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A free mind cannot be digitally transferred

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Informáticaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Knowledge Reusinges
dc.contributor.authorGénova Fuster, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Pelayo, Valentín
dc.contributor.authorParra Corredor, Eugenio
dc.contributor.funderComunidad de Madrides
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)es
dc.contributor.funderUniversidad Carlos III de Madrides
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T09:20:09Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T09:20:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-27
dc.description.abstractThe digital transfer of the mind to a computer system (i.e., mind uploading) requires representing the mind as a finite sequence of bits (1s and 0s). The classic “stored-program computer” paradigm, in turn, implies the equivalence between program and data, so that the sequence of bits themselves can be interpreted as a program, which will be algorithmically executed in the receiving device. Now, according to a previous proof, on which this paper is based, a computational or algorithmic machine, however complex, cannot be free (in the sense of ‘self-determined’). Consequently, a finite sequence of bits cannot adequately represent a free mind and, therefore, a free mind cannot be digitally transferred, quod erat demonstrandum. The impossibility of making this transfer, as demonstrated here, should be a concern especially for those who wish to achieve it. Since we intend this to be a rigorous demonstration, we must give precise definitions and conditions of validity. The most important part of the paper is devoted to explaining the meaning and reasonableness of these definitions and conditions (for example that being truly free means being self-determined). Special attention is paid, also, to the philosophical implications of the demonstration. Finally, this thesis is distinguished from other closely related issues (such as other possible technological difficulties to “discretize” the mind; or, whether it is possible to transfer the mind from one material support to another one in a non-digital way).en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research has received funding from the RESTART project “Continuous Reverse Engineering for Software Product Lines/Ingeniería Inversa Continua para Líneas de Productos de Software” (ref. RTI2018-099915-B-I00, Convocatoria Proyectos de I + D Retos Investigación del Programa Estatal de I + D + i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad 2018); MOMEBIA project “Monitorización del Mercado Eléctrico Basada en técnicas de Inteligencia Artificial" (ref. RTC2019-007501-7, Convocatoria de Proyectos de I + D + i «Retos-Colaboración» 2019—Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación—Agencia Estatal de Investigación); it has also been supported by the Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the line of Excellence of University Professors (EPUC3M17), and in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation).en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationGénova, G., Moreno, V. & Parra, E. A free mind cannot be digitally transferred. AI & Soc (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01519-7en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01519-7
dc.identifier.issn0951-5666
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage6
dc.identifier.publicationtitleAI and Societyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/38100
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000032448
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. RTI2018-099915-B-I00es
dc.relation.projectIDComunidad de Madrid.es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. RTC2019-007501-7es
dc.relation.projectIDAT-2022es
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022en
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.ecienciaInformáticaes
dc.subject.othermind uploadingen
dc.subject.otherfree willen
dc.subject.otherinformation theoryen
dc.subject.otherdigital transferen
dc.subject.otherstored-program computeren
dc.subject.othersequence of bitsen
dc.titleA free mind cannot be digitally transferreden
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