Re: What kinds of people would leave the solar system?

SolomonW <SolomonW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
In article <g8cdj1$ppp$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, remus@xxxxxxxxx says...
SolomonW <SolomonW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, mechdan@xxxxxxxxx says...
My bet is that there will be maybe one of them, mostly symbolic
just to prove it can be done, while A.I.s and/or uploads do all of
the true expansion into the universe.
If a human is uploaded into a computer, he would consider himself human.
So? My dog considers himself human, but that doesn't mean it's true.

I doubt very much that your dog considers himself to being human. I
doubt that he has a feeling of self at all.

I'd argue that point based on his behavior and obvious sense of
entitlement...but that's a digression. The central question is, why should
a computer with human memories be treated as a human? It's not human,
not subject to human limitations, and I for one would not consider it a
continuation of the human race.

Human beings might spawn a new race to explore the stars, and some of
those beings may carry human memories, but that is not human exploration.

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