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Would you transfer your consciousness to a robot for immortality? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by s804@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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I wouldn't. Immortality sounds miserable to me.

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[–] 667@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are arguments which state that when you “transfer” consciousness, there is no continuity of consciousness, meaning we are at best making a copy and destroying the original. While your copy would wake up as though nothing happened, the original you gets destroyed in the process and never actually gets to enjoy the transference.

[–] agamemnonymous@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'd much rather be a Ship-of-Theseus cyborg, replacing malfunctioning bits one at a time.