How to Upload a Mind (In Three Not-So-Easy Steps)

Welcome to our tutorial on mind uploading. Follow all the steps, and you should be good to go.

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Writer: Allen Liu

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Chapters:

0:00 - The masterplan
1:30 - Scanning
4:25 - Interpretation
6:25 - Running the emulation
8:38 - Which one first?