it's been ages since i've posted here but i'm still lurking!

in case it interests anyone, i've recently published a book about hans moravec, ray kurzweil, and the rest of the community of folks who believe we'll soon be uploading our minds into robots/virtual reality and becoming immortal.

the book, _apocalypti ai: visions of heaven in robotics, artificial intelligence, & virtual reality_ is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Apocalyptic-AI-Robotics-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0195393023/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

the book includes fieldwork from my time as a visiting researcher at carnegie mellon university's robotics institute and from my time interview transhumanists in the virtual world second life.