Some of the most awesome Superorganisms have specialized sub-classes of individuals (workers, soldiers, queens, and three distinct sizes of leafcutter and chefs for instance).
Instead of assuming that a Superorganism needs to be made of hard to distinguish entities, we should consider entities that have trigger mechanisms for becoming a specific subset kind of organism, fine tuned for necessary activities. Ants use pheromonal control and other biochemical mechanisms to determine who does what when, and epigenetics to determine who becomes of what kind.
Superorganisms made of emulations may do similar things without being made of copies or near copies.
Nature is cleverer than you are.
Do you think brain emulations would form superorganisms?
Some of the most awesome Superorganisms have specialized sub-classes of individuals (workers, soldiers, queens, and three distinct sizes of leafcutter and chefs for instance). Instead of assuming that a Superorganism needs to be made of hard to distinguish entities, we should consider entities that have trigger mechanisms for becoming a specific subset kind of organism, fine tuned for necessary activities. Ants use pheromonal control and other biochemical mechanisms to determine who does what when, and epigenetics to determine who becomes of what kind. Superorganisms made of emulations may do similar things without being made of copies or near copies. Nature is cleverer than you are.