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# Mind uploading via gradual replacement

unobserved Proposed in the literature. Nobody has observed one.

Replacing neurons one by one with functionally identical artificial parts.

Replacing neurons one by one with functionally identical artificial parts. Chalmers discusses this in his analysis of the singularity. He uses a fading-qualia argument to say that functional organisation suffices for consciousness. That claim is contested. Unobserved.

In the trees

[Mind uploading · Simulations](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/trees/simulations?n=f-upload)[The choice to stay · Becoming synthetic](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/trees/synthetic?n=p-choice)

## Sources

* Chalmers DJ (2010) The Singularity: a philosophical analysis. J Conscious Stud 17(9-10):7-65.