MOVED TO PLUSH.CITYany mf who honestly thinks that uploading your mind into a computer will let you live forever has never had to restore a file from 12 years ago in a format that doesn't exist anymore
also: how do you even "upload" your mind? your consciousness is stored in physical form - neural pathways. even if you find a way to somehow transfer them into digital form, i am not sure that the copy of your brain will be the actual you with YOUR OWN consciousness, and not just an independent copy of you.
Michelle HughesI heard about this in a My Little Pony fanfic: replace a single neuron with a computer-controlled, interoperable equivalent. You feel totally normal. Replace some adjacent neurons. You still feel normal. Keep replacing neurons. Only the neurons at the edge have to interact with physical neurons. The ones in the middle are fully emulated. At no point have you lost consciousness. Eventually, you'll have replaced yr entire brain & you don't feel any different.
I also heard this from a philosopher decades ago. But I recently saw it referenced in a MLP fanfic. But it's from the "Friendship Is Optimal" universe, which may have been started by a disciple of some of these transhumanist grifters. But there's some good sci fi in there.
fluffy 💜@MegaMichelle @tillianisafox That was also Lore and Data's plan for replacing organic brains in the TNG episode "Descent"
it didn't work there either
nonlinear@MegaMichelle @tillianisafox Ok so now you have a digital twin. So what?
Your neurons have been being replaced the whole time. There's only one of you at the end. You can decide that's a copy of you instead of being you. But then you have to decide at what point it stopped being you. That's the real fun of this thought experiment. Replacing one neuron doesn't make you a different person, right? That happens all the time. Does replacing two neurons make it a different person? How many neurons do you have to replace before you're not you?
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The Doctor@MegaMichelle @tillianisafox Incremental emulation/uploading. Also known as the Ship of Theseus hypothesis.