Chalmers vs. Pigliucci — The Philosophy of Mind Uploading
The brain is the engine of reason and the seat of the soul. It is the substrate in which our minds reside. The problem is that this substrate is prone to decay.
Category: Mind Uploading
Book Review: Virtually Human by Martine Rothblatt
“Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness—simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology—becomes part of our daily lives.”
Proposal: Dynamic Brain Switching As a Method to Maintain Consciousness During Mind Uploading
Immortality has been a humanitarian dream since dawn of human history. Among all of the proposed methods for immortality, Biological Approaches to immortality (NBI) are argued to be more fruitful. However, mind uploading as the typical method for NBI has been challenged both from technical and philosophical aspects. This article is an attempt to address some of these challenges by emphasizing the role of consciousness and its continuum during a mind transfer process. Based on this assumption, it is claimed that current methods for mind uploading need to be reformed. The “Dynamic Brain Switch” (DBS) is proposed as a method that can meet some of the challenges of mind uploading using the concept of consciousness continuity for mind uploading.
Video Friday: Ben Goertzel – Countering Objections to Mind Uploading
Ben Goertzel in response to some common objections covered in an article on io9 by George Dvorsky
Event: Mind Uploading — Saturday April 26, 2014 11:10 am to 12:30 pm Tucson Arizona
2014 – Toward a Science of Consciousness The Tucson Conference – 20th Anniversary
MIND UPLOADING AND CYLON PHILOSOPHY
Suppose it were possible to build an artificial brain which was, essentially, a copy of an existing brain. Yours, for example. If consciousness is reducible to the form and functions of the brain (to put it another way, if consciousness is what the brain does) then the artificial brain would likewise generate consciousness. But now the question arises: Just whose consciousness is it?
Book review: Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind’s Privacy
I found this book by accident, when somebody on Facebook happened to share a link to its Amazon page. I was intrigued to read the title, and even more intrigued to read the Amazon blurb.
The Transhumanist Quest for Immortal Love
The transhumanist quest is not just about becoming immortal; it’s about never losing the ones you love.
GF2045 Congress – Avatars, Immortality, and Selfhood
The Global Future 2045 (GF2045) Congress took place June 15-16 in New York City.
Vaccinate your life against B.S.O.D – Insure your memories.
As our Biological (analog) life get’s more entwined with the Digital world we have created, chances are, there might be options worth exploring. It all comes down to “Sampling” – taking snapshots of our analog lives and storing them digitally. Today, with reasonable precision we can sample, store and re-create most of our primary senses, digitally. Sight via cameras, sound via microphones, touch via haptics and even scents can be sampled and/or synthesized with remarkable accuracy.