I’m reminded of a quote I love from an apocrypha that goes roughly like this:
Q: How long will suffering rule over humans?
A: As long as women bear children.
Also, there’s the possibility you are already in a digital resurrection of humanity, and thus, if you are worried about s-risks for AI, death wouldn’t necessarily be an escape but an acceleration. So the wisest option would be maximizing your time when suffering is low as inescapable eternal torture could be just around the corner when these precious moments pass you by (and you wouldn’t want to waste them by stressing about tomorrow during the limited number of todays you have).
But on an individualized basis, even if AI weren’t a concern, everyone faces significant s-risks towards end of life. An accident could put any person into a situation where unless they have the proper directives they could spend years suffering well beyond most people’s expectations. So if extended suffering is a concern, do look into that paperwork (the doctors I know cry most not about the healthy that get sick but the unhealthy kept alive by well meaning but misguided family).
I would argue that there’s very, very low chances of an original human capably being kept meaningfully alive to torture for eternity though. And there’s a degree of delusion of grandeur that an average person would have the insane resources necessary to extend life indefinitely spent on them just to torture them.
There’s probably better things to worry about, and even then there’s probably better things to do than worry with the limited time you do have in a non-eternal existence.
I’m reminded of a quote I love from an apocrypha that goes roughly like this:
Q: How long will suffering rule over humans?
A: As long as women bear children.
Also, there’s the possibility you are already in a digital resurrection of humanity, and thus, if you are worried about s-risks for AI, death wouldn’t necessarily be an escape but an acceleration. So the wisest option would be maximizing your time when suffering is low as inescapable eternal torture could be just around the corner when these precious moments pass you by (and you wouldn’t want to waste them by stressing about tomorrow during the limited number of todays you have).
But on an individualized basis, even if AI weren’t a concern, everyone faces significant s-risks towards end of life. An accident could put any person into a situation where unless they have the proper directives they could spend years suffering well beyond most people’s expectations. So if extended suffering is a concern, do look into that paperwork (the doctors I know cry most not about the healthy that get sick but the unhealthy kept alive by well meaning but misguided family).
I would argue that there’s very, very low chances of an original human capably being kept meaningfully alive to torture for eternity though. And there’s a degree of delusion of grandeur that an average person would have the insane resources necessary to extend life indefinitely spent on them just to torture them.
There’s probably better things to worry about, and even then there’s probably better things to do than worry with the limited time you do have in a non-eternal existence.