Would you upload your mind into a machine body if your body were dying?
rand_longevity · x · 2026-07-29
A simple hypothetical asks whether people would upload their mind into a machine body if their biological body were dying.
It is a classic AGI-era question about identity, survival, and what counts as “you” once the body is no longer the original one.
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