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Welcome to the

Mind Uploading Home Page

Robots shall inherit the Earth; and they shall be Us...

The Mind Uploading home page is dedicated to the putative future process of copying one's mind from the natural substrate of the brain into an artificial one, manufactured by humans. This technology will radically alter society in many ways, as science fiction authors have begun to illustrate. Through this server, explore the science behind the science fiction!

1. Technology
   1. Assumption of Materialism
   2. Handy Neuroscience Facts
   3. Proposed Uploading Procedures
      • Microtome Procedure
      • Nanoreplacement Procedure
      • Moravec Procedure
      • Nondestructive Procedures
   4. Timelines
      • Past Developments
      • Current Technology
      • Future Developments
   5. Directions for Research
   6. Hardware for Uploading
2. Philosophy
   1. What Is Life?
   2. What Is a Person?
   3. Personal Identity: the Central Issue
      • see also the essay by Albert-Jan Brouwer
      • and check out the Personal Identity Forum
3. Policy
   1. Duplication
   2. Artificial Realities (Policy)
4. Effects
   1. Life After Uploading
      • Artificial Realities
      • Artificial Bodies
   2. Population & Demographics
   3. Ecology
   4. Brain Enhancements
   5. Business & Travel
   • see also Robin Hanson's Article, "If Uploads Come First"
5. References
6. Glossary

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MUHomePage.html . . . . . . . . 8/10/2006 . . . . . . . Joe Strout