Summary
The system-information approach to the mind uploading process was developed in the 80s by inter disciplinary group of scientists in Bulgaria united in an NGO. The ideas of this approach are based on a certain materialistic solution to the mind-body problem. Central to this solution are the idea of general systems theory (L. von Bertalanffy) and its specific developments: the concept of “system” (P. K. Anokhin) in general theory of functional systems and the concept of “systems of information ” (V. I. Kremyansky).
The process of the mind uploading to a new carrier is understood not as reproduction, but as moving (or migration) of a system of information of the psyche (the inf of the psyche), from one material carrier to another, preserving its authenticity and uniqueness. Such a possibility exists if the psyche exists objectively, as a hyperstructure of the immediate carrier system – the central nervous system. It is assumed that technologically, the resettlement process can be carried out by creating a specific bridge – an artificial commissure between the two brains – donor and receiver, carrying out their joint functioning as a whole. The artificial commissure could be built similarly to the natural cerebral commissure (corpus calosum). The relocation procedure is conditionally referred to as “artificial commissure”. The mind uploading through the “artificial commissure” procedure naturally solves the problem of personal identity, as the system of the psyche moves without disturbing its integrity and dynamics. The procedure is feasible with the capabilities of today’s technology. The system-information approach to the mind uploading and the general view it gives allow us to build a general scientific theory of the process on the fundamental concepts of “preservation-change”. The mind uploading in this framework seems like over-preservation, which has no limits and overcomes any competition – a well-defined singularity. And the nature of this singularity allows a model of the universe to be built.
The system-information approach to the mind uploading process was developed in the 80s by inter disciplinary group of scientists in Bulgaria united in an NGO. The ideas of this approach are based on a certain materialistic solution to the mind-body problem. Central to this solution are the idea of general systems theory (L. von Bertalanffy) and its specific developments: the concept of “system” (P. K. Anokhin) in general theory of functional systems and the concept of “systems of information ” (V. I. Kremyansky). The process of the mind uploading to a new carrier is understood not as reproduction, but as moving (or migration) of a system of information of the psyche (the inf of the psyche), from one material carrier to another, preserving its authenticity and uniqueness. Such a possibility exists if the psyche exists objectively, as a hyperstructure of the immediate carrier system – the central nervous system. It is assumed that technologically, the resettlement process can be carried out by creating a specific bridge – an artificial commissure between the two brains – donor and receiver, carrying out their joint functioning as a whole. The artificial commissure could be built similarly to the natural cerebral commissure (corpus calosum). The relocation procedure is conditionally referred to as “artificial commissure”. The mind uploading through the “artificial commissure” procedure naturally solves the problem of personal identity, as the system of the psyche moves without disturbing its integrity and dynamics. The procedure is feasible with the capabilities of today’s technology. The system-information approach to the mind uploading and the general view it gives allow us to build a general scientific theory of the process on the fundamental concepts of “preservation-change”. The mind uploading in this framework seems like over-preservation, which has no limits and overcomes any competition – a well-defined singularity. And the nature of this singularity allows a model of the universe to be built.
