[ExI] Uploads are self

[Jason Resch]

I recently met one of the leading researchers involved in the fruit fly
brain scanning effort. He, and others mentioned two common objections
people have to the idea of brain preservation (with the eventual goal of
uploading):

   - The first is the idea that silicon computers can't host human
   consciousness.
   - The second is the idea that even if my upload were conscious, "it
   wouldn't be me."


I told him I would prepare a brief essay that uses the latest philosophical
arguments to serve as a counter to these objections (written to be
understandable to laypersons).

So if there are people in your life who resist your choice to pursue
brain/cryro preservation, this document can help them understand the
various reasons for we can expect uploads not only to be conscious, but
also capable of extending one's very own subjective self and identity.

Here is the document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/103wDTRC7-AA6mHVzRj1JptqeulBRXinzvIdfC1Z50t8/edit?usp=sharing

Jason
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