Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Discussion

I think he means transferring one's current conscience from one's brain to another medium, not a coded recreation of it.

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I got that. My question is, is it really, actually his consciousness or just a digital version of it? How would we know for sure? Does he really have self awareness or is it an AI generated construct of himself? Even if it is still his consciousness, is he still in control of it?