Whole Brain Emulation: A Roadmap

Sandberg, A. & Bostrom, N. Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University (2008).

A technology-assessment roadmap breaks whole-brain emulation into challenges involving scanning, interpretation, modeling, implementation, and validation.

REPORTED FINDINGS

01The report provides a dependency map rather than a demonstration.

02It distinguishes several possible emulation scales and fidelity requirements.

03It surfaces major technical, philosophical, and governance questions.

LIMITS / CAUTION

Published in 2008, speculative, and not evidence that a human mind can be uploaded or that functional emulation would preserve consciousness or identity.