Every time I watch Altered Carbon all I can think about is if you could upload your brain into a computer, is there any guarantee that's still you? The end result would be a replica of your brain with all your memories and personality, but is it your consciousness?
Something like a distributed consciousness. When we define what conscious is, who's to say it has to be embodied in a singular form that understands its totality? Do we even have that today with our singular bodies(sleeves)?