> Sure, you could be cloned, but that wouldn't be you.
That's not quite clear philosophically. I like the thought experiment of them migrating each of your neurons one at a time from the biological into a computerized emulation (each emulated neuron having a physical mechanism to send proper electrical/chemical signals to those that are still biological, while doing software message passing with the digital ones) - do you at any point stop being you? Once the migration is complete and you're being fully emulated in silicon, is it still you? If they then restart the computer, is it still you after it's resumed? If they duplicate the code/weights onto two computers, are both you? And if they then reassemble your biological body with the neural connectivity based on that in the emulation - is it still you? And what if they clone the two digital "yous" into two separate bodies?
I personally don't have a clear answer to any of these, not more than I would in the plain Ship of Theseus thought experiment.
That's not quite clear philosophically. I like the thought experiment of them migrating each of your neurons one at a time from the biological into a computerized emulation (each emulated neuron having a physical mechanism to send proper electrical/chemical signals to those that are still biological, while doing software message passing with the digital ones) - do you at any point stop being you? Once the migration is complete and you're being fully emulated in silicon, is it still you? If they then restart the computer, is it still you after it's resumed? If they duplicate the code/weights onto two computers, are both you? And if they then reassemble your biological body with the neural connectivity based on that in the emulation - is it still you? And what if they clone the two digital "yous" into two separate bodies?
I personally don't have a clear answer to any of these, not more than I would in the plain Ship of Theseus thought experiment.