Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "The Future of Mind Uploading Technology (with Nick Bostrom and Randal A. Koene)" video.

  1. It should be pretty simple to simulate suitable default sensory input. For example, simulate the feeling of sitting in a chair ina room with light grey walls and smooth lighting – a generic experience would be enough to satisfy the mammalian enough to avoid going insane. In addition, if you do the scanning process willingly, you would be already thinking about it, which makes it easier to accept the results. The interesting part is that one version of your consciousness will go directly from the scanning moment to experiencing the fully digital simulation. The simulated sensory input for the simulated brain should probably start from generic scanning experience and continue from there. The interesting part is to launch multiple copies of yourself in the simulation and give each one different objective in digital life. For example, one copy of you could work forever to try to generate sustainable fusion power, another copy of you could focus on becoming a poet. Neither copy would never require a biological body to be successful in the objective they're pursuing!
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