xlr8harder writes:

In general I don’t think an uploaded mind is you, but rather a copy. But one thought experiment makes me question this. A Ship of Theseus concept where individual neurons are replaced one at a time with a nanotechnological functional equivalent.

Are you still you?

Presumably the question xlr8harder cares about here isn't semantic question of how linguistic communities use the word "you", or predictions about how whole-brain emulation tech might change the way we use pronouns.

Rather, I assume xlr8harder cares about more substantive questions like:

1. If I expect to be uploaded tomorrow, should I care about the upload in the same ways (and to the same degree) that I care about my future biological self?
2. Should I anticipate experiencing what my upload experiences?
3. If the scanning and uploading process requires destroying my biological brain, should I say yes to the procedure?

My answers:

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   (05:02) Why Humans Feel Like They Persist

   (10:12) Sleep and Film Reels

   (14:17) Weird-Futuristic-Technology Anxiety

   (16:20) To Change Experience, You Have to Change Physics, Not Just Metaphysics

   (18:35) ... And You Cant Change Experience With Just Any Old Change to Physics

   (22:59) Having Multiple Futures

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