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Humanity+ @San Francisco 2012 - http://2012.humanityplus.org - Project Nemaload - http://nemaload.davidad.org/
Transhumanists are familiar with the concept of "uploading": transferring a mind from a biological implementation to a digital one. To most people, uploading still sounds like science fiction, but technical capabilities are rapidly catching up. Given recent advances in optogenetics, optoelectronics, and computational modeling, it has become feasible to upload the simplest nervous system known to science, that of the nematode worm C. elegans. Building an "upload machine" for an engineered strain of this species is my current project. The project also has an explicit publicity mission, with three high-level goals. First: to encourage mainstream thinkers to take uploading seriously, and begin discussions regarding the ethical and societal implications of human uploading in advance of its arrival. Second: to challenge dominant paradigms in neuroscience and inspire other projects to build upon this foundation. Finally: to educate science enthusiasts about the mathematical, physical, and biological ideas that underlie real-world uploading. In this talk, I will give a brief overview of the project, then discuss my efforts to write on it in the service of these goals.

==Writing the Future==

Of special significance is the theme 'Writing the Future'. The aim is to encourage refined communication about the future in creative ways, and thereby promote serious attention to the opportunities and risks we are facing.