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029: What is Mind Uploading?
029: What is Mind Uploading?
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In today’s podcast, we discuss the possibility of “mind uploading,” or emulating a human brain inside a computer. We begin with a survey history of the concept, and then transition into a discussion of the sea of philosophical and ethical questions that uploading inevitably raises. Is whole brain emulation a realistic path to personal immortality […]
Released:
Jul 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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