He wonders: If I kill you but upload your mind into an android, did I murder you or just modify you?
Is it even possible to upload your consciousness to a computer and, if so, is it still really you?
The sci-fi TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013– ) tackled this question in an episode titled “Self Control”. Scientist Holden Radcliffe has an android assistant appropriately named Aida (Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant). Together, they build a virtual world that people could be plugged into and uploaded into, called The Framework. “More.” at Mind Matters
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Did AI show that we are a “peaceful species” triggered by religion?
Also re the mind uploading claims, check the following sources out before you make that bank transfer: 😉
Claim: Yes, you can upload your brain Fine print: They might have to kill you first (Denyse O’Leary)
Attend your own funeral! It’s easy if you upload your consciousness to the cloud, says futurist. Ummm…
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Can we cheat death by uploading ourselves as virtual AI entities? Transhumanism is a curious blip in a science and technology culture in which it is otherwise axiomatic that humans are merely evolved animals