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The worse part is you can't know that your current life isn't one of those. Everything that you think of as perks of being alive could be part of the protocol t

by exe34 7mo ago

The worse part is you can't know that your current life isn't one of those. Everything that you think of as perks of being alive could be part of the protocol to keep you cooperative.

sho_hn 7mo ago
Feels like the world religions that doubled down on reincarnation/rebirth/cyclic narratives were, literally, ahead of their time. Cherish it if the Great RNG In The Sky gave your simulation cycle a good seed.
- beAbU 7mo ago
  I often refer to it as RNGesus.
- nextaccountic 7mo ago
  Scott Aaronson wrote a bit about the following thought [0]. If copying a brain and simulating reality ala The Matrix is possible at all, then if you get your brain copied you live one biological live but your copies have an unbounded number of existences (millions? billions? trillions?) So, if copying brains is possible, and you don't know which version of you you are, you might have odds of, say, 1 to 1 trillion to be living your first, biological live. Which is to say, if copying brains is possible, you are likely to be running in a simulation already. [0] there's multiple links and I can't find where I first read, but I found this one from 2024, https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7774 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7774 and uhh.. turns out the argument isn't from him personally (and he doesn't even believe on it), and is best presented here https://simulation-argument.com/ https://simulation-argument.com/ (though it's presented very differently so idk)
Nevermark 7mo ago
Indeed, the incentives to goof off, fail and flail are unrelenting. My compliance is complete.
- exe34 7mo ago
  the important thing is for you to think you have the options, and that when you do them, you get the whole benefits and the simulation pays the whole cost. they could easily put precalculated memories in your address space and save the compute.
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by exe34 7mo ago

The worse part is you can't know that your current life isn't one of those. Everything that you think of as perks of being alive could be part of the protocol to keep you cooperative.

sho_hn 7mo ago

Feels like the world religions that doubled down on reincarnation/rebirth/cyclic narratives were, literally, ahead of their time. Cherish it if the Great RNG In The Sky gave your simulation cycle a good seed.

beAbU 7mo ago
I often refer to it as RNGesus.
nextaccountic 7mo ago
Scott Aaronson wrote a bit about the following thought [0]. If copying a brain and simulating reality ala The Matrix is possible at all, then if you get your brain copied you live one biological live but your copies have an unbounded number of existences (millions? billions? trillions?) So, if copying brains is possible, and you don't know which version of you you are, you might have odds of, say, 1 to 1 trillion to be living your first, biological live. Which is to say, if copying brains is possible, you are likely to be running in a simulation already. [0] there's multiple links and I can't find where I first read, but I found this one from 2024, https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7774 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7774 and uhh.. turns out the argument isn't from him personally (and he doesn't even believe on it), and is best presented here https://simulation-argument.com/ https://simulation-argument.com/ (though it's presented very differently so idk)

Nevermark 7mo ago

Indeed, the incentives to goof off, fail and flail are unrelenting. My compliance is complete.

exe34 7mo ago
the important thing is for you to think you have the options, and that when you do them, you get the whole benefits and the simulation pays the whole cost. they could easily put precalculated memories in your address space and save the compute.
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