Mind Uploader

Part I: The Solution A highly theoretical, yet pefectly reasonable way to solve the problem of uploading one's mind in a way that it maximizes resemblance, allowing full connection between host and clone is: Create a superhuman AGI. By definition it will be orders of magnitude more intelligent than us. Let it figure out the solution to the problem of mind uploading. Let the magician do the magic. As I have been exploring the possibilities of mind uploading in the past weeks, I found more and more fundamental hurdles: Silicon vs Carbon To say that we just have to invent Superhuman Artificial General Intelligence (SAGI) to solve this problem is a pretty low intelletual achievement. By definition, SAGI will solve every problem by that token. So I will spend the second half of this essay exploring what it takes to create SAGI: Part II: How to make SAGI Route 1. Build a system that is a good enough at changing its own code to maximize performance in specific tas...

Feelings we won't be able to share with an Artificial Intelligence machine. Do you prefer an authentic or human-like AI? The name I give to AI in this article is Ainhoa (basque for virgin). Although Ainhoa could feel many of the stimuli that we, humans, feel through sensors, there are many feelings and emotions arising from the biological nature of our body that Ainhoa will never be able to experience first hand. The following could be programmed into Ainhoa, but people interacting with Ainhoa would spot the weirdness: Sexual Love Ainhoa does not reproduce sexually and has no real gender. Ainhoa could express sexual preference or sexual urge, but it would feel weird, since she has neither sex hormones nor genitals. In the movie 'Her', the main character freaks out when he hears "Ainhoa" breathe heavily, saying: "Why do you do that?! You don't even need oxygen!" Connected feelings such as attachment and jealousy are also tr...