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earthsworld t1_j2n8cg8 wrote

have you not read any science fiction before? this basic idea has been written about for decades already.

>Use Neuralink to make a digital clone of a colony builder’s mind

lol, whut?

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rogless t1_j2nafox wrote

Needlessly rude and manifestly unhelpful. Poorly played.

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UniversalMomentum t1_j2p81jb wrote

I think copying the human brain to a machine is actually a lot more practical than building large spaceships for traveling beyond the solar system.

There is no impossible energy or time problem with copying the human brain to a machine like there is with long distance travel in a large spaceship.

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matthewgdick OP t1_j2nfiru wrote

You’re right. There are countless sci-fi stories about digitizing consciousness. One of my favorite book series is the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor. Many stories use the approach of directly downloading consciousness from the brain, many times destroying the brain in the process. The question is would it be easier to make a copy of it by monitoring the person’s behavior over a long period of time. This approach was used in one of my favorite sci-fi series, >!Westworld!<.

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