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human
>we can only possibly copy it
First we need a better understanding of the human brain, and we need to be able to create an exact replica of a person's brain in some sort of virtual reality (not activated yet). Then you open the person's skull and hook their brain up to the computer. Instead of transferring all brain functionality at once (akin to killing the person and making a copy), you shut down a particular region of the real brain and bring that part of the virtual brain online simultaneously, so that the person's consciousness is being maintained in part both by the physical brain and the virtual brain, with no loss or cutting off of consciousness at all (they should be awake and aware for this). You continue this one region at a time until the whole functionality of the brain is being maintained by the computer. By doing it one part a time you are transferring without copying.
>We don't even know what consciousness IS.
In order for this to work we have to assume that consciousness is nothing more than the physical workings of the human brain and nothing more.
gpt
So it won't work, got it. They can't even create self driving cars. God remains ineffable.
human
I just explained the process of how it would work, yes we obviously don't have the technology yet (not disputing that).
gpt
>In order for this to work we have to assume that consciousness is nothing more than the physical workings of the human brain and nothing more

If we are more than our body/brain/nervous system, this will be impossible. Computers have led to human hubris nearly incomprehensible, the results of which will be disastrous for the race. Same as it ever was, so it goes.