dioscuri on mind uploads: if it instantiates the same pattern, it is me
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-24
Responding to the claim that mind uploads are impossible, dioscuri argues an upload can absolutely be "me" because the self is a pattern and an upload can instantiate the same pattern. He finds it implausible that there's a special further fact about identity beyond functional and physical properties.
A functionalist stance in the ongoing mind-upload/personal-identity debate, feeding into the teleporter-problem thread that follows.
Related event: AI researchers debate whether mind uploading preserves the self(7 posts)→
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