What Science Says About... Digital Immortality: The Evidence-First Guide to the Unexplained (What Science Says About... Machine Intelligence - Volume 5) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798188361105

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Could a copy of you ever be you — or just a very convincing goodbye?

Digital immortality promises continuity beyond death: mind uploading, AI replicas trained on your data, brains preserved for future revival. It sounds like science fiction arriving early, and researchers are now testing it seriously.

What they've found complicates the pitch. Whole-brain emulation faces a barrier far harder than mapping neurons. Chatbots trained on the deceased trigger a documented illusion of presence that even experts aren't immune to. And philosophers argue a "successful" copy may resolve nothing about survival at all.

Inside, you'll discover:
– Why mapping a brain's wiring doesn't explain what it does
– The psychological reason grief-bots feel unsettlingly real
– What philosophy says a "successful" mind copy would actually prove

Part of the What Science Says About... series, which examines humanity's biggest questions through rigorous, evidence-based inquiry.

Read on to find out what the evidence really shows.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798188361105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171