In some senses of “utility”, your uploaded-self’s utility rankings of “create person A” and “create person B” are strongly dependent on his estimates of how much A’s life has utility for A, and B’s has for B. At least if you have a typical level of empathy. But then, this just reinforces your meta-method point.
However … dig deeper on empathy, and I think it will lead you to steven0461′s point.
In some senses of “utility”, your uploaded-self’s utility rankings of “create person A” and “create person B” are strongly dependent on his estimates of how much A’s life has utility for A, and B’s has for B. At least if you have a typical level of empathy. But then, this just reinforces your meta-method point.
However … dig deeper on empathy, and I think it will lead you to steven0461′s point.