Whole Brain Emulation (WBE) has been championed as the most promising, well-defined route to achieving both human-level artificial intelligence and superintelligence. It has even been touted as a viable route to achieving immortality through brain uploading. WBE is not a fringe theory: the doctrine of Computationalism in philosophy of mind lends credence to the in-principle feasibility of the idea, and the standing of the Human Connectome Project makes it appear to be feasible in practice. Computationalism is a popular, independently plausible theory, and Connectomics a well-funded empirical research program, so optimism about WBE is understandable. However, this optimism may be misplaced. This article argues that WBE is, at best, no more compelling than any of the other far-flung routes to achieving superintelligence. Similarly skeptical conclusions are found regarding immortality. The essay concludes with some positive considerations in favor of the Biological Theory of consciousness, as well as morals about the limits of Computationalism in both artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind more generally.

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一切以及更多：全脑仿真的前景

全脑仿真 (WBE) 一直被认为是实现人类水平人工智能和超级智能的最有前途、最明确的途径。它甚至被吹捧为通过大脑上传实现永生的可行途径。WBE 不是边缘理论：心灵哲学中的计算主义学说证明了该想法在原则上的可行性，而人类连接组计划的地位使其在实践中似乎可行。计算主义是一种流行的、独立合理的理论，而连接组学是一个资金充足的实证研究项目，因此对 WBE 的乐观是可以理解的。然而，这种乐观可能是错误的。本文认为，WBE 充其量并不比其他任何实现超级智能的遥远途径更具吸引力。关于永生，也有类似的怀疑结论。本文最后以一些积极的考虑支持意识的生物学理论，以及关于计算主义在人工智能和更普遍的心灵哲学中的局限性的道德。