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> What if the physical resources required are such that at human brain can be simulated 20 times slower than a natural brain using the most powerful supercomput
by _def 4y ago
> What if the physical resources required are such that at human brain can be simulated 20 times slower than a natural brain using the most powerful supercomputer?
I never thought about it, is it possible that accidentally torturing the first simulated consciousness is inevitable?
- chasd00 4y agoif the simulation was running 20x slower how would the simulation even know? Would it look at its setting and see cpu set to 20% instead of 100%? I don't know of any way for a "brain in a vat" or "matrix" style simulation to know if it was running at full speed or not.
- FrenchyJiby 4y agoThis is hinted at in the linked "Lena" story: > [Uploaded person] initially reported extreme discomfort which was ultimately discovered to have been attributable to misconfigured simulated haptic links, and was shut down after only 7 minutes and 15 seconds of virtual elapsed time, as requested by [uploaded person]. > Nevertheless, the experiment was deemed an overwhelming success. This is lauded as the first time "running a brain", but regardless of the cause, the person was clearly in such pain ("discomfort") they asked to DIE (turn off the simulation).