#1 is a double-edged sword; it might help avoid #3 and #4 but might also avoid #2 (immortality). Although x-risk might be lower, billions will still suffer and die (assuming human-created medicine doesn’t progress fast enough) in a present and future similar to #3. OTOH, future humanity might run resurrection sims to “rescue” us for our current #3 situation. However, I don’t know if these sims are even possible for technical and philosophical reasons. From a self-preservation perspective, whether #1 is good or bad overall is not at all clear to me.
From a selfish perspective, sure let’s shoot for immortality in utopia. From a selfless perspective, I think it’s hard to argue that the earth should be destroyed just so that the people alive today can experience utopia, especially if we think that utopia will come eventually if we can be patient for a generation or two.
#1 is a double-edged sword; it might help avoid #3 and #4 but might also avoid #2 (immortality). Although x-risk might be lower, billions will still suffer and die (assuming human-created medicine doesn’t progress fast enough) in a present and future similar to #3. OTOH, future humanity might run resurrection sims to “rescue” us for our current #3 situation. However, I don’t know if these sims are even possible for technical and philosophical reasons. From a self-preservation perspective, whether #1 is good or bad overall is not at all clear to me.
From a selfish perspective, sure let’s shoot for immortality in utopia. From a selfless perspective, I think it’s hard to argue that the earth should be destroyed just so that the people alive today can experience utopia, especially if we think that utopia will come eventually if we can be patient for a generation or two.