People don’t seem to react naturally to ethical transgressions that are “abstract” enough. I would place harming simulated people in that bucket. It’s something I definitely could see people doing in the future given the right cultural attitude.
I respectfully disagree. The future I imagine contains humans who themselves are uploads or live in artificial/virtual worlds. They would understand very well that artificial/simulated beings are real.
People don’t seem to react naturally to ethical transgressions that are “abstract” enough. I would place harming simulated people in that bucket. It’s something I definitely could see people doing in the future given the right cultural attitude.
I respectfully disagree. The future I imagine contains humans who themselves are uploads or live in artificial/virtual worlds. They would understand very well that artificial/simulated beings are real.