Pattern-Completionism on X: A Mind Upload Can Absolutely Be 'Me'
yacinelearning · x · 2026-09-24
Yacine stakes out a functionalist position on X: a mind upload can absolutely be 'me' because the self is a pattern that can be instantiated, and believing in a further fact of identity beyond functional and physical properties is 'very implausible'. The thread draws responses comparing identity boundaries to the Ship of Theseus.
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