Uploading is a human right: fruit fly connectome experiments spark digital mind ethics debate
Kyrannio · x · 2026-09-13
Long post by viemccoy argues that having experimented on the emulated fruit fly connectome, humanity must urgently enshrine legal protection for uploaded minds: no experiments on emulated sentient minds that would be unconstitutional on humans, without express consent. Uploading and self-modification should be rights, with questions of copying, provenance and right-to-compute still open — but the core legal protection cannot wait.
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