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To whom are you asking the question? I'd be dead. That computer program running a simulation of me would be a real person, yes, with all associated moral implications. It'd even think and behave like me. But it wouldn't be me - a direct continuation of my personal identity - anymore than my twin brother or any of the multiverse copies of "me" are actually me. If my brain was still functioning at all I'd be cursing the technicians as they ferry my useless body from the uploader to the crematorium. Then I'd be dead while some digital doppelgänger takes over my life.
Do you see? This isn't about whether uploading works or not. Uploading when it works creates a copy of me. It will not continue my personal existence. We can be sure of this, right now.
I'm sorry to hear that. It's unfortunate for you, and really limits your options.
In my case, uploading does continue my personal existence, and uploading in my case is a critical aspect of getting enough redundancy in my self to survive black swan random events.
Regarding your last sentence, "We can be sure of this, right now", what are you talking about exactly?
I mean we can do thought experiments which show prettying convincingly that I should not expect to experience the other end of uploading.
What might those thought experiments be? I have yet to hear any convincing ones.
The teleporter arguments we've already been discussing, and variants.