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It's left me a bit shaken how believable this is. When I saw this pop up and read it with no comments, it didn't surprise me that someone would try to keep a gr
by drewzero1 6y ago
It's left me a bit shaken how believable this is. When I saw this pop up and read it with no comments, it didn't surprise me that someone would try to keep a grandparent alive in simulation, or at least believe they could.
- DougN7 6y agoI couldn’t figure out if this was satire or not. With AI and Turing tests, etc I figured maybe this could be done. I’m not sure it would be healthy, but what do I know?
- drewzero1 6y agoYeah, it really didn’t sound healthy to me, but I strongly believe that even the most complete and convincing simulation of a person is not the same person, no matter how strongly the simulation believes it is. It feels weird even having to say that, but I’ve heard other people express contrary beliefs (e.g. on discussions about brain pattern scanning/simulation after death). If we want to talk about whether a sufficiently advanced simulation of a person might deserve to be considered a person, well, that’s another debate entirely. But the simulation is certainly not the same person (an idea explored further in another post on the linked site, “How do you solve a problem like a Space Fred [1]”). [1] https://newsletter.eternityhacks.com/issues/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-a-space-fred-499653 https://newsletter.eternityhacks.com/issues/how-do-you-solve...