On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Piaget Modeler via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do uploaders actually think their consciousness will continue in the machine, > or do they believe their physical bodies will die, but a computer program of > them will continue? I am confused.
I understand your confusion. Your confusion is from the belief that there is a difference between a machine simulating you and a machine actually being you. You believe in phenomenal consciousness, just like everyone else. It increases your reproductive fitness. You don't want it to go away by dying. But logically, I think you can see that either it must be impossible for a machine to simulate a human mind, or else your mind must be just a computation. > Why upload, when you can pursue immortality instead? Of course you understand that is the same thing. A digital copy of your mind can be backed up. Your memories and behavior can be saved to disk, including the behavior of believing you have a soul. And just to be clear, by "uploading", I mean any program that models your mind, whether it resides in a robotic body or a virtual world. -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
