Mind uploading | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-05-06

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00:04:33 1 Overview
00:07:43 2 Theoretical benefits and applications
00:07:55 2.1 "Immortality" or backup
00:08:56 2.2 Space exploration
00:09:36 3 Relevant technologies and techniques
00:10:40 3.1 Computational complexity
00:12:56 3.2 Simulation model scale
00:17:39 3.3 Scanning and mapping scale of an individual
00:19:43 3.4 Serial sectioning
00:22:06 3.5 Brain imaging
00:23:24 3.6 Brain simulation
00:24:10 4 Issues
00:24:20 4.1 Philosophical issues
00:31:39 4.2 Verification issues
00:32:34 4.3 Ethical and legal implications
00:36:44 4.4 Political and economic implications
00:37:56 4.5 Emulation timelines and AI risk
00:43:28 5 Advocates
00:46:42 6 Skeptics



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Whole brain emulation (WBE), mind upload or brain upload (sometimes called "mind copying" or "mind transfer") is the hypothetical futuristic process of scanning the mental state (including long-term memory and "self") of a particular brain substrate and copying it to a computer. The computer could then run a simulation model of the brain's information processing, such that it responds in essentially the same way as the original brain (i.e., indistinguishable from the brain for all relevant purposes) and experiences having a conscious mind.Mind uploading may potentially be accomplished by either of two methods: Copy-and-transfer or gradual replacement of neurons. In the case of the former method, mind uploading would be achieved by scanning and mapping the salient features of a biological brain, and then by copying, transferring, and storing that information state into a computer system or another computational device. The biological brain may not survive the copying process. The simulated mind could be within a virtual reality or simulated world, supported by an anatomic 3D body simulation model. Alternatively the simulated mind could reside in a computer that is inside (or connected to) a (not necessarily humanoid) robot or a biological body.Among some futurists and within the transhumanist movement, mind uploading is treated as an important proposed life extension technology. Some believe mind uploading is humanity's current best option for preserving the identity of the species, as opposed to cryonics.  Another aim of mind uploading is to provide a permanent backup to our "mind-file", to enable interstellar space travels, and a means for human culture to survive a global disaster by making a functional copy of a human society in a Matrioshka brain, i.e. a computing device that consumes all energy from  a star. Whole brain emulation is discussed by some futurists as a "logical endpoint" of the topical computational neuroscience and neuroinformatics fields, both about brain simulation for medical research purposes. It is discussed in artificial intelligence research publications as an approach to strong AI. Computer-based intelligence such as an upload could think much faster than a biological human even if it were no more intelligent. A large-scale society of uploads might, according to futurists, give rise to a technological singularity, meaning a sudden time constant decrease in the exponential development of technology. Mind uploading is a central conceptual feature of numerous science fiction novels and films.
Substantial mainstream research in related areas is being conducted in animal brain mapping and simulation, development of faster supercomputers, virtual reality, brain–computer interfaces, connectomics and information extraction from dynamically functioning brains.  According to supporters, many of the tools and ideas needed to achieve mind uploading already exist or are currently under active development; however, they will admit that others are, as yet, very speculative, but still in the realm of engi ...