I have honestly so much respect for this woman

[@emmadrew3911]

ONE TOPICCCCCC

[@ScarScar...]

AT A TIIIIIIME

[@dm.3145]

I came from his channel too!

[@Dalek_Scientist]

@@dm.3145 Me three!

[@iamtheboom6490]

These are the sounds of OT fans gathering in a Ted Talk

[@gcil8214]

She’s like a Demi god holy heck.

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

Yea

[@nononsense5182]

Well there you go Sirius Radio...and a great couple love shouldn't have a boundary. This is how any family would care for their children, no matter what the dynamics, it still a loving family. People open your eyes!!

[@JohnSmith-ry7wh]

No boundaries? How about 4 men in one relationship? Or one woman and a horse? Or a child with a grown man? God made boundaries and laws for a reason.

[@coffee7008]

This needs to be more popular! This is amazing! She is a genius!

[@ScarScar...]

She is I want to say I dont know why Im just learning about her but I do and its sad

[@kae41]

DO I SPY A FRICKING I C O N

[@Pebbles.3]

YES YOU DO

[@chuila7234]

Get tested for HIV

[@canadude6401]

Why does the media always have to go to town on people that don't practice "traditional" heterosexual relationships?! The interviewer kept going on and on about her gender re-assignment. Interview the person and focus on their accomplishments, not their personal life! We humans certainly have a long way to go for acceptance. I don't care if she is a gorilla, look what she has accomplished!! She has done a dozen things that others deemed impossible. She is a true inspiration to any business person or human. I'd bet that if the interviewer should in the future need an artificial organ that Martine invented that gives him 10-30 more years of life, he will be eternally grateful and looking back to will feel shameful about his focus on her gender.

[@Justadudeman22]

Because its fucking weird. Quit being delusional.

[@theviewer6889]

Cause its a spectacle for them. The default is an able bodied cishet white guy and any deviations are seen as interesting.

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

You know why

[@lunaad1628]

@@Justadudeman22 You are fucking weird pal

[@dm.3145]

@@Justadudeman22 I hope you're telling that to yourself

[@HumanTypewriter]

Why does everyone know so much about Elon Musk but nothing about Martine? This is why we still need pride. This is the greatest person I have ever seen.

[@taakothewizardfromtv7620]

Come on you know why

[@DavideCosmaro]

*you know why*

[@HumanTypewriter]

@@DavideCosmaro Well yes. It was a rhetorical question. That's why I answered it after I asked it.

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

We all know why 💜

[@simpsongreenhouseandchicken]

I think we can blame our social media, media outlets and those who see her work and not share it for that. Elon puts himself out there on social media daily. Doesn't sound like she does.

[@mrimportant4787]

This woman made satellite radio than left to start a pharmaceutical company to develop a medicine to save her child(and did just that)...shes so gangster

[@ioletsgo7539]

I feel like this ted talk is extremely underrated.

[@ylvajonsson6047]

For a reason

[@Rage64Gaming]

This woman needs more praise, she needs to know she is the queen! I hope she doesn't stop this knowledge, and continues to go forward with this!

[@rms4406]

why do you asumme martine doesnt Know-- "She is The Queen!)!???!!!?

[@AdbotsStuff]

Gods this woman is absolutely brilliant and I will be preaching her to everyone who will listen

[@fromireland8663]

I will too. But not in a good way. That mind file stuff sounds like a bad version of a HR automated personality test.

[@maria50miranda]

If I could pour my consciousness into a computer and live forever I would in a flash. No hesitation. This woman is ridiculously amazing and my new inspiration.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

He is a madman right on the level of Josef Mengele. Ironical since he comes from a Jewish background.

[@kingofthorns203]

Yeah, same. This is even better than Westworld.

[@iamtheboom6490]

I'd be a bit hesitant, but I'd still be on the beta testing volunteer list.

[@Kala12326]

According to what was said, YOUR consciousness is not actually living forever. Your mind and personality are basically getting programmed onto a computer.

[@spykenij]

Wow! I knew of her for satellite radio, but none of this. This is incredible. What a role model.

[@cjck1344]

This would highkey make a great movie

[@orlando098]

So many transphobic comments. She's inspiring.

[@goddessglow6996]

He!

[@dm.3145]

@@goddessglow6996 She!

[@viperx2305]

@@goddessglow6996 She!

[@HuffGLaDTem]

@@goddessglow6996 She!

[@Nobodyhere4]

@@goddessglow6996 She!

[@jimmyneutron8702]

So sad that weve never heard of her and her story, and we know exactly why.

[@MillyMiller84]

Him

[@KiLiRiG]

@@MillyMiller84her

[@levistorch917]

Why is this lady not more famous? Like seriously

[@didasmems8281]

You know why?

[@iamtheboom6490]

You know why.

[@THXx1138]

Because he is a perverted freak

[@neutrinocoffee1151]

Martine Rothblatt is as legendary as she is weird. Terasem reminds me of the Epsilon Program (kifflom!) but it seems harmless. And she's saving lives with her biotech work, so good for her.

