Safer for who? I am not particularly convinced that a whole-brain emulation wouldn’t still be a human being, even if under alience circumstances to those of us alive today.
Fair enough. But then, I am of the opinion that so long as the cultural/psychological inheritor of humanity can itself be reliably deemed “human”, I’m not much concerned about what happens to meatspace humanity—at least, as compared to other forms of concerns. Would it suck for me to be converted to computronium by our evil WBE overlords? Sure. But at least those overlords would be human.
I’m not much concerned about what happens to meatspace humanity—at least, as compared to other forms of concerns. Would it suck for me to be converted to computronium by our evil WBE overlords? Sure. But at least those overlords would be human.
He may be a murderous despot, but he’s your murderous despot, eh?
Safer for who? I am not particularly convinced that a whole-brain emulation wouldn’t still be a human being, even if under alience circumstances to those of us alive today.
Safer for everyone else. Humans aren’t Friendly.
Fair enough. But then, I am of the opinion that so long as the cultural/psychological inheritor of humanity can itself be reliably deemed “human”, I’m not much concerned about what happens to meatspace humanity—at least, as compared to other forms of concerns. Would it suck for me to be converted to computronium by our evil WBE overlords? Sure. But at least those overlords would be human.
He may be a murderous despot, but he’s your murderous despot, eh?
I’m a sentimental guy.