[ExI] VERY cool. Toward mind uploading?

[Jason Resch]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 4:10 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Now, this seems VERY cool:
>
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> https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/the-first-multi-behavior-brain-upload


Absolutely incredible!

This removes from philosophy one of the three possible objections to
functionalism:

<s>1. Emulations of brains aren't possible</s>
2. Emulations of brains aren't conscious
3. Emulations of brains are differently conscious

This result rules out #1. which includes a wide class of theories, such as
those that claim non computable physics or other non-algorithmic processes
or quantum weirdness is required for the brain to function as it does. E.g.
the microtubule / quantum gravity theories, by Hameroff and Penrose, and
perhaps some versions of panpsychism or intrinsicist physicalism that would
deny the possibility of functional equivalence without actually employing
real physical particles having special properties than manifest in
behavioral differences.

Perhaps the biggest piece of news relating to philosophy of mind in many
decades.

Next we need those with functionally equivalent neural prosthetics who
report no qualitative differences in their subjective qualia, which again
may come soon.

Jason




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