Alpha-level simulation

An alpha-level simulation was a digitised version of a scanned human mind, perfectly replicating its brain structure. It was fully capable of remembering past experiences, learning, adapting, and was fully self-aware.

Later technologies allowed individuals to survive the scanning process, leaving essentially two copies of the same person, one physical and one digital.

RS Glossary entry

Alpha-level: An evolving, interactive simulation containing an exact (or near perfect) representation of the detailed brain structure of a particular subject. Turing compliant.
- description from the official RS glossary