[ExI] An expert explains ‘mind uploading’

[Jason Resch]

We've already uploaded worm minds from their connectomes and put them into
robot bodies.

Jason

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023, 7:21 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 3:01 PM BillK via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Could you move from your biological body to a computer?
> > An expert explains ‘mind uploading’.
> >
> > Published: December 4, 2023
> > Author  Clas Weber
> > Senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia
> >
> > <
> https://theconversation.com/could-you-move-from-your-biological-body-to-a-computer-an-expert-explains-mind-uploading-218035
> >
> >
> > Quotes:
> > This is the concept behind mind uploading – the idea that we may one
> > day be able to transition a person from their biological body to a
> > synthetic hardware. The idea originated in an intellectual movement
> > called transhumanism and has several key advocates including computer
> > scientist Ray Kurzweil, philosopher Nick Bostrom and neuroscientist
> > Randal Koene.
> >
> > The feasibility of mind uploading rests on three core assumptions.
> >
> > First is the technology assumption – the idea that we will be able to
> > develop mind uploading technology within the coming decades.
> > Second is the artificial mind assumption – the idea that a simulated
> > brain would give rise to a real mind
> > and third is the survival assumption – the idea that the person
> > created in the process is really “you”.
> > Only then does mind uploading become a way for you to live on.
> >
> > How plausible is each of these?
>
> They are very complex, but there is nothing I know about that would
> make it impossible.
>
> But for marketing reasons, you want it to be bidirectional.  You spend
> a weekend in the uploaded state and go back to a meat body on Monday
> (with continuity of memory from the time in the uploaded state).  This
> is technically no harder than one way.
>
> I think uploaded people may keep their physical bodies stored for a
> very long time.  Sentimental.
>
> Keith
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