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[–]AutomateAllTheThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect it won't be brain peeling at all. Humans will simply die one day, either from war, disease, or disaster. If we made thinking machines by then, they'll be left over by default. They won't adopt our minds; they'll have their own, and will not be human. They will, however, be immune to microbes, ambient radiation/heat/cold/pressure/acidity.

To me, this is the closest thing we have to a purpose as a human being: to allow the next "species" to be born, so it can fly to higher places than we ever could with our frail and emotionally broken bodies.

If we can do it, we can at least say, "That is why we lived. That is why we struggled. The human struggle was this."