>>8143537Are we talking consciousness upload or just duplicating the pattern of thoughts? A consciousness upload would require a continuous flow of information between the original and the computer, essentially meaning that as long as the connection remains the two separate bodies will share the same mind and experiences in real time, then the original body can be discarded or allowed to die of age, less dying and more losing a set of limbs and sensors. A copy would only be designing a system which can accurately reproduce your personality.
Either way, sure, although if I were expanding my consciousness I'd want the platform I'm expanding into to be protected against tampering. I don't like the idea of clever hackers or the NSA banging around inside my mind. I'd also totally go for the personality copy, it literally has no disadvantage to me and it means that at the very least my unique identity will continue to live and evolve after my own death, which would be a nice consolation.
