I’ve been watching the TV series Pantheon and I really like it, but this tiny aspect is something I can’t quite grasp. So these people have their minds uploaded to the cloud - and they make a point to state that they’re still “them” - alive, real, authentic. But would it really be like that? The process is brain mapping, so essentially they just make a perfect clone of your brain/mind and run it digitally. But it’s still just a simulation. A perfect clone is still just a clone. The original person is gone. I don’t see the “continuity” aspect.
I suppose that’s possible. I’m just going with the breaks we can actually verify with scientific evidence. What is known is that consciousness ceases for prolonged periods during the night. “You,” your consciousness, completely ceases in these periods, just like being put under anesthesia. You’re not awake. You’re not dreaming. You’re just gone.