• KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    That’s what I’ve always thought more or less, to have a chance you would need a method where mental processing starts to be shared in both, then transfers more and more to the inorganic platform till it’s 100% and the organic isn’t working anymore.

    • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
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      6 months ago

      The animated series Pantheon has a scene depicting exactly this, and it’s one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen.

      Edit: Here is the scene in question. It’s explained he has to be awake during the procedure because the remaining parts of his brain need to continue functioning in tandem with the parts that have already been scanned.