Archiving as data (to be reconstructed as needed) seems cheaper and more agreeable with whatever use is implied for humanity in this scenario. Similarly with allowing humans to have a nice civilization, if humanity remaining alive uninterrupted is a consideration.
First of all, I basically agree with you. It seems to me that in scenarios where we are preserved, preservation is likely to be painless and most likely just not experienced by those being preserved.
But, my confidence that this is the case is not that high. As a general comment, I do get concerned that a fair amount of pushback on the likelihood of s-risk scenarios is based on what “seems” likely.
I usually don’t disagree on what “seems” likely, but it is difficult for me to know if “seems” means a confidence level of 60%, or 99%.
Archiving as data (to be reconstructed as needed) seems cheaper and more agreeable with whatever use is implied for humanity in this scenario. Similarly with allowing humans to have a nice civilization, if humanity remaining alive uninterrupted is a consideration.
First of all, I basically agree with you. It seems to me that in scenarios where we are preserved, preservation is likely to be painless and most likely just not experienced by those being preserved.
But, my confidence that this is the case is not that high. As a general comment, I do get concerned that a fair amount of pushback on the likelihood of s-risk scenarios is based on what “seems” likely.
I usually don’t disagree on what “seems” likely, but it is difficult for me to know if “seems” means a confidence level of 60%, or 99%.