QI works only if at least three main assumptions hold, but we don’t know for sure if they are true or not. One is very large size of the universe, the second is “unification of identical experiences” and the third one is that we could ignore the decline of measure corresponding to survival in MWI. So, QI validity is uncertain. Personally I think that it is more likely to be true than untrue.
It was just a toy example of rare, but stable world. If friendly AIs are dominating the measure, you most likely will be resurrected by friendly AI. Moreover, friendly AI may try to dominate total measure to increase human chances to be resurrected by it and it could try to rescue humans from evil AIs.
the second is “unification of identical experiences”
I disagree. Quantum Immortality can still exist without it; it’s only this supposition of the AI ‘rescuing you’ that requires that. Also, if AIs are trying to grab as many humans as possible, there’s no special reason to focus on dying ones. They could just simulate all sorts of brain states with memories and varied experiences, and then immediately shut down the simulation.
If we assume that we cannot apply self-locating belief to our experience of time (and assume AIs are indeed doing this), we should expect at every moment to enter an AI-dominated world. If we can apply self-locating beliefs, then the simulation would almost certainly be already shut down and we would be in that world. Since we aren’t, there’s no reason to suppose that these AIs exist or that they can ‘grab a share of our souls’ at all.
The question is, can we apply self-locating belief to our experience of time?
and the third one is that we could ignore the decline of measure corresponding to survival in MWI
How would measure affect this? If you’re forced to follow certain paths due to not existing in any others, then why does it matter how much measure it has?
How would measure affect this? If you’re forced to follow certain paths due to not existing in any others, then why does it matter how much measure it has?
Agree, but some don’t.
We could be (and probably are) in AI-created simulation, may be it is a “resurrectional simulation”. But if friendly AIs dominate, there will be no drastic changes.
To escape creating just random minds, the future AI has to create a simulation of the history of the whole humanity, and it is still running, not maintained. I explored the topic of the resurrectional simulations here: https://philpapers.org/rec/TURYOL
Why wouldn’t it create random minds if it’s trying to grab as much ‘human-space’ as possible?
EDIT: Why focus on the potential of quantum immortality at all? There’s no special reason to focus on what happens when we *die*, in terms of AI simulation.
QI works only if at least three main assumptions hold, but we don’t know for sure if they are true or not. One is very large size of the universe, the second is “unification of identical experiences” and the third one is that we could ignore the decline of measure corresponding to survival in MWI. So, QI validity is uncertain. Personally I think that it is more likely to be true than untrue.
It was just a toy example of rare, but stable world. If friendly AIs are dominating the measure, you most likely will be resurrected by friendly AI. Moreover, friendly AI may try to dominate total measure to increase human chances to be resurrected by it and it could try to rescue humans from evil AIs.
I disagree. Quantum Immortality can still exist without it; it’s only this supposition of the AI ‘rescuing you’ that requires that. Also, if AIs are trying to grab as many humans as possible, there’s no special reason to focus on dying ones. They could just simulate all sorts of brain states with memories and varied experiences, and then immediately shut down the simulation.
If we assume that we cannot apply self-locating belief to our experience of time (and assume AIs are indeed doing this), we should expect at every moment to enter an AI-dominated world. If we can apply self-locating beliefs, then the simulation would almost certainly be already shut down and we would be in that world. Since we aren’t, there’s no reason to suppose that these AIs exist or that they can ‘grab a share of our souls’ at all.
The question is, can we apply self-locating belief to our experience of time?
How would measure affect this? If you’re forced to follow certain paths due to not existing in any others, then why does it matter how much measure it has?
Agree, but some don’t.
We could be (and probably are) in AI-created simulation, may be it is a “resurrectional simulation”. But if friendly AIs dominate, there will be no drastic changes.
Why? Surely they’re trying to rescue us. Maintaining the simulation would take away resources from grabbing even more human-measure.
To escape creating just random minds, the future AI has to create a simulation of the history of the whole humanity, and it is still running, not maintained. I explored the topic of the resurrectional simulations here: https://philpapers.org/rec/TURYOL
Why wouldn’t it create random minds if it’s trying to grab as much ‘human-space’ as possible?
EDIT: Why focus on the potential of quantum immortality at all? There’s no special reason to focus on what happens when we *die*, in terms of AI simulation.