No, sorry, that was what I meant to imply by “holodeck”.
As for the actual mechanics of it, maybe it pulls data from parallel universes, maybe they’re the puppets of a (sentient) AI (zombie-master hypothesis) or maybe consciousness is easier to fake than you might expect, so they run sophisticated chatbots certified by a nonperson predicate. Damned if I know.
It’s basically an experience machine / catgirl volcano lair, is the idea. Only, y’know, icky.
In that case, it doesn’t squick me much more if they’re children than if they’re adults. But then again, few of the examples in section “Emotion and Deontological Judgments” in this post squick me much, so I may be the wrong person to ask.
No, sorry, that was what I meant to imply by “holodeck”.
As for the actual mechanics of it, maybe it pulls data from parallel universes, maybe they’re the puppets of a (sentient) AI (zombie-master hypothesis) or maybe consciousness is easier to fake than you might expect, so they run sophisticated chatbots certified by a nonperson predicate. Damned if I know.
It’s basically an experience machine / catgirl volcano lair, is the idea. Only, y’know, icky.
In that case, it doesn’t squick me much more if they’re children than if they’re adults. But then again, few of the examples in section “Emotion and Deontological Judgments” in this post squick me much, so I may be the wrong person to ask.