A major claim on which the desirability of uploading (among other things) depends,
is that the upload would be conscious (as distinct from intelligent). I think I found a
reductio of this claim at about 4:00 last night while staring up at my bedroom ceiling.
...but then...
If I had to guess, I suspect this is the rub: you must need a certain
physical pattern of energy flow to get consciousness.
A strong claim in the headline—but then a feeble one in the supporting argument.
First:
...but then...
A strong claim in the headline—but then a feeble one in the supporting argument.