Brain Emulation
Humanity may gain a capacity for brain emulation, sometimes called "mind uploading," through advancements in information science, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. This process would involve the virtualization of brain and body functions, enabling their extension or transition beyond biological limits. It implies the translation of cognitive and physical abilities into formal computational formats, while still requiring some form of embodiment. This vision suggests not just replication but enhancement of brain and body functions, offering new modes of existence and interaction, potentially including practical immortality.
This is a list of articles that Lincoln Cannon has written about brain emulation and mind uploading. A full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites.
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The Cyborg of Temple Square
In the heart of Salt Lake City, not far from where the spires of the Salt Lake Temple pierced the ...
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Why Are We Not Already Gods?
My friend asks “why we are not Gods yet?” Or, to use secular language, why aren’t we already superintelligence? “We ...
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What Is Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness?
Few use consistent coherent vocabulary to talk about AI. In particular, we tend to be careless or ignorant about important ...
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Wesley Smith Lies About Transhumanism
Wesley Smith at the National Review is writing about Transhumanism again. And again, he’s misrepresenting Transhumanism and its relationship with ...
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Review of Your Digital Afterlives by Eric Steinhart
It took me two years to read the 216 pages in Eric Steinhart’s book, Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of ...
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Mormon Bodies and Mind Uploading
Mormonism is relatively unique among world religions in its regard for bodies. Where most major religions consider bodies to be ...
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Do I want to be a robot?
If mind is consciousness then it may not make sense to talk of mind being replaced by an electro-mechanical computer. ...
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6 Reasons You Might Upload Yourself Into a Computer
Dvice lists “6 reasons why you’ll never upload your mind to a computer”. There are some problems with Dvice’s reasoning. ...
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Bednar Suggests Spirit is Information
At a recent LDS Church meeting for young adults, Elder David A Bednar commented on technology, and implied that spirit ...
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A Technical Interpretation of Mormon Physics
This is a transcript of my presentation at the Mormonism Engineering conference at Claremont Graduate University on 7 March 2009. ...
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10 Reconciliations between Brains and Computers
Clark Goble, at his Mormon Metaphysics blog (which I highly recommend), recently posted on the question, “Brains like Computers?” In ...
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Thoughts on God's Relationship with Mind Uploading
Today at the “By Common Consent” blog, participants were polled in response to the MTA article in Sunstone magazine. The ...