If you were an upload, would you make copies of yourself?
Yes. I’d make as many copies as was optimal for maximising my own power. I would then endeavor to gain dominance over civilisation, probably by joining a coalition of some sort. This may include creating an FAI that could self improve more effectively than I and serve to further my ends. When a stable equilibrium was reached and it was safe to do so I would go back to following this:
Where’s the fun in that? The only reason I could see doing it is if I wanted to amass knowledge or do a lot of tasks… and if I did that, I’d want the copies to get merged back into a single “me” so I would have the knowledge and experiences.
If right now is the final minutes of the game then early in a WBE era is the penalty shootouts. You don’t mess around having fun till you and those that you care about are going to live to see tomorrow.
Yes. I’d make as many copies as was optimal for maximising my own power. I would then endeavor to gain dominance over civilisation, probably by joining a coalition of some sort. This may include creating an FAI that could self improve more effectively than I and serve to further my ends. When a stable equilibrium was reached and it was safe to do so I would go back to following this:
If right now is the final minutes of the game then early in a WBE era is the penalty shootouts. You don’t mess around having fun till you and those that you care about are going to live to see tomorrow.