# I'd like to merge my brain into a robot body. How long do I need to live?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-merge-my-brain-into-a-robot-body-how-long-do-i-need-to-live/683894 "2014-03-17T01:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-merge-my-brain-into-a-robot-body-how-long-do-i-need-to-live/683894/41 "2014-03-21T02:12:57Z")

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> [@Habeed](#):
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> Here’s the closest we have to a no b.s., more or less scientifically sound answer : [http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/brain-emulation-roadmap-report.pdf](http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/brain-emulation-roadmap-report.pdf)

That’s a nice report.

It’s kind of refreshing to see a realistic review of the various challenges and open questions (as opposed to things like the IBM project claiming they simulated a cat brain when they really didn’t).

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**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-merge-my-brain-into-a-robot-body-how-long-do-i-need-to-live/683894/42 "2014-03-21T04:52:45Z")

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> [@RaftPeople](#):
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> That’s a nice report.
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> It’s kind of refreshing to see a realistic review of the various challenges and open questions (as opposed to things like the IBM project claiming they simulated a cat brain when they really didn’t).

What I like about it is that while it’s a huge challenge - Apollo level relative difficulty - it feels very much like something that could be done. There’s no unobtanium required, just a very large effort requiring a huge number of people and a very large quantity of custom computer chips.

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