The idea of uploading our minds to a computer sounds like the stuff of science fiction but it has also become more widespread among leading thinkers (Chalmers, 2024; Harari, 2015; Koene, 2012).

Uploading a person’s consciousness would involve saving videos, voice recordings, documents and photos of the person you wish to reimagine to your computer.

Today, Amreen, age 15, from New Delhi, India, asks: Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind uploading.

READER QUESTION: I am 59 years old, and in reasonably good health. Is it possible that I will live long enough to put my brain into a computer? — Richard Dixon.

Uploading this information by itself into a computer won’t accomplish much. That’s because each neuron constantly adjusts its functioning, and that has to be modeled, too.

Simply uploading this information to a computer won't get us very far, because each neuron is constantly adjusting its function, and we need to model those adjustments as well.' ...

To upload a photo from your computer to a supported website (say Flickr, Imgur, etc.), you need to open that particular website and sign in if login is required.

Why Won't My Computer Upload My Saved Documents?. Microsoft SkyDrive is a cloud storage service you can use to manually select files on your computer and upload them to the cloud.

Uploading this information by itself into a computer won’t accomplish much. That’s because each neuron constantly adjusts its functioning, and that has to be modeled, too.