In the case of broken robot we need two conditions for magic by forgetting:
there are 100 robots and only one is broken and all of them are type-copies of each other.
each robot enters into blank state of mind naturally in some moment, like sleep or reboot.
In that case, after robot enters the blank state of mind it has equal chances to be any of robots and this dilutes its chances to have the damaged body after awakening.
For you toy example—at first approximation, any of which can recognize itself as avturchin (self-recognition identity criteria).
True. But for that you need there to exist another mind almost identical to yours except for that one thing.
In the question “how much of my memories can I delete while retaining my thread of subjective experience?” I don’t expect there to be an objective answer.
In the case of broken robot we need two conditions for magic by forgetting:
there are 100 robots and only one is broken and all of them are type-copies of each other.
each robot enters into blank state of mind naturally in some moment, like sleep or reboot.
In that case, after robot enters the blank state of mind it has equal chances to be any of robots and this dilutes its chances to have the damaged body after awakening.
For you toy example—at first approximation, any of which can recognize itself as avturchin (self-recognition identity criteria).
The point is, if all the robots are a true blank state, then none of them is you. Because your entire personality has just been forgotten.
I can forget one particular thing, but preserve most of my selfidentification information
True. But for that you need there to exist another mind almost identical to yours except for that one thing.
In the question “how much of my memories can I delete while retaining my thread of subjective experience?” I don’t expect there to be an objective answer.