If you could upload all the information you have stored in your brain into a computer, and remain in your own body, would you do it?
Let us assume that information in the computer will indeed represent a conscious being; you.
Would you do it? How would you feel if you did? How would it feel about accidentally trapping itself in a computer, leaving you in its body?
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personal opinion
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I like it!! << the Q
i believe that us being able to build computers that store way too much info
is within the limits of our minds
there for our minds can hold (tera or beta bytes) of info
sending that much info to a computer would take too much time
and when the info are in
the computer will have a headache trying to figure out
how I -the user- linked milk to stomach-ache and ending up not finding a single clue
to build a computer capable of such a thing
is a miracle
(I hope it could be a good one and not like what we see in movies such as Matrix)
but then again that's only my opinion
hope you find it useful!! (^_^)
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I appreciate the answer. Time from data collection, to data uploading, to data retrieval is definitely a major hurdle to overcome in such a technique. The amount of data is also overwhelming for the computers today if information such as the position of every single molecule and possibly atom is needed over some length of time. We could also run into deep problems with being able to perfectly detect position and rate of change, but that is a very complex discussion that I doubt we have room for here.
Thanks again.
Almost like getting an IQ test that asks why?
Though the answer of course is, why not?
I would not dump all that i've learned into a computer because
1.) computers are too vulnerable, the files could be deleted or it could catch a virus and everything would be lost.
and 2.) it would not be fun at all to be a 15 year-old with no knowledge of anything, at all =P
My mind =)
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If I had to rely on the outside source to retain all my memories for me, then no, I definitely would not. You're memories of your past experiences are what make you who you are.
I don't think that a computer, which held someone else's memories would then 'become' that person. I suppose in a Sci-fi movie it could work, but in practical terms, who's to say that when the computer loaded the memories for the first time, it would react to them the way I did at the time of the memories occurrence?
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Thanks for taking the time to answer. It would be a copy from my descriptions.
Would you use the copy as an aid in memory if you learned that your memories were becoming very flawed over time?
I don't believe the computer simulation would react exactly like you did originally either. I think it would experience everything much differently due to believing it was trapped in a box and that you were the one that was supposed to be in the box.
Thanks again.
It would be quite nice to provide my grandchildren's children with a recording such as this for getting to know me after I'm gone.
But having this sort of information in the hands of the government doesn't sound quite as pleasing.
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Thanks for your answer. I've thought about a system like this to be used to teach future relatives about past relatives as well.
Years ago, I made a bot that was loaded with many of my grandpa's favorite stories and sayings. I was thinking about letting some of my family talk to it, but I think they may find it a bit creepy. I'm glad to see someone out there wouldn't find it entirely creepy.
Thanks for the great input. I agree that the uploaded information wouldn't represent a perfect copy of you for long at all.
At the very moments following uploading and the spark of consciousness (assuming a lot there), it would start to create new, and alter original, artificial neural networks due to the different environment. Even if the artificial neural networks were modeled perfectly after your actual neural networks, it would start to change immediately upon "awakening" due to the new stimuli, that the original you could not experience. Of course the original you would also change in unmatched ways as well.
Would you have any emotions for the creature in the box?