[ExI] Mind Uploading: is it still me?

[Brent Allsop]

It sounds, from how you describe it, this book is basically an argument for
functionalism, and that today's AIs have qualia?
I take it he doesn't mention anything about subjective binding, what a
color quality is, or neuro ponytails or anything like that?



On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> It has been a recurring question on this list, particularly in regards to
> mind-uploading, as to the question of whether or not mind-uploads are self,
> will you experience that uploaded life, or are you bound to your flesh
> body? Is a destructive transfer necessary to end up in the new body, etc.
>
> These are questions that the field of personal identity is devoted to
> answering.
>
> A new book just published on this subject, says the answer is yes. Uploads
> are self, moreover destructive transfers aren't necessary. You are all your
> copies. Follow the arguments and logic carefully laid out in this book "Finding
> Myself: Beyond the False Boundaries of Personal Identity
> <https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/BVDB.nsf/item?openform&product=publications&item=zuboff>"
> available in paperback or as a free PDF e-book.
>
> Jason
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