<div dir="ltr"><br><div>It sounds, from how you describe it, this book is basically an argument for functionalism, and that today's AIs have qualia?</div><div>I take it he doesn't mention anything about subjective binding, what a color quality is, or neuro ponytails or anything like that?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>These are questions that the field of personal identity is devoted to answering.</div><div><br></div><div>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 "<a href="https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/BVDB.nsf/item?openform&product=publications&item=zuboff" target="_blank">Finding Myself: Beyond the False Boundaries of Personal Identity</a>" available in paperback or as a free PDF e-book.</div><div><br></div><div>Jason</div></div>
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