I note a distributional shift issue, in that the concept of a single, continuous you only exists due to limitations of biology, and once digital uploads can happen, the concept of personality can get very weird indeed. The real question can be, does it matter then? Well, that’s a question that won’t be solved by philosophers.
So the real thing that is a lesson is be wary of distributional shift mucking up your consciousness.
I’m also biting the bullet and saying that this is probably what we should aim for, barring pivotal acts because I see AGI development as mostly inevitable, and there are far worse outcomes than this.
I’m also biting the bullet and saying that this is probably what we should aim for, barring pivotal acts because I see AGI development as mostly inevitable, and there are far worse outcomes than this.
Dead is dead, whether due to AGI or due to a sufficient percentage of smart people convincing themselves that destructive uploading is good enough and continuity is a philosophical question that doesn’t matter.
I note a distributional shift issue, in that the concept of a single, continuous you only exists due to limitations of biology, and once digital uploads can happen, the concept of personality can get very weird indeed. The real question can be, does it matter then? Well, that’s a question that won’t be solved by philosophers.
So the real thing that is a lesson is be wary of distributional shift mucking up your consciousness.
I’m also biting the bullet and saying that this is probably what we should aim for, barring pivotal acts because I see AGI development as mostly inevitable, and there are far worse outcomes than this.
Dead is dead, whether due to AGI or due to a sufficient percentage of smart people convincing themselves that destructive uploading is good enough and continuity is a philosophical question that doesn’t matter.