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What would I do with an uploadable version of my brain? I'd send it off to an accelerated university where it can learn at a rate far faster than I ever could.
by mrdrozdov 11y ago
What would I do with an uploadable version of my brain? I'd send it off to an accelerated university where it can learn at a rate far faster than I ever could. Plus, if we could upload a brain, then there's a good chance that we understand how to manipulate the state of an existing brain. So after my brain has graduated, we'll simply upload that virtual brain's state back into my skull! All this would take about 2-3 min tops? But somehow I imagine this will still cause university enrollment prices to climb. It's student loans all the way down.
- kemayo 11y agoIt's actually interesting to consider the divergent paths followed by a merge scenario presented here. If we assume that uploaded-you is put through a simulated "going to university" experience, then it's a few years older than you are. Even if it was _only_ simulating classes and studying, somehow turning off any "human" needs for social interaction and enteratinment, it's had years of time to think new thoughts, assimilate new ideas, and become a fundamentally different person. If it's completely overwriting your brain's current state, then you're replacing yourself with someone similar to you but who'll be _obviously_ different to anyone who knows you. If it's more a merge scenario, then you're (effectively) killing yourself and the copy, and maybe the copy won't want to rejoin you if it means losing its own distinct state. Continuity of consciousness is weird to think about.