This is an area that hasn’t been addressed by the law, for the very good reason that it isn’t close to being a problem yet. I don’t know whether people outside LW have been looking at the ethical status of uploads.
I agree with you that there’s no way to have uploading without making mistakes first. And possibly no way to have FAI without it having excellent simulations of people so that it can estimate what to do.
This is an area that hasn’t been addressed by the law, for the very good reason that it isn’t close to being a problem yet. I don’t know whether people outside LW have been looking at the ethical status of uploads.
I agree with you that there’s no way to have uploading without making mistakes first. And possibly no way to have FAI without it having excellent simulations of people so that it can estimate what to do.
That’s a good point about consent.