When will Humans be able to Upload their Brain to a Computer?

A team at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle , US , mapped the 3D structure of all the neurons (brain cells) comprised in one cubic millimetre of the brain of a mouse.

To do this, their automated microscopes had to collect 100 million images of 25,000 slices of the minuscule sample continuously over several months .

The same technique would have to be applied to your brain, because only very coarse information can be retrieved from brain scans.

We have almost 100 billion neurons at the age of 20 , and with such an attrition rate, we have merely lost 2-3% of our neurons by the.

age of 80 .

Attempting the storage of your mind too early would miss a lot of memories and experiences that would have defined you later.

But then, attempting the transfer to a computer too late would run the risk of storing a mind with dementia, one that doesn’t quite “work” as well.

A living mind receives input from the world through the senses.

It is attached to a body that feels based on physical sensations.

The mind image transferred to a computer would therefore not be any more alive than the computer hosting it.