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Dissertation
More Bit Than Bio - Communicating and Discussing Whole Brain Emulation, Mind Uploading & Superintellingence Using Thought Experiments
2021
Overview
This thesis revolves on the topics of whole brain emulation, mind uploading and superintelligence that are ingrained with specifically conceived TEs to each of the chapters / topics, creating an environment to discuss and communicate scientific topics of the utmost importance for our common future.Three thought experiments were designed for this thesis in the context of mind uploading and superintelligence. They are presented in a first chapter dedicated to clarify the potential and applicability of thought experiments communicating fundamental ideas in these scientific and technological fields, because the controversial (and often speculative) nature of these topics call for an out-of-the-box approach to be better analyzed and discussed. In the second chapter, whole brain emulation is thoroughly explored in its technical feasibility, paving the way for a metaphysical approach of mind uploading in the third chapter. Personal identity is, with the help of these thought experiments (TE: iterating human predictor response), scrutinized given that its current conceptual form does not provide a totally satisfactory explanation for several cases that come to light through mind uploading possible scenarios. Consciousness is then also analyzed in the light of existentialism and through the aforementioned thought experiments (TE: the delusion of reality), exploring the possibility of upgrading it, just as intelligence is predicted to be upgraded in the near future. It is argued that mind uploading could enable consciousness to perpetuate and that this purpose also counts as a survival backup of humankind making of mind uploading the means to maintain human thought alive throughout time. The fourth chapter explores the impact and possible outcomes superintelligence entails. Here, another of these thought experiments (TE: iterating human intelligence) is applied as an evolutionary algorithm approach to argue about the competitive balance humankind might have in order to avoid artificial superintelligence to either overcome or even subdue our species. The last chapter of this thesis is an analysis of a number of semi structured interviews conducted with experts in fields such as neuroscience, computing science and philosophy, among others. These were carried out to bring valuable input on the topics discussed throughout the thesis.
