Why is this a 19? I thought this was a restatement of the “official LW position”. Or would people argue that an uploaded kokotajlod wouldn’t be the real kokotajlod?
I guess if you read it loosely. I think the official LW position would be (correct me if I am wrong) an em of kokotajlod that has high enough fidelity to replicate his decision making process is him; what he is is a particular set of hueristics, instincts, etc, that accompany his body but could theoretically exist outside it.
That does match his statement if one reads it as refering to something more like a platonic concept than a spiritual essence.
I think the “official LW position” is more reductionist than my Irrationality Game statement.
Even if people think that I am a computation, they probably don’t think I’m some sort of Platonic Form, but rather that I’m just a certain type of physical object that “implements” a computation.
That’s my understanding of typical LW thought, at any rate. Which is why I chose the statement that I did. :)
Why is this a 19? I thought this was a restatement of the “official LW position”. Or would people argue that an uploaded kokotajlod wouldn’t be the real kokotajlod?
I guess if you read it loosely. I think the official LW position would be (correct me if I am wrong) an em of kokotajlod that has high enough fidelity to replicate his decision making process is him; what he is is a particular set of hueristics, instincts, etc, that accompany his body but could theoretically exist outside it. That does match his statement if one reads it as refering to something more like a platonic concept than a spiritual essence.
I think the “official LW position” is more reductionist than my Irrationality Game statement.
Even if people think that I am a computation, they probably don’t think I’m some sort of Platonic Form, but rather that I’m just a certain type of physical object that “implements” a computation.
That’s my understanding of typical LW thought, at any rate. Which is why I chose the statement that I did. :)