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Try imagine it like you fall asleep and when you wake up, your physical body is gone and what you operate on is a virtual body, just like a virtual machine for
by kowdermeister 13y ago
Try imagine it like you fall asleep and when you wake up, your physical body is gone and what you operate on is a virtual body, just like a virtual machine for OS-es.
- onion2k 13y agoThat is only really possible if the human mind is a giant chemical-driven deterministic state-machine that could be replicated using current technology on a massive scale. Most neuroscientists believe that there's much more to the human brain than that - there are things going on in our brains like interactions between close synapses using quantum effects. Perhaps we could model that if we understood it better, but the reality is we don't, so we can't really predict whether or not it's something we can copy.
- kowdermeister 13y agoYou described the challenge to solve, I think quantum effects does take place in the brain. However, there are numerous experiments on quantum teleportation. In the next 30-50 years technology could advance significantly.
- rainforest 13y agoExternally yes, but what if you can't hot swap consciousness? What if "you" remain in your body and all that happens is a clone of you is produced? Externally, both you and the clone behave identically and assert that you're the same person.
- girvo 13y agoExactly, bang on!
- kowdermeister 13y agoI thought about the same question before and the solution could be that uploading would work as quantum entanglement, a shared consciousness between your brain and the machine hardware. Once you are half inside, you can command to shut your organic body down.