What would remain of you if you could download your mind into a computer?
That depends on the resolution of the simulation. Wouldn’t you agree?
Once you subtract the biological from the human, I imagine what remains to be pure person.
I think you’re using the word “biological” to denote some kind of unnatural category.
I don’t have any disagreement with Eliezer’s description of how our biology molded our growth, but I see no reason why we should hold on to that biology forever.
The reasons you see for why any of us “should” do anything almost certainly have biologically engineered goals behind them in some way or another. What of self-preservation?
I meant this kind of unnatural category. I don’t quite know what you mean by “biological” in this context. A high-resolution neurological simulation might not require any physical carbon atoms, but the simulated mind would presumably still act according to all the same “biological” drives.
That depends on the resolution of the simulation. Wouldn’t you agree?
I think you’re using the word “biological” to denote some kind of unnatural category.
The reasons you see for why any of us “should” do anything almost certainly have biologically engineered goals behind them in some way or another. What of self-preservation?
Not unnatural, obviously, but a contaminant to intelligence. Manure is a great fertilizer, but you wash it off before you use the vegetable.
I meant this kind of unnatural category. I don’t quite know what you mean by “biological” in this context. A high-resolution neurological simulation might not require any physical carbon atoms, but the simulated mind would presumably still act according to all the same “biological” drives.