Joe Jenkins wrote:
> If non-destructive technology were available,
> would you choose to upload and keep your
> biological self alive or terminate it?
I would terminate me. I'd do it immediately after the upload process before I had a chance to be conscious, otherwise I might get confused.
> Or, do you think there will always be a place in
> the physical/non-uploaded world for sentient
> beings on the forefront of posthuman
> competitiveness?
The real "movers and shakers" could still be physical. It all depends on which costs more - simulated mind, senses, and environment, or simulated mind operating in the real world. The overhead on simulating the environment might make being "physical" a healthy advantage.
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