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"I want to live forever in AI"
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I think SOMA made it pretty clear we're never uploading jack shit, at best we're making a copy for whom it'll feel as if they've been uploaded, but the original remains behind as well.
I wonder how you ever could "upload" a consciousness without Ship-of-Theseusing a Brain.
Cyberpunk2077 also has this "upload vs copy" issue, but doesn't actually make you think about it too hard.
You would have to functionally duplicate the exact structure of the brain or its consciousness while having the duplication mechanism destroy the thing it was reading at almost exactly the same time. And even then, that's not really solving the issue.
Not necessary. Imagine you begin suffering Alzheimer. And the artificial neurons are making a copy of your brain. Once a neuron stops working the backup one replaces it. Your mind, if it worked, could see the new neuron as part of the same brain and work with it seamlessly.