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It wasn't specified anything was required of its subjective experience, the only requirement was for it to be immortal. There's a jellyfish on earth that is als
by meric 11y ago
It wasn't specified anything was required of its subjective experience, the only requirement was for it to be immortal. There's a jellyfish on earth that is also immortal[1]; when it's hurt or sick, it can revert to the polyp stage - it's cells would transform, and it grow back into jellyfish with a new body. This process can repeat indefinitely. Each time it does this, it is likely it has a new set of subjective experience, but at the same time, the distinct set of subjective experiences are experienced by the same biological body of cells. If a biological being can be immortal this way, why can't AI's?
Humanity cannot conquer death, but this does not take away the immortality of living beings that already exist in our world.
Take a look at this 80,000 year old trees[3]. It's one living being in multiple trees with a single root system connecting all the trees into one being.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organis...
[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)