Turing Machines

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by The Man in Black

Does the physical brain give rise to the mind, or does the mind operate on a completely different level?

The mind is just software, much like an OS. It can be transferred to other hardware if the profile is the same or it's within its capability to have a degree of abstraction for different ones. For that reason, emulation is also possible - reproduce the basic neural functions and with enough computing resources, you have something equal to or greater than a biological brain.