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*If your mind were uploaded into a computer, would you still exist?*
Arnold Zuboff argues that if consciousness can be functionally reproduced, then an uploaded mind could be conscious—and under universalism, it could be just as much you as any other continuation of experience.
0:00 Universalism, AI, and Immortality
1:59 Consciousness and Functionalism
4:01 Can Uploaded Minds Be You?
6:32 Universalism and Personal Identity
8:48 Why Uploading May Not Matter
*Arnold Zuboff* is an American philosopher known for his work on personal identity, consciousness, and probability. He took his PhD at Princeton in 2009 under Thomas Nagel and spent most of his academic career at University College London.
Arnold Zuboff's _Finding Myself: Beyond the False Boundaries of Personal Identity:_ pdcnet.org/pdc/BVDB.nsf/item?openform&product=publications&item=zuboff
*More from Arnold Zuboff on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Understanding Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJKWEUWv9X56y_ut3xwFDv1
* Zuboff’s Universalism: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/zuboff-s-universalism
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/arnold-zuboff
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*If your mind were uploaded into a computer, would you still exist?*
Arnold Zuboff argues that if consciousness can be functionally reproduced, then an uploaded mind could be conscious—and under universalism, it could be just as much you as any other continuation of experience.
0:00 Universalism, AI, and Immortality
1:59 Consciousness and Functionalism
4:01 Can Uploaded Minds Be You?
6:32 Universalism and Personal Identity
8:48 Why Uploading May Not Matter
*Arnold Zuboff* is an American philosopher known for his work on personal identity, consciousness, and probability. He took his PhD at Princeton in 2009 under Thomas Nagel and spent most of his academic career at University College London.
Arnold Zuboff's _Finding Myself: Beyond the False Boundaries of Personal Identity:_ pdcnet.org/pdc/BVDB.nsf/item?openform&product=publications&item=zuboff
*More from Arnold Zuboff on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Understanding Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJKWEUWv9X56y_ut3xwFDv1
* Zuboff’s Universalism: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/zuboff-s-universalism
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/arnold-zuboff
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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* X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth
Closer To Truth, created and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, presents the world's greatest thinkers exploring humanity's deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence and sentience. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #ArnoldZuboff #MindUploading #PersonalIdentity
