Nick, I’m now sitting here being inappropriately amused at the idea of Hal Finney as Dark Lord of the Matrix.
Eliezer, thanks for responding to that. I’m never sure how much to bring up this sort of morbid stuff. I agree as to what the question is.
Also, steven points out for the benefit of altruists that if it’s not you who’s tortured in the future dystopia, the same resources will probably be used to create and torture someone else.
It was Vladimir who pointed that out, I just said it doesn’t apply to egoists. I actually don’t agree that it applies to altruists either; presumably most anything that cared that much about torturing newly created people would also use cryonauts for raw materials. Also, maybe there are “people who are still alive” considerations.
Nick, I’m now sitting here being inappropriately amused at the idea of Hal Finney as Dark Lord of the Matrix.
Eliezer, thanks for responding to that. I’m never sure how much to bring up this sort of morbid stuff. I agree as to what the question is.
Also, steven points out for the benefit of altruists that if it’s not you who’s tortured in the future dystopia, the same resources will probably be used to create and torture someone else.
It was Vladimir who pointed that out, I just said it doesn’t apply to egoists. I actually don’t agree that it applies to altruists either; presumably most anything that cared that much about torturing newly created people would also use cryonauts for raw materials. Also, maybe there are “people who are still alive” considerations.