Download your brain in 2050

The same expert who predicted we will have fully conscious computers with superhuman levels of intelligence as early as 2020, is now saying that by 2050 you will be able to download your brain (CNN.com.com). Interesting uses for this:

- Want to feel young again? - Restore a saved backup from a happy moment in your 20s.
- Want to pretend like last night didn't happen? - Hope you made a backup.

The ultimate goal would not be to just take things out, but to put things in. As in the Matrix movies have the ability to 'learn' complex skills in moments and on-demand. If the technology allows then it may be possible to graduate med school in a few weeks with 40 years experience.

The truth is, this technology may be necessary by 2050 - technical Fields are becoming more and more complex. As this happens, the amount of education you need in order to take the first steps on your own is becoming ever larger. While this is not totally true, in any field, increasing specialization and the creation of self-contained, and simple to use interfaces allows you to build using blocks you do not necessarily need to understand the inner workings of, but if you are going to truly break new ground in any art - you eventually need to be able to make your own paint, and this means understanding all of it. A daunting task even today.