Mind uploading in fiction explained

Mind uploading—transferring an individual's personality to a computer—appears in several works of fiction.^[1] It is distinct from the concept of transferring a consciousness from one human body to another.^[2] It is sometimes applied to a single person and other times to an entire society.^[3] Recurring themes in these stories include whether the computerized mind is truly conscious, and if so, whether identity is preserved.^[4] It is a common feature of the cyberpunk subgenre,^[5] sometimes taking the form of digital immortality.^[6]

See also

• Body swap

Further reading

• Book: Geraci, Robert M. . Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality . 2010 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-974133-5 . 54–56 . en . Science Fiction Sacred . https://books.google.com/books?id=-2fHNa8DZGoC&pg=PA54.
• Book: Lorrimar, Victoria . Human Technological Enhancement and Theological Anthropology . 2022 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-316-51502-0 . 37–38 . en . Imagining Prospective Technologies . https://books.google.com/books?id=hxNkEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37.

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 2022 . Upload . . 2024-03-29 . 4th . Langford . David . David Langford . Stableford . Brian . Brian Stableford . Clute . John . John Clute . Langford . David . David Langford . Sleight . Graham . Graham Sleight.
2. Book: Webb, Stephen . Stephen Webb (scientist) . All the Wonder that Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future . 2017 . Springer . 978-3-319-51759-9 . Science and Fiction . 276–278 . en . Mind Uploading . 10.1007/978-3-319-51759-9_10 . https://books.google.com/books?id=TVPJDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276.
3. Book: Langford, David . David Langford . . 2005 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-32951-7 . Westfahl . Gary . Gary Westfahl . 154 . en . Computers . https://archive.org/details/greenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9/page/154/mode/2up.
4. Book: Blackford, Russell . Russell Blackford . Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics . 2017 . Springer . 978-3-319-61685-8 . Science and Fiction . 173–174 . en . Reshaping the Human . https://books.google.com/books?id=jlU0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173.
5. Book: Booker, M. Keith . Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature . 2014 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-7884-6 . 28 . en . Artificial Intelligence (AI) . Cyberpunk writers and their successors have also frequently imagined the uploading of human minds into computers, thus creating a special sort of artificial intelligence that can free individuals of the limitations of biological bodies, a notion that would be notably extended in the work of Greg Egan. . https://books.google.com/books?id=WRi7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28.
6. Book: Westfahl, Gary . . 2005 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-32951-7 . Westfahl . Gary . Gary Westfahl . 418–420 . en . Immortality and Longevity . Gary Westfahl . https://archive.org/details/greenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9/page/418/mode/2up.