[@dm.3145]

what do you mean weird?

[@ghoulbunni2057]

Hmm, I wonder why she isn’t widely known as a genius and overall, an amazing person that deserves so much more recognition than she has. H m m

[@Dalek_Scientist]

Because society 😔🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[@fromireland8663]

He does not want to be known. Stealth is very important in normalizing this stuff.

[@nk3378]

im kinda high right now. this ted talks making me think too much

[@retrovalkyrie2211]

I had a total Ghost in the Shell moment watching this.

[@j4dedflow3r25]

To the commenters below, yeah university is about maintaining status quo. If you can read you can learn anything and change or advancement in any field rarely comes from those in the middle but those who can see the forest from the fringe.

[@pikapool8675]

bravo very smart woman

[@vaister]

Please, reduce the volume of the intro music and the innecesary applause seconds that pervade all TED talks. Please.

[@thecan7479]

This woman is a fucking incredible goddess!!

[@leonniceday6807]

Amazing.

[@farrela6710]

came here from the tumblr post :D

[@clartblart3266]

Same, but I came from One Topic at A Time's video that included the tumblr post, do I still count lol? This woman is incredible

[@Pebbles.3]

@@clartblart3266 I just came from OT lol

[@clartblart3266]

@@Pebbles.3 Hey! He's such a good ally man, and just a great person in general

[@Pebbles.3]

@@clartblart3266 True.

[@chuila7234]

Your so unique

[@patchality]

Martine Rothblatt is my hero.

[@michaelg3548]

What's the name of the medicine?

[@SilverMiraii]

The relentless determination of this person is fascinating. I could use that in my life, I don't have that. Truly, a lesson to learn, and an inspiration.

[@byronpink9061]

Such a phenomenal spirit and energy of life and light in Martine. Energy and Vibration has no gender. More are eventually waking up to the All-oneness there is. We are neither All-one or Alone. Thanks for sharing this. Love the Bina48 project. Martine and Bina are the ultimate examples of "All-oneness" in their personal lives and externally. There is great love for you. Thank you for what you two are doing. BP

[@alwaysuseless]

If a machine looks human and converses with you as if it were human to the point that you can't tell from the outside that it's not human, is the machine actually experiencing anything? What is consciousness? Consciousness is the most salient aspect of a person's life, but do we really understand what it is? At what point, if ever, can we ascribe life or consciousness to a machine? The talk here chose to bypass these questions and the problem of consciousness, seemingly on the *_assumption_* that if an imitation is good enough, then it has the same reality-the same experiential reality?-as the person imitated. It's still a fascinating talk, but, perhaps of necessity, it leaves out a lot that's crucial to such undertakings and their goals.

[@SwobyJ]

alwaysuseless Most of the time for a long time, it won't be 'experiencing' anything as we define it. AI developments will just be giving technology the tools to express itself once it CAN 'experience' things. There's still developments that futurists think may happen in the 2030-2050s, not 2020s-2030s. The creation of synthetic yet still organic 'human-ish' beings is one potential that would make us question all we think about 'consciousness'.

[@alwaysuseless]

Malcolm Swoboda If these technical, synthetic, &/or organic creations proceed to live their own independent lives, contribute to society, write autobiographies, etc., then it will be hard or impossible to deny they have experiential consciousness, but will we be any closer to understanding what consciousness is or how it arises?

[@SwobyJ]

alwaysuseless Actually, maybe. Let's see.

[@alwaysuseless]

Malcolm Swoboda Ah, definitely maybe! ;-)

[@SwobyJ]

alwaysuseless Just for the record, I wasn't even trying to be snarky. I really have no clue, but trying is better than assuming/not trying.

[@JodsLife1]

going to be amazing

[@lilacsandstars9365]

THANK YOU TO THE FRIEND WHO SENT THIS TO ME THIS IS SO AWESOME :D

[@sat2173]

Should look into the usage of algorithms like machine learning and deep learning, as well as focused efforts on emulating the networks of neurons within the brain (it would cost lots of computing power and require really good data analysis, but Martine has a large budget) alongside just storing data to imitate the person.

[@maddybbboy]

you say gender is a social contruct and not just parts, then you transition into the other, which still remains to be socially constructed archetype.

[@coffeecartoons5345]

This is all very technical and I’m finding it difficult to understand stand. Can someone explain what she said in easier to understand ways? (Apologies for bad English)

[@iamtheboom6490]

With the satellites, Martine figured out that by making the satellites bigger, and the ground receivers smaller, it's possible to broadcast nation-wide. So she founded Sirius-XM and became an entrepreneur off of that. I'm still watching the talk, and I'm not the best at explaining, but I hope the year-long wait was worth a random person helping.

[@coffeecartoons5345]

@@iamtheboom6490 ah thank you

[@iamtheboom6490]

@@coffeecartoons5345 no problem!

