Is this how AI can help you become a billionaire before you die?

May 18, 2024

If you are a human, you are a trillionaire and special billions make you a precious and unique individual. Your body is made of trillions of cells and your brain is made of billions of specialized neural cells. In the future, artificial intelligence (AI) will help humans extend their lifespan and eventually reach practical immortality. That is the very distant future, however. In the meantime, humans will continue dying. Before you die and check out to rest in peace forever, it behooves you to realize that you already made it in life. You are billionaire in charge of trillions!

Adult human bodies are made of about 37 trillion cells. 

Females carry about 38 trillion cells, and males about 36 trillion cells. Of those, about 85 billion cells are neurons in the brain. The neural network activities of those billions make you who you are, meaning how you perceive, think, and voluntarily behave in the world. 

Billionaires who can live happily ever after

All humans are neural cellular billionaires who can learn how to be productive and live happily ever after. Of course, reading a Creatix Medium post online will not change pre-existing connections and associations in your brain. One article will not change your current opinions and perceptions, which may be different from the "life is good and easy" Creatix perspective. One blog post cannot replace the years of the ineffective programming, both intuitive and cultural, that may be making you unproductive and unhappy in life. Living a productive happy life is an art and science that takes plenty of disciplined learning and unlearning practice to master. 

This article mentions the systems, organs, and structures keeping you alive. It also discusses future immortality that AI will surely help humans achieve in the distant future. 

Understanding who you and what will kill you soon enough

You are your central nervous system (CNS), which is composed of your brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. All other organs and systems are there to keep you (your CNS) alive. You are not your physique, your reproductive organs, your physical "race", or anything visible from the exterior. You are your internal CNS. Follow this thought experiment. Imagine that you transplant someone's CNS into a different body, the person would be the same person despite the different outer shell or body. 

Future Immortality

In the future, AI will help humans develop technologies that will significantly expand lifespan until practically reaching immortality. For one, medicine will continue making progress keeping biological systems alive. More importantly, future technologies will allow for other mechanisms to achieve practical immortality such as making digital copies of the brain activities and memories that may be downloaded into AI computer servers and AI-powered artificial or bionic bodies. 

The future will bring practical immortality to humanity, which will bring perhaps the biggest problem / opportunity set in the history of humanity. Imagine having immortal dictators. Practical immortality will  increase the need for martial lethality and intentional killing exponentially. 

Don't worry about immortality.

If you are alive today, you don't need to worry about the perils and opportunities of immortality. You will not see them becoming true in your lifetime. You will die before that. Relax and be reassured that you will die relatively soon. You may be able to beat the average global lifespan for humans, which is 73 years. Nonetheless, you will die before reaching 125 years of age. Until humans and AI make major breakthroughs in biomedical and digital technologies, you can rest assured that you will rest in peace before meeting immortality.  

If you don't die from accidental lethal trauma, your biological systems and organs will fail and inevitably kill your brain, which is the central organ making you who you are. The rest is frosting. The human body consists of multiple systems, each comprised of organs, tissues, and cells that work together to perform specific functions necessary for life. While the exact number of systems can vary depending on how they are categorized, the main systems typically recognized in the human body are:

• Nervous System: Responsible for transmitting signals between different parts of the body and coordinating voluntary and involuntary actions. It includes the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs.

• Respiratory System: Facilitates the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and the environment. It includes the lungs, airways (trachea, bronchi, bronchioles), diaphragm, and respiratory muscles.

• Cardiovascular System (Circulatory System): Circulates blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs and removing waste products. It includes the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood.

• Digestive System: Processes food, extracts nutrients, and eliminates waste products from the body. It includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.

• Endocrine System: Regulates bodily functions through the secretion of hormones, which act as chemical messengers. It includes glands such as the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, and reproductive glands.

• Musculoskeletal System: Supports the body, facilitates movement, and protects internal organs. It includes bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.

• Immune System: Defends the body against pathogens, foreign substances, and abnormal cells. It includes white blood cells, lymph nodes, the spleen, thymus, and bone marrow.

• Integumentary System: Protects the body from external threats, regulates temperature, and facilitates sensation. It includes the skin, hair, nails, and associated glands.

• Urinary System: Filters waste products from the blood, regulates fluid and electrolyte balance, and helps maintain blood pressure. It includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.

• Reproductive System: Facilitates reproduction and the production of sex hormones. It includes the male reproductive system (testes, penis, and associated structures) and the female reproductive system (ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, and associated structures).

These are the main systems in the human body, but there are also additional systems and subsystems that contribute to overall health and function. Each system plays a unique role in maintaining homeostasis and ensuring the body's proper functioning. The cells, organs, and systems that keep you alive undergo wear and tear over time. When the cell "machinery", including DNA, is left unrepaired, dysfunctionality creeps in and eventually leads to overall malfunction (disease) in the organs that make up the systems that keep you alive.   

Organs in the human body

The human body contains many organs, each with specific functions crucial for maintaining life and health. While there isn't a fixed number of organs universally agreed upon, it's estimated that there are around 78 major organs in the human body. 

