I don't expect mind emulations to ever be an economical alternative to AIs. But if they are Robin Hanson wrote a book[1] trying to think through what would end

I don't expect mind emulations to ever be an economical alternative to AIs. But if they are Robin Hanson wrote a book[1] trying to think through what would end up happening using as much boring social science and engineering as he could manage. I'm not convinced by everything but it's probably a good starting point for thinking through the issues. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Em https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Em EDIT: A better review than just the Wikiepdia page: https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/28/book-review-age-of-em/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/28/book-review-age-of-em/