Ask Me Anything with Susan Schneider & Robert Lawrence Kuhn: Can You Upload Your Mind? (Part 3)

*Could copying your brain allow you to live forever?* Susan Schneider explains why conscious AI and mind uploading are separate questions, arguing that even a perfect digital copy may not preserve your first-person identity. 0:00 Can You Upload Your Mind? 2:24 Conscious AI vs. Virtual Immortality 7:51 The Problem of Personal Identity 14:49 Telepathy and Consciousness 20:20 Near-Death Experiences 25:51 Is Information Fundamental? 35:46 Can Science Explain Enlightenment? *Susan Schneider* is an American philosopher and artificial intelligence expert. She is the founding director of the Center for the Future of AI, Mind, & Society at Florida Atlantic University where she also holds the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professorship. She is also Co-Principal Investigator at the Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory (MPCR Lab) in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. Schneider has also held the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation at NASA and the Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. *More from Susan Schneider on Closer To Truth:* * AI & Transhumanism: Consciousness & Virtual Immortality: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLBykRIT50N-7muyq8MCPgP * Schneider and Bailey’s Entangled Superpsychism: https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/schneider-and-bailey-s-entangled-superpsychism * Virtual Immortality: https://loc.closertotruth.com/implications/virtual-immortality * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/susan-schneider/ *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/CloserToTru