Could digital immortality really save you, or just create a convincing copy? We explore mind uploading, backups, identity, and whether survival means continuity… or redundancy.
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/ discord Credits: Digital Immortality — Backing Up the Human Soul Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:43 What Are We Actually Backing Up? 7:36 The Roads to Immortality: Uploading vs Gradualism 13:56 The Copy Problem: You’re Still in the Chair 16:38 Practical Identity: What Do You Actually Do About It? 19:12 Why We’d Build Backups Anyway 22:00 Oldest & Newest 23:12 Failure Modes, Uses, and the Meaning of Survival.
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Credits:
Digital Immortality — Backing Up the Human Soul.
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images.
Chapters.
0:00 Intro.
1:43 What Are We Actually Backing Up?
7:36 The Roads to Immortality: Uploading vs Gradualism.
13:56 The Copy Problem: You’re Still in the Chair.
16:38 Practical Identity: What Do You Actually Do About It?
19:12 Why We’d Build Backups Anyway.
22:00 Oldest & Newest.
23:12 Failure Modes, Uses, and the Meaning of Survival.