Being un-simulated, or death in a materialistic/naturalistic reality, is probably the least scary future there is. If you don’t exist, then you can’t feel pain, remorse, or even regrets.
Precisely (or at least arguably) - and that’s part of the point.
I’ll try describing this a different way: What actions can we take that would have an effect on the actions of a simulation-builder? What can we do that would make them more likely to not create a simulation at all, then to create a new one containing copies of ourselves who are ignorant of the builder’s level of reality?
If it’s in my own best interests to have a few future copies of myself as possible placed into simulations to dance to the simulation-builder’s tune, then how can I nudge the probabilities so that future copies of myself tend to be placed into my preferred sorts of environments?
Being un-simulated, or death in a materialistic/naturalistic reality, is probably the least scary future there is. If you don’t exist, then you can’t feel pain, remorse, or even regrets.
Precisely (or at least arguably) - and that’s part of the point.
I’ll try describing this a different way: What actions can we take that would have an effect on the actions of a simulation-builder? What can we do that would make them more likely to not create a simulation at all, then to create a new one containing copies of ourselves who are ignorant of the builder’s level of reality?
If it’s in my own best interests to have a few future copies of myself as possible placed into simulations to dance to the simulation-builder’s tune, then how can I nudge the probabilities so that future copies of myself tend to be placed into my preferred sorts of environments?