Yeah. My point was, we can’t even be sure which behavior-preserving optimizations (of the kind done by optimizing compilers, say) will preserve consciousness. It’s worrying because these optimizations can happen innocuously, e.g. when your upload gets migrated to a newer CPU with fancier heuristics. And yeah, when self-modification comes into the picture, it gets even worse.
Yeah. My point was, we can’t even be sure which behavior-preserving optimizations (of the kind done by optimizing compilers, say) will preserve consciousness. It’s worrying because these optimizations can happen innocuously, e.g. when your upload gets migrated to a newer CPU with fancier heuristics. And yeah, when self-modification comes into the picture, it gets even worse.