Human consciousness is irrevocably integrated in our organic components. People have always thought of themselves according to the leading technological systems of the day, and with us that's computers - but the mind isn't a program that can be copied out onto upgraded hardware. It's an emergent effect of a hundred billion neurons, uncountable connections, a bath of chemicals and all sorts of input from our body. Besides, the very word 'copy' shows that even if you could do it, you wouldn't benefit - since the copy can exist at the same time, it has to be someone else. This is usually where discussions of uploading end, but who cares if it isn't us?"
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