{"682926":{"#nid":"682926","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Mind Uploading to Computer: Billionaires Dream of Immortality","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EImagine your memories, way of thinking, and who you are being saved into a computer system. Not as a backup, but as a fully conscious version of yourself. Without a body, but with a mind. Sounds like science fiction? That\u2019s exactly what mind uploading to a computer is. It\u2019s an attempt to create a digital existence that can last forever.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn a virtual world where physics operates on different principles, a digital consciousness could eat virtual food, fly, travel to planets, or pass through walls.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELimitations? Only those imposed by technology and the current state of knowledge. Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/dobromir-rahnev\u0022\u003EDobromir Rahnev\u003C\/a\u003E from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E does not rule out this possibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cTheoretically, mind uploading is possible. However, we are currently very far from this goal,\u201d he writes in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-you-upload-a-human-mind-into-a-computer-a-neuroscientist-ponders-whats-possible-250764\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EImagine your memories, way of thinking, and who you are being saved into a computer system. Not as a backup, but as a fully conscious version of yourself. Without a body, but with a mind. Sounds like science fiction? That\u2019s exactly what mind uploading to a computer is. It\u2019s an attempt to create a digital existence that can last forever.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn a virtual world where physics operates on different principles, a digital consciousness could eat virtual food, fly, travel to planets, or pass through walls.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELimitations? Only those imposed by technology and the current state of knowledge. Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/dobromir-rahnev\u0022\u003EDobromir Rahnev\u003C\/a\u003E from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E does not rule out this possibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cTheoretically, mind uploading is possible. However, we are currently very far from this goal,\u201d he writes in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-you-upload-a-human-mind-into-a-computer-a-neuroscientist-ponders-whats-possible-250764\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-06-27 15:21:43","changed_gmt":"2025-06-30 17:44:33","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Holistic News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/mind_uploading_to_computer_billionaires_dream-_of_immortality\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"194634","name":"mind uploading"},{"id":"192253","name":"cos-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}