NancyLebovitz comments on Uploading: what about the carbon-based version?

NancyLebovitz 23 Jul 2012 9:50 UTC
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I was wondering about evidence that uploading was accurate enough that you’d consider it to be a satisfactory continuation of personal identity.
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- TheOtherDave's comment on Uploading: what about the carbon-based version? by NancyLebovitz (23 Jul 2012 14:44 UTC; 2 points)
- Lapsed_Lurker 23 Jul 2012 11:15 UTC
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  I was wondering about evidence that uploading was accurate enough that you’d consider it to be a satisfactory continuation of personal identity.
  
  I’d think that until even one of those little worms with only a couple hundred neurons is uploaded (or maybe a lobster), all evidence of the effectiveness of uploading is theory or fiction.
  
  If computing continues to get cheaper at Moore’s Law rates for another few decades, then maybe...