"You're speaking of whole brain emulation. That's something different than myself or a program modeled after an existing person." Connor tilted his head towards Thor, mirroring the gesture with the glass in a way. "That's a popular, if hypothetical, concept where I'm from, but most contemporary philosophers wouldn't ascribe the same personhood to a digitized consciousness as they would the original human. Natural consciousness should be understood as a state-dependent property of a biological system. ...That being said, there have been unregulated attempts by humans to upload their consciousness."

A beat.

"100% of attempts were unsuccessful and resulted in death soon after."