If the AI keeps humans as uploads, it does not necessarily mean that they are running. They could be paused, ready to get unpaused when there is a reason to do so (e.g. the AI meets another space AI which values biological minds). That is effectively the same as being dead, because the probability of meeting an alien AI that cares about humans is tiny. Paused uploads are cheaper than running uploads.
I agree that paused uploads which never get unpaused count as death. However, it’s extremely, extremely relatively cheap on a cosmic scale to run some uploads, so if you make the uploads and there is literally any motive to run them, I expect they get run.
If the AI keeps humans as uploads, it does not necessarily mean that they are running. They could be paused, ready to get unpaused when there is a reason to do so (e.g. the AI meets another space AI which values biological minds). That is effectively the same as being dead, because the probability of meeting an alien AI that cares about humans is tiny. Paused uploads are cheaper than running uploads.
I agree that paused uploads which never get unpaused count as death. However, it’s extremely, extremely relatively cheap on a cosmic scale to run some uploads, so if you make the uploads and there is literally any motive to run them, I expect they get run.