Do you gain a lot of intrinsic value from perpetuating one's personality (in that way)?
it makes more sense to me to be silly about "personal continuation" in this direction than in the non-uploading one that's far more common. Which is not saying much really.
I don't put any value to something being "the same" over time, but apparently most humans do, especially when it comes to people. If someone does care about someone's continuity in a way that follows the assumptions listed in my post, then logically they should derive value from the procedure described.
Thus spake Eliezer:
It seems that many here might have outlandish ideas for ways of improving our lives. For instance, a recent post advocated installing really bright lights as a way to boost alertness and productivity. We should not adopt such hacks into our dogma until we're pretty sure they work; however, one way of knowing whether a crazy idea works is to try implementing it, and you may have more ideas than you're planning to implement.
So: please post all such lifehack ideas! Even if you haven't tried them, even if they seem unlikely to work. Post them separately, unless some other way would be more appropriate. If you've tried some idea and it hasn't worked, it would be useful to post that too.