I like to let my mind explore whatever ideas it wants to, and it has chosen to think about the simulation hypothesis often. One possible world, which in my view was already improbable, is one where i’m simulated and ‘my’ life is akin to an art piece anyone can sign up to experience. it fits a narrative pretty well: from child abuse, to being autistic and constantly misunderstood, [...] - the narrative would be, “some sort of journey full of suffering which is ‘meaningful’ to the simulators, because it’s all to the end of some grand goal,” whether that “grand goal” be my past oldworld activism (before i learned about ASI and alignment) or alignment itself.
well, yesterday, i mostly ruled out that specific possibility. how? it became clear to me. the things that happened that day were too far. too much to be art. this is torture. meaningless torture. if this is a simulation, then something is wrong in the simulating universe too.
(content warning: discusses personal suffering)
I like to let my mind explore whatever ideas it wants to, and it has chosen to think about the simulation hypothesis often. One possible world, which in my view was already improbable, is one where i’m simulated and ‘my’ life is akin to an art piece anyone can sign up to experience. it fits a narrative pretty well: from child abuse, to being autistic and constantly misunderstood, [...] - the narrative would be, “some sort of journey full of suffering which is ‘meaningful’ to the simulators, because it’s all to the end of some grand goal,” whether that “grand goal” be my past oldworld activism (before i learned about ASI and alignment) or alignment itself.
well, yesterday, i mostly ruled out that specific possibility. how? it became clear to me. the things that happened that day were too far. too much to be art. this is torture. meaningless torture. if this is a simulation, then something is wrong in the simulating universe too.