A few days, as you forgot to include medication. Barring that issue, I think the lack of internet access and no materials is killer. My local library kind of sucks in terms of stimulating materials. So maybe a few weeks? A month or two, at most. If I had my latpop with me, but without internet access, then maybe a year or two. If I had some kind of magical internet access allowing me to interface with stuff like ChatGPT, then maybe a few more years, as I could probably cook up a decent chatbot to meet some socialization needs. I very much doubt I could spend more than ten years without my values drifting off.
Probably 3-5 years then. I’d use it to get a stronger foundation in low level programming skills, math and physics. The limiting factors would be entertainment in the library to keep me sane and the inevitable degradation of my social skills from so much spent time alone.
Reading would probably get boring after a few decades, but I think writing essays and programs and papers and books could last much longer. Meditation could also last long, because I’m bad at it.
<1000 years, though; I’d need to be relatively sure I wouldn’t commit suicide or fall down stairs.
Suppose you could choose how much time to spend at your local library, during which:
you do not age. Time stands still outside; no one enters or exits the library (which is otherwise devoid of people).
you don’t need to sleep/eat/get sunlight/etc
you can use any computers, but not access the internet or otherwise bring in materials with you
you can’t leave before the requested time is up
Suppose you don’t go crazy from solitary confinement, etc. Remember that value drift is a potential thing.
How long would you ask for?
A few days, as you forgot to include medication. Barring that issue, I think the lack of internet access and no materials is killer. My local library kind of sucks in terms of stimulating materials. So maybe a few weeks? A month or two, at most. If I had my latpop with me, but without internet access, then maybe a year or two. If I had some kind of magical internet access allowing me to interface with stuff like ChatGPT, then maybe a few more years, as I could probably cook up a decent chatbot to meet some socialization needs. I very much doubt I could spend more than ten years without my values drifting off.
How good are the computers?
Windows machines circa ~2013. Let’s say 128GB hard drives which magically never fail, for 10 PCs.
Probably 3-5 years then. I’d use it to get a stronger foundation in low level programming skills, math and physics. The limiting factors would be entertainment in the library to keep me sane and the inevitable degradation of my social skills from so much spent time alone.
I would ask for a long time.
Reading would probably get boring after a few decades, but I think writing essays and programs and papers and books could last much longer. Meditation could also last long, because I’m bad at it.
<1000 years, though; I’d need to be relatively sure I wouldn’t commit suicide or fall down stairs.