Imprinting your brain onto circuitry in order to fully replicate your current state of consciousness, memories, personality, and thought processes. In other words, YOU are the AI. I personally am looking forward to having conversations with myself - logically, the point at which my brain is copied becomes a splitting point, and after said point the copy will be a separate person, with separate experiences. While it would be a weird feeling, I can't help but wonder if I would still feel like me, or would I become distant from myself, each copy of me regarding the others as being less important. I wonder if I would be able to handle talking to someone who thinks exactly the same way I do, but with unlimited access to the internet; or would I commit suicide out of a feeling of inadequacy relative to this new, more knowledgeable self?
Would I need entertainment still? Would games hold any draw for me if I am literally inside them?
On a similar note, would a "download" be available as well as an "upload?" Could I imprint myself onto circuitry, temporarily put my human self into "standby" while I play a game from a completely immersive point of view, then download the experience into my human brain and feel as if I'd actually been there? Would I decide to forgo the return to the physical world, deciding to live solely in the cyber universe? Would a computer virus be able to corrupt my brain patterns? If so, I would hope I should be smart enough to make regular backups before hopping into the cyberme, automatically recognizing corrupt data and restoring the last backup.
This line of thinking deserves its own thread, honestly. There's so much to discuss on the possibilities; let alone the hows, whys, and wherefores.
Lol, agreed...