Brain Preservation Foundation: This organization advocates for and validates techniques to preserve the brain’s structure at death, crucial for future uploading. It offered prizes for methods preserving the connectome. Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC), winning the Large Mammal Prize, uses chemical fixation and freezing to maintain synaptic details for centuries. The premise is that if the connectome is preserved, memories and identity could be scanned and uploaded later. While controversial and not yet proven for humans, this research addresses the "storage" problem of uploading. It bridges cryonics and digital neuroscience, arguing that structural fidelity is key to preserving the self for potential future revival via simulation.
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