Question: Do you see a path for Optimus [the robot] to have consciousness downloaded to it?
Elon: You mean human consciousness? Yes.
It's not like immediate, but if you say, down the road, like, would you be able to, say, with a neural link have a snapshot of or at least an approximate snapshot of somebody's mind and then upload that approximate snapshot to an Optimus body? I think that at some point that technology becomes possible and it's probably less than 20 years.
But of course, you won't quite be the same. It would be a little different because you'll be in a robot body and the mental snapshot will not be precise. It'll probably be pretty close but not exactly the same.
On the other hand, you know, are you the same person that you were 5 years ago? Nope. I mean, a lot of things have changed. So, at some point if you want to be uploaded to a robot body, my guess is that becomes possible.