AI possibility of cure to all diseases and extending human lifespan indefinitely

Not all experts agree with these claims and DeepMind has its own interest in going along with it. I don’t believe that anything will fix all diseases and stop death. Even if we imagined it was possible, it is likely that the individual would be responsible for deciding if they want to live forever or not. It is likely that in order to live forever, the individual would need to take positive action in the form of drugs/gene therapy or whatever. However, most Christian denominations believe it is not a sin to abstain from taking extraordinary measures to extend life. So there won’t be a problem. 

Regarding the Bible, some religious people have a literal understanding of how the Bible should be read, but most Christians would understand that the texts were written to be read on several different levels which means that not every word was intended to be taken literally. E.g., Christians in Japan many years ago, had no access to bread made from wheat for Holy Communion, so they used rice to make bread. They didn’t believe that they would go to hell if they didn’t do as Jesus said. The God of the Bible does not expect people to do the impossible so your scenario about death and hell would not be a consideration for most. 

Your problem will not exist in many thousands of years from now as astronomers and physicists believe the earth will eventually be destroyed by natural forces. People of all religions will be physically equal to those of no religion because the earth and all on it will cease to exist. We come from nothing and we go to nothing. 

Would we really want to live for ever? I'm not sure I would and I don't believe AI will be able to find cures for things like osteoarthritis, and I wouldn't want to be clunking about in an exoskeleton.

If we all lived indefinately we'd have to stop having children or over corwding and running out of resourses would be a serious problem, far more so than it is now.

Also not all of us are Christians and believe in heaven and hell in the same way, many of us believe in an afterlife and in reincarnation.

Would we really want to live for ever? I'm not sure I would and I don't believe AI will be able to find cures for things like osteoarthritis, and I wouldn't want to be clunking about in an exoskeleton.

If we all lived indefinately we'd have to stop having children or over corwding and running out of resourses would be a serious problem, far more so than it is now.

Also not all of us are Christians and believe in heaven and hell in the same way, many of us believe in an afterlife and in reincarnation.

TheCatWoman said:

only billionaires would be able to afford to live for ever

Nail on the head, there. There would certainly be a barrier to living forever. It would only be for the self-chosen few. There will be a big pay wall with the usual suspects on either side of it.

Hopefully I'll be dead by the time all this stuff happens, dead of natural causes, because I would guess only billionaires would be able to afford to live for ever?

No thank you. 

I'd personally say going faster then speed of light is on a similar level to difficulty as curing all diseases and ageing! so they come toe in toe, plus many other planets to terra-form to our needs or just build a spaceship as big or bigger then planet Earth or make our own Earth combining asteroids Earth 2.0 and in future  ( where do you live, i like on Earth 2678! of 10 trillion different Earths! )

It is fact that our earth contains a limited amount of precious metals and other necessary resources — scientists have made this abundantly clear.

I don’t want to be around when they start exploiting other planets because they have used up all the earth’s resources. I can just imagine that the US White House would be made of the newly discovered precious metal ‘trumpzillioncon’. Art, natural history and the ability to contemplate the innate beauty of the world would be confined to AI’s memory.

But back to your hypothesis — thankfully we will all be dead by the time scientists manage to extract sufficient elements from other planets to support our life.

TheCatWoman said:

I don't believe AI will be able to find cures for things like osteoarthritis

nanobots that could reconstruct the skeletal structure at a chemical level are the solution for this,

The miniturisation processes are already in development so it is just a matter of time. You could be able to get back your youthful body with these little critters although I suspect you will croak long before the tech reaches usability nevermind affordability.

run out of resources ? that is impossible if you look up! now if you expect every human to live on Earth and never expand beyond our home maybe but that would be the same as saying never leave your house, then yes if you never left your home you'd run out of food!

I don’t want to live forever and I agree that most people wouldn't want to either. I’m with you about osteoarthritis as I am on a waiting list for a knee replacement and I have spinal arthritis causing severe nerve pain in my hip. I’m not going to go through all the other body parts that are causing me problems, suffice to know that my body is creaking and groaning all over. 

Over population would be a serious problem and other religions, e.g. Islam may have a different view of suicide.

I think the climate change deniers might find their resources eaten up. Of course, they would probably say they can make resources such as lab grown diamonds for industry, so why not precious metals for computers snd technology. AI needs massive amounts of energy which will contribute to faster destruction of our planet. 

I am quite content that the idea of AI extending life forever will forever remain a hypothesis.