Have you thought about that you might be confused, or might have some kind of status-quo bias?
Even though it’s too strong to say that I would never choose the cooler existence, for what I understand of my present preferences, I’m not tempted at all about living in a simulation. By saying that I mean:
I’m aware there’s no difference between reality and a perfect simulation;
I don’t need particular complexity in my life, and most importantly, I don’t need more complexity than I have now;
I would choose simulation if it was a matter of survival, e.g. a gamma burst approaching Earth
if I were granted in a eutopia the state of happiness that I have in the present life, forever, that would be very ok for me.
(Not that I have a problem with your choice. I think a utopia should totally allow people to do things I find stupid, as long as it doesn’t cause any other harm.)
That is very cool from you: I promise that if I were to code a friendly AI, I will let it have people upload in a cooler existence, as long as they don’t cause any harm to the ‘meatballs’ ;)
Even though it’s too strong to say that I would never choose the cooler existence, for what I understand of my present preferences, I’m not tempted at all about living in a simulation. By saying that I mean:
I’m aware there’s no difference between reality and a perfect simulation;
I don’t need particular complexity in my life, and most importantly, I don’t need more complexity than I have now;
I would choose simulation if it was a matter of survival, e.g. a gamma burst approaching Earth
if I were granted in a eutopia the state of happiness that I have in the present life, forever, that would be very ok for me.
That is very cool from you: I promise that if I were to code a friendly AI, I will let it have people upload in a cooler existence, as long as they don’t cause any harm to the ‘meatballs’ ;)