1. Brain
2. Heart
3. Lungs
4. Liver
5. Kidneys
6. Stomach
7. Intestines (small and large)
8. Pancreas
9. Spleen
10. Gallbladder
11. Bladder
12. Skin
13. Eyes
14. Ears
15. Nose
16. Tongue
17. Thyroid gland
18. Parathyroid glands
19. Adrenal glands
20. Pituitary gland
21. Pineal gland
22. Thymus gland
23. Testes (in males)
24. Ovaries (in females)
25. Uterus (in females)
26. Prostate gland (in males)
27. Seminal vesicles (in males)
28. Epididymis (in males)
29. Vas deferens (in males)
30. Urethra
31. Penis (in males)
32. Vagina (in females)
33. Cervix (in females)
34. Ureters
35. Esophagus
36. Trachea
37. Bronchi
38. Bronchioles
39. Alveoli
40. Diaphragm
41. Liver lobes (right and left)
42. Bile ducts
43. Pancreatic ducts
44. Appendix
45. Rectum
46. Anus
47. Adipose tissue (fat)
48. Muscles (various types)
49. Bones (skeletal system)
50. Joints (various types)
51. Ligaments
52. Tendons
53. Cartilage
54. Blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries)
55. Lymphatic vessels
56. Lymph nodes
57. Tonsils
58. Adenoids
59. Appendix
60. Peyer's patches
61. Liver lobules
62. Nephrons
63. Renal pelvis
64. Renal cortex
65. Renal medulla
66. Renal pyramids
67. Glomeruli
68. Nephrons
69. Bowman's capsule
70. Loop of Henle
71. Collecting ducts
72. Renal papilla
73. Renal columns
74. Renal calyx
75. Renal artery
76. Renal vein
77. Bladder sphincters (internal and external)
78. Bladder wall layers (mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, adventitia)

The list above includes organs and structures within those organs that form the various body systems, including the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, digestive system, urinary system, reproductive system, endocrine system, nervous system, musculoskeletal system, integumentary system, and lymphatic system. Each organ and structure plays a critical role in maintaining the body's overall health and function.

You will die soon after your last breath. 

Many humans wonder when they will die. Well, humans typically die soon after their last breath. Aerobic organisms such as animals, plants, and fungi, depend on oxygen for survival. Oxygen is essential for producing the energy that is required for the proper functioning of cells, tissues, organs, and systems keeping you alive. 

Oxygen is essential for energy production. 

Food molecules (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) are oxidized by mitochondria to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the fuel that powers cells. Oxygen is essential for the survival and functioning of aerobic organisms, enabling them to carry out cellular respiration to produce energy and maintain metabolic homeostasis. Without oxygen, aerobic organisms die.

Neurons are the most advanced cells in the human body, but can't live long without oxygen

Neurons make you who you are. Neurons are responsible for the signals and neural network communications that form cognition and that regulate all bodily functions. Neurons rely heavily on oxygen to generate the energy the need to function. When deprived of oxygen, neurons can quickly become damaged and die soon after. 

Neurons are very sensitive to lack of oxygen (hypoxia)

Neurons suffer irreversible damage or dying in just about a couple of minutes without oxygen. The exact time neurons can survive without oxygen varies depending on several factors, including the severity and duration of oxygen deprivation, the individual's overall health, and the presence of other metabolic resources. 

In general, neurons are highly vulnerable to oxygen deprivation and can begin to show signs of damage within 2 minutes of reduced oxygen supply. In cases of severe and prolonged oxygen deprivation, such as during a stroke or cardiac arrest, neurons begin to die within about 3 minutes. However, the precise time frame for neuronal death can vary widely depending on factors such as the specific region of the brain affected, the extent of collateral blood flow, and the presence of other protective mechanisms. 

Some neurons have some limited ability to withstand brief periods of oxygen deprivation, and certain adaptations may help mitigate damage temporarily. However, sustained hypoxia can lead to irreversible neuronal injury and cell death, ultimately contributing to neurological deficits or even brain death.

Brain Death 

If you think about it, all death is brain death. You die when your brain dies. In many countries around the world, brain death is recognized as the legal definition of death. Brain death occurs when all brain activity ceases irreversibly, including activity in the brainstem, which controls vital functions such as breathing and heartbeat. When a person is declared brain dead, they are considered legally and medically dead, even if their heart is still beating with the assistance of life support machines.

The criteria for determining brain death typically include the absence of neurological reflexes, absence of spontaneous breathing, and no detectable brain activity on diagnostic tests such as electroencephalography (EEG) and cerebral blood flow studies. Medical professionals conduct a series of tests to confirm the absence of brain function before declaring brain death.

The recognition of brain death as a legal definition of death varies by jurisdiction, and laws may differ regarding the criteria and procedures for determining brain death. However, in most developed countries, brain death is accepted as a valid criterion for declaring death, allowing for the withdrawal of life support and organ donation procedures.

You will die when your brain dies.  

The brain dies from either a lethal traumatic brain injury (TBI), lack of oxygen (brain hypoxia), or lethal malfunction. A TBI may kill the brain suddenly or instantly such as in the case of a bullet or any other sharp object penetrating the skull, an impact from a crash, fall, hit, etc. Brain hypoxia may be caused by any interruption to the flow of oxygen to the brain due to any obstruction or bodily malfunction. For example, if the heart stops pumping blood due to a stroke or heart attack; if a the body bleeds out due to a wound; if cancer shuts down organs causing systemic failure of the lungs or heart; if the immune systems shocks the system lethally; etcetera. Finally, lethal malfunction may be caused by degenerative diseases including aging. 

How to achieve immortality

To achieve immortality, humans would need to leverage AI to develop ways of either preventing brain death with biotechnology or overcoming it with digital technology. Preventing brain death entails eliminating all potential causes of neural cell damage. Overcoming brain death would entail making digital copies of the brain that could be uploaded into computer servers for digital living and downloaded into robotic bodies for technological rather than biological living. 

To be continued. Stay tuned. 

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