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Soft Uploading:
Uploading means transferring a person's mental structure (such as memory, personality, etc) from the brain to a computer so s/he can live on a new substrate. This idea has been around in science fiction for some time, eg Neuromancer [Gibson 1984]. In 1990 Hans Moravec briefly speculated on several uploading methods in his book Mind Children. Circa 1994, Joe Strout coined the term "Mind Uploading" and created a web site and a few years later started MURG (Mind Uploading Research Group) where I joined their discussions in 2001.
Normally the brain will be destroyed in the process of scanning, such as by laser ablation. Soft uploading, where the brain is gradually replaced by a computer matrix, will require very sophisticated brain interfacing. This web site is devoted to examinating the feasibility of this idea. [See also my analysis on the Continuity of Self Identity issue (Aug/2003).]
My personal view on The Transhuman Future
Indefinite Life Extension (ILE)
Word document: Survey
of ILE Technologies — draft (Jan/2003)
Powerpoint presentation: Survey
of ILE Technologies v1.0 (similar stuff, somewhat out of
sync) (Dec/2003)
I am gradually switching my focus to AI research since it is becoming increasingly clear to me that advances in AI will be the most effective in bringing about the transhumanist future. (Visit my new web site on generic AI.) I will update this page later to explain this view, and also tie up some lose ends on this site so it will provide up-to-date information on matters related to gradual uploading.
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1/Apr/2004 Yan King Yin