While the Cyberbody and brain in a vat eliminate all failures that can occur in the body below the head, some mortality risks remain in the head tissues due to intrinsic aging processes. To safeguard against aging, we can migrate our minds to a synthetic medium.
The concept of mind uploading through neural interfaces or connectome reconstruction struggles to withstand scrutiny. A more realistic approach involves developing brain-compatible synthetic tissues that can be seamlessly integrated with the biological brain. Over time, this gradual integration would enable the synthetic components to take over, eventually surpassing the biological brain in functionality and importance, effectively replacing it.
This is premised on the idea that the synthetic substrate preserves our conscious experience. This leads us to Objective X: conducting experiments to explore and validate theories of consciousness.
