I find the idea of transferring a brain to a machine strange. When the technology becomes available, would many people really be clamoring for it? I feel like there would have to be something pretty terrible happening to cause widespread use, like a super-plague wiping out a huncha-buncha people or something. I think people enjoy romping and other things they can do with a human body too much to make the switch.
One thing I see as possible however is the use of the technology on the elderly. They would be shuffled in to a massive 'golden' array of computers in Florida. Of course then we'll have to visit them every once in a while, and it's just that the server room has a weird odor about it is all.
