[ExI] Uploads are self

[John Clark]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

* > I expect that destructive uploading will be achieved long before
> non-destructive.*


*It's virtually certain that destructive uploading will be achieved before
non-destructive uploading, but I agree with Keith that we have no way of
estimating how long before. And that's why it's called a Singularity.*

*> robotic bodies and brains will be developed before non-destructive
> uploading,*


*Yes, that too is almost certain.  *


> >  *It will be a lot easier to load your consciousness into a synthetic
> brain than into a biological one, synthetic bodies, once perfected, are
> almost certainly going to be superior to biological ones in just about
> every way, so going back to biology after uploading would seem to be a huge
> step backwards.*


*Agreed.  *

* > I'm also wondering how long it will be before opposition to uploading
> based on the idea of uploads being 'a danger to real people' or some such
> notion, will start to arise.*
>

*By the time we get to the point where uploading becomes common I don't
think the opinions of "real people" are going to matter much, MR. Jupiter
Brain will be the one in charge not humans. *


> *> there will be bound to be objections to it.*
>

*T*
*he Amish and Muslim fundamentalists certainly. *

*John K Ckark*
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