Can You Upload Your Mind? | Blaise Agüera y Arcas

*If your mind could be uploaded to a computer, would it still be you?* Blaise Agüera y Arcas argues that consciousness emerges from a distributed, self-modeling system rather than a single unified self, leading to a provocative view of digital minds and personal identity. 0:00 Why Theory of Mind Drives Intelligence 2:52 Deconstructing Consciousness 3:16 What Split-Brain Patients Reveal 5:56 The Myth of a Unified Self 7:37 Does Blindsight Challenge Consciousness? 9:41 Is Virtual Immortality Possible? 12:00 If You Copy Yourself, Which One Is You? *Blaise Agüera y Arcas* is a VP/Fellow at Google, where he is the CTO of Technology & Society, and the founder of Paradigms of Intelligence, an organization dedicated to fundamental AI research. He is the author of Who Are We Now?, and his research has included work on privacy-preserving machine learning, on-device AI, large language models, and human identity. *More from Blaise Agüera y Arcas on Closer To Truth:* * Closer To Truth: The Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_ * Agüera y Arcas’s Computational Functionalism : https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/agueera-y-arcas-s-computational-functionalism * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/blaise-aguera-y-arcas/ *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *Join the Community:* * Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/ * Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com * Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ * Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/ *Follow Us:* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/ * X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Enga