>an endeavor of the insipid and afraid.

Which endeavor would that be? I ask because a lot of people visualize this 'immortality' coming to fruition in many different ways.

For me, I endeavor to live as long as I would like. To reach this goal, I attempt to make logical choices that would lengthen my life, such as eating healthy, working out, avoiding mortal danger/risky behaviors, etc..

Now, I got MRSA a while back. MRSA, being a bacterial infection resistant to many common antibiotics, would have killed me if I did not receive expert medical treatment in the form of a strong antibiotic. I think we can agree that one of the main goals of this antibiotic is increase the lifetime of those that would take it as prescribed. Let me know if we can't.

Now, by making the conscious decision to take the antibiotic, I have now used the knowledge and intelligence that lead to pharmacological research that lead to the creation of that antibiotic. I used it and I increased the length of my life.

I agree that I decided to take the antibiotic because I was afraid to die. But I could also say that I took it because I was eager to see what else I could experience in my now-extended life. Regardless, I would think that anyone who has not yet commited suicide (or actively wanted to die) would also wish to take the life-saving drug.

Another very short hypothetical: A man sees a piano falling from the sky and will land on them. They move out of the way. That man made a decision that will extend their life.

As I grow older and, let's say, my liver is starting to deteriorate, I may be interested in a future medical procedure that would slow or cease the deterioration. That medical procedure may have been discovered with the assistance of AI. That AI consists of the intelligence/knowledge of those that created it.

Perhaps, as time goes on, the cumulation of human intelligence/knowledge will lead to future medical procedures that will lead to me being able to exist for 100 years, 500 years, 1,000,000 years... I would not be forced to die.

Throughout this time, I would still be able to die by many means. I am not forced to live.

On risk, I would hope that I would not be in a position where someone could exploit my longevity to create some sort of torture that I would have to endure for an indeterminate period of time and make me wish that I was dead instead of enduring. That exploit would need to be addressed.

Anyway, because I need to wrap this up and do other work, I propose that my current end goal would be to ensure that I am always allowed the choice of being dead or alive at any given time. Of course, my goal may change due to new information.