Transhumanism

Question 1

Transhumanism

Answer 1

Avoid death by uploading ourselves to computers - mental infro in your brain is read by scanning device and converted into electronic digital format - info transferred to electric pc.

Question 2

Central dogma (3)

Answer 2

Presupposes 3 claims: 1) genuine ai is possible - have all mental properties and have genuine intelligence 2) metaphysically possible for human person to become computer person - able to actually move into pc 3) tech possible where can create computer people AND make ourselves into computer people - tech assumption

Question 3

Personal identity

Answer 3

Computer has to be psychologically continuous with you - has mental properties you had when first scanned

Question 4

The branching problem (2)

Answer 4

Person could be uploaded into two computers if can be uploaded into one - there would be two of you- but can’t be possible if only one human person 2)if can’t double upload, can’t single upload either

Question 5

Duplication problem (2)

Answer 5

One group wanted original Wittgenstein as he was in 1951 and one wants the replica 2) same process so how would they know which was which?

Question 6

Deeper problem (3)

Answer 6

Transhumanism implies you could move from one place to another by a mere transfer of info - could be sent as a text as could a tree or rock 2) but rock can’t as is a wholly material thing - suggest you weren’t an organism as have properties an organism does not have 3) must be immaterial but brain is not

Question 7

Transhumanism work?

Answer 7

No.