[@deborahm3622]

Martin Rathbone didn't make the cure. He paid chemists to develop the treatment. This autogynephile is very powerful and scary. He has a lot to answer for. I guess Rathbone had a bit of facial feminisation, work...

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

If he has, it hasn't done him one bit of good. He is still a dude and looks it.

[@latiniux]

Surreal!

[@pikapool8675]

about the clones part that whould cure loneliness and depresion and whould cure lots of things

[@Khannea]

Hmmmm I remember her. The Terasem staff blacklisted me, remarkable. I worked for her a while... She was a great inspiration to me nonetheless, and I changed in to Khannea. She gave me the courage. Be warned though. Martine has a side to her sharp and hard as glass shards. I interacted with Genesis quite a lot, she is amazingly lovely.

[@Justadudeman22]

Sick .

[@dm.3145]

@@Justadudeman22 Yes you are

[@folarinosibodu]

The end is a real-life Black Mirror, Episode: San Junipero. Bina even looks like the old woman at the end of San Junipero.

[@GarethField]

That was amazing on so many levels!

[@Debgirl27]

A genuinely brilliant woman

[@eliacanete8128]

He is a man.. Start there

[@Dalek_Scientist]

@@eliacanete8128 no she isn't? They literally talk about how she isn't a man in the talk. That's like, the main point

[@gabrielamaramures289]

@@Dalek_Scientist Punctul principal este că această creatură încearcă să promoveze ( agresiv și grețos) o agendă transhumană pe care orice ființă posesoare și de suflet nu doar de carcasă , o respinge în mod absolut și instinctiv !

[@jibaro833]

Thats a man and we dont lie abput the obvious. The same man who will sell you the trap for your soul like its foretold.

[@edenschwenk4649]

not them immediately starting with her transness and saying her deadname 😬

[@gordby5013]

yeah that was awful

[@kingofthorns203]

It was one small instance in a 21 minute conversation. It seemed like a lovely exchange and that Chris admires Rothblatt and Bina a lot.

[@oldrusty6527]

I am sure the topics of the discussion were prearranged. Are you eager to find fault?

[@NeraCicero]

Not you being delusional and acting like people who dont wanna lie are the problem. This MAN is pure evil and is pushing an agenda you cant see through..when you know you know. He will sell you his trap for your soul, he will engineer the end of humanity and you will clap and call everyone else crazy, while you act like a man is a woman. Thats a male human being and thats a fact you cant argue. Stay asleep or realise how all this has been already warned off. Everything will be sold to you under the guise of love, unity, tolerance and progress...just to destroy you in the end..but you will cheer.

[@gabrielamaramures289]

Mi-e milă de copiii acestei creaturi.

[@gabrielamaramures289]

În eventualitatea că acesti copii există cu adevărat..

[@macgyvershe]

Such a great life story. Telling of the power of the mind to overcome all borders and barriers.

[@eenayde]

Their marriage is goals 😂

[@suzied.8301]

Awesome... Thank You

[@monicarosco2456]

clonación de la mente... me hizo acordar de la pelicula "Surrogates" de Bruce Willis...

[@clayton7514]

she's real life iron man.

[@iamtheboom6490]

Giving Albert Einstein a run for his money

[@Ndo01]

Quite an amazing story.

[@andthereisntone1]

Astonishing!

[@Hombolicious]

Everything well and dandy until they got on to living 'forever'. Can we please put a rain check on this type of insanity. We've been alive what? Maximum of 150 years for a human which is how much of infinity? 0% correct! So can we please revise living forever to just living longer to make the statement you will always be in love is like trying to predict something trillions of years in the future which is as complicated and ever changing human love isn't like celestial planets. It changes fast even within our own life times. Live longer, not forever.

[@sofiayyy]

She's amazing

[@burpingcricket]

This woman is incredible! What an absolute superhuman. Disappointed in the interviewer for misgendering her.

[@ignacia3628]

He's a white man with a networth of hundreds of millions, what's incredible about him?

[@dm.3145]

@@ignacia3628 did you not see the video?

[@Dalek_Scientist]

I'm pretty sure that she is ok with being called He in a past tense before her transition. The intervier does refer to her with she/her pronouns in the present tense. She still calls herself the father of her kids.

[@caniplayzz]

oh god GLaDOS is going to become real now

[@nk3378]

The immortality within a mind file. I don't understand. She wants to live on for hundreds of years through a mind file, but how will that work? in its essence a mind file is an exact replica of you and not you yourself. It gives the illusion that it's one person but it's an entirely different person with stark similarities with a living being. A mind file might be able to absorb their human's data immediately upon each experience but the same can't be said from a mind file to a human mind.

[@nk3378]

they're creating a clone, not an extension of themselves. It's like creating a twin sister to live on under your name but it isn't actually you. I'm curious to know if this mind file will also progress and change as a human brain when they encounter trials, or if it will be linear in its existing personality

[@pantheratigris3721]

we don’t know a lot about human conscious, if you copy someone’s brain they might both be the same person until they experience different things.

[@doobieddooo]

This is the Altered Carbon.