> Uploading something just means making a copy, and if that becomes possible the AI potential would be millions of generations smarter than a carbon copy of a h

> Uploading something just means making a copy, and if that becomes possible the AI potential would be millions of generations smarter than a carbon copy of a human brain. I see where you're going with this, but I would like to compare human minds more to a work of art than a tool. Even today we can easily generate a familiar gradient of all colours on a canvas, or numerous gorgeously fascinating fractals. Yet we continue to value original hand-crafted art far beyond procedurally generated art. I believe you're right that we will be able to build AIs which far exceed our capabilities in many fields, probably shortly before we figure out how to mirror a human mind within a machine. Even still, there will continue to be value in an organically grown human mind, shaped by decades of experience, weathered by relationships and subtle chemical reactions. Perhaps someday we will be able to simulate that as well, but it will take much longer and at that point we would have created a true artificial life form.