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It's uplifting if you ignore that the AIs trapped in the episode are sentient. Otherwise, it's basically basilisk territory. Create 100 clones of yourself, tort
by tedunangst 2y ago
It's uplifting if you ignore that the AIs trapped in the episode are sentient. Otherwise, it's basically basilisk territory. Create 100 clones of yourself, torture them until they reveal the best outcome.
- singleshot_ 2y agoIf the clones are computer programs, that doesn’t really seem like torture.
- ay 2y agoWhat if we all are computer programs after all, to begin with ? :-)
- octopoc 2y agoHave you ever heard the phrase "tortured logic"?
- cangeroo 2y agoThat's a specieist argument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciesism#%22Discontinuous_mind%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciesism#%22Discontinuous_mi...
- singleshot_ 2y agoIf would be if computer programs were alive, sure. (They aren't).