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.
Dušan Mitrović@tillianisafox It's interesting to think about, if impractical. Let's say we manage to somehow create this technology and that the digital copy is an independent being. You're essentially creating a fork in the road here. Up to that very moment the original and the copy are the same exact person, but they have the potential to significantly shift apart the more time passes. I guess I'd prefer some part of me to stay "alive", regardless of the fact that I (the original) will inevitably die.
@tillianisafox But here's the interesting bit. The copy has no reason to believe he isn't me. He has all the same thought patterns, behaviors, preferences and the same memories. In a way you can't say the "copy" isn't just as much me as I am. That is to say the copy considers himself the legitimate me as well.