I disagree with the premise that a simulation containing conscious beings would be created for mere reasons of information gathering. It wouldn’t be ethical.
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.
In this premise, The “Creator” of our simulation seems to not share our same ethical values.
This can be supported by the premises that: A) A SuperIntellgence can (easily) create simulations. B) It is (really) hard to align a SuperIntelligence with our ethical values. C) There is suffering in our reality.
I disagree with the premise that a simulation containing conscious beings would be created for mere reasons of information gathering. It wouldn’t be ethical.
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.
In this premise, The “Creator” of our simulation seems to not share our same ethical values.
This can be supported by the premises that:
A) A SuperIntellgence can (easily) create simulations.
B) It is (really) hard to align a SuperIntelligence with our ethical values.
C) There is suffering in our reality.
Which seem to have a high probability.