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Transcendence (2014)

★ 6.1 · 5,783 ratings on TMDB

Yesterday, Dr. Will Caster was only human...

Transcendence poster★ 6.1

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

The emergence reading

In Transcendence, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “singularitarian digital realm”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing technology, consciousness, power, control, mortality.

↷ machinesUStechnologyconsciousnesspowercontrolmortality
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8consciousnesshuman consciousness can be uploaded to a quantum computer and persist indefinitely after bodily death (technology · universal)