In "Look to windward" by Iain M. Banks they download the brain of a dead general into a chip inside a dudes head. And they could both share the body and it's sences. They weren't human though.
: It's worse than that.. she gets downloaded into a credit card sized device. I
: can't remember what I read that in though.. hmmm..
: But yeah, the point was made that planet nets are needed for rampant growth,
: but a stable AI shouldn't need that much. And in addition, the player's
: suit/cyborg parts are top of the line tech. And if it's fully integrated,
: you may end up sharing your brain with Cortana, and she couldn't ask for
: better hardware to sit on.
