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paper-machine comments on Caelum est Conterrens: I frankly don't see how this is a horror story - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: chaosmage 06 March 2013 10:31AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 March 2013 05:39:01AM 3 points [-]

The uploading process seemed to be destructive only for convenience's sake.

For me, it felt more realistic. I don't think anyone has actually thought of a non-destructive uploading process that is remotely plausible.

Comment author: latanius 08 March 2013 06:04:33AM 4 points [-]

Attach lots of sensors to lots of axons, try to emulate the thing while it's running... for me, it's the on-line method that sounds more plausible compared to the "look at axons with microscopes and try to guess what they do" approach. Nevertheless, imagining a scenario with non-destructive uploads... how many times would you allow people to upload? Ending up with questions like that, I think it's the destructive one that would generate less horrifyingness...