Editing Transhuman Space (section)

==Uploading==
While the workings of the human mind are not still fully understood, computers are now powerful enough to simulate every molecule of a living brain in real time, allowing people to be recreated in software. These are known as Ghost Infomorphs, and can only be created by destroying the brain in question. A less impressive way to recreate a person is to copy a crude facsimile of their memories onto an AI; this is known as a Shadow. Finally, an Eidolon is similar to a Shadow but is created with only biographical data such as can be recovered from books - for example, if someone wanted to talk to Jesus or Elvis Presley they could recreate them as an Eidolon. Infomorphs have different rights in different jurisdictions; in some they are citizens, in others abominations, and in others slaves. Different types of infomorphs may also have different rights - some jurisdictions consider SAIs to be wonderful but Ghosts an abomination, while others distrust machine intelligence but are okay with Ghosts.