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This question is even deeper than just a you or not you. It's been a tough question for a very, very long time. [1] "The ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus

by RyanZAG 13y ago

This question is even deeper than just a you or not you. It's been a tough question for a very, very long time. [1] "The ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus's paradox, is a thought experiment that raises the question of whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. The paradox is most notably recorded by Plutarch in Life of Theseus from the late 1st century. Plutarch asked whether a ship which was restored by replacing each and every one of its wooden parts, remained the same ship." [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

AndrewDucker 13y ago
Oh yes. See also The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, who replaced each part of himself as he chopped them off. There's an early AI researcher who brought up the neuron-by-neuron replacement too, but I can't remember who off-hand (might have been Moravec)
- andyjohnson0 13y ago
  Sometimes called the Moravec Procedure: http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/moravec.html http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/moravec.html
  - kybernetikos 13y ago
    I'd be reasonably happy with the Moravec Procedure where I would be much less happy with most other ways of uploading (the whole thing is based on my irrational but hard to shake belief in my own persistence over time). Of course, the question then of who to trust to be your cloud provider running your conciousness-as-a-service process becomes a very serious one. I don't think there's a single company around today that I would trust to run me.
    - andyjohnson0 13y ago
      Of course, the question then of who to trust to be your cloud provider running your conciousness-as-a-service process becomes a very serious one. The main problem is the lawyers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E
      - kybernetikos 13y ago
        Thanks for that link. If there's one service I don't want to be freemium....

by RyanZAG 13y ago

AndrewDucker 13y ago

Oh yes. See also The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, who replaced each part of himself as he chopped them off. There's an early AI researcher who brought up the neuron-by-neuron replacement too, but I can't remember who off-hand (might have been Moravec)

andyjohnson0 13y ago
Sometimes called the Moravec Procedure: http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/moravec.html http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/moravec.html
- kybernetikos 13y ago
  I'd be reasonably happy with the Moravec Procedure where I would be much less happy with most other ways of uploading (the whole thing is based on my irrational but hard to shake belief in my own persistence over time). Of course, the question then of who to trust to be your cloud provider running your conciousness-as-a-service process becomes a very serious one. I don't think there's a single company around today that I would trust to run me.
  - andyjohnson0 13y ago
    Of course, the question then of who to trust to be your cloud provider running your conciousness-as-a-service process becomes a very serious one. The main problem is the lawyers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E
    - kybernetikos 13y ago
      Thanks for that link. If there's one service I don't want to be freemium....