RE: Is it possible to upload our minds into a computer or in engineered living tissue?
October 16, 2015 at 5:07 pm
(October 16, 2015 at 3:52 am)I_am_not_mafia Wrote:(October 13, 2015 at 11:54 am)Rhythm Wrote: What do we do /w the originals...is it off to the meatgrinder, lol? What happens in a dispute between the original and the copy? Can you murder yourself, or would it be considered suicide, or even less, property damage, or maybe it would be seen as akin to getting a piercing? Theres little restriction as to what we can do with our own bodies, even if it incurs harm.
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Imagine there is a way to upload yourself to a machine. You decide to do it yourself. The scientist plugs you into a scanner. This reads the entire state of your brain, which neurons you have, how they are connected, the current voltage of each neuron, the number of vesicles currently traversing across your synaptic clefts etc.
It then simulates this on a super computer. There are a few tests performed to make sure that it thinks and talks like you and the results come back as positive. The scientist then turns round to you and says "Excellent. You have been uploaded into the computer. You can die now"
That's not the way you do it. Your brain is scanned when you are unconscious. Once the copy is verified, the original is disposed of. The copy is uploaded to a new body. The copy awakes believing he/she is the original. No difference. For all practical purposes, the copy IS the original in a new body.
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