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My takeaway: Death is a feature not a bug. The alternatives are much worse.
by sparks1970 4y ago
My takeaway: Death is a feature not a bug. The alternatives are much worse.
- gattr 4y agoI see it differently; I'd be OK with an upload if the alternative is death, but only under strong protections: the digital version is legally treated as a human, I have full autonomy, the compute resources to run me (and the simulated environment of my choice) indefinitely are assured, and I can still interact with the real world. I'd just go on doing my usual stuff, like writing software for fun, enthusing over new discoveries in astronomy... I can recommend Greg Egan's novels that touch on this: 1) Permutation City (mind uploading tech in its infancy) 2) Diaspora (mind uploading well established)