[ExI] Uploads are self

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 16/03/2026 19:34, Keith Henson wrote:
>> I also expect that robotic bodies and brains will be developed before non-destructive uploading, which might mean that it will never be developed, as there would be no need for it. It will be a lot easier to load your consciousness into a synthetic brain than into a biological one,
> That is uploading.


Ah, I meant after uploading (assuming you would then reside in a large shared processing space), it would be easy to then transfer your mind (or copy it) into the brain of a synthetic body.

John's idea of just controlling a robot body remotely would work as well, but there might be benefits to actually being local to the body, and I've already mentioned that it might be preferable to upload to this kind of synthetic brain and body in the first place, equivalent to converting your biological brain and body into a synthetic one. In fact, that might be one route to uploading, rather like the 'gradual replacement' idea, but not limited to just the brain (would you consider this to be 'destructive uploading' or not? It's a bit like a 'Ship of Theseus'/'Grandfather's axe' type problem, but with new improved materials instead of the original wood etc.).

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Ben