There’s no one like you. At least, not yet. But in some visions of the future, androids can do just about everything, computers will hook directly into your brain, and genetic human-hybrids with exotic traits will be walking the streets. So could humans become an endangered species?

Be prepared to meet the new-and-improved you. But how much human would actually remain in the humanoids of the future?

Plus, tips for preventing our own extinction in the face of inevitable natural catastrophes.

Guests:

•  Robin Hanson – Associate professor of economics, George Mason University

•  Luke Muehlhauser – Executive director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute

•  Stuart Newman – Professor of cell biology and anatomy, New York Medical College

•  Annalee Newitz – Editor of io9.com, and author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

First released July 1, 2013.

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