I’m not very considerate towards myself and don’t care much about simulations, so it’s an easy choice 1 for me in all cases. (I then massively resent myself for a thousand years of torture, but then I’m okay again!)
And this is without the possibility of donating a billion dollars to SIAI/MIRI (or launching my own project with the money or something) being taken into account. To explain, since this seems a non-standard choice (judging by the other comments), mostly, I’m just not very concerned with things that have no external observable effects, I guess, and there also some other factors like me refusing to accept the illusion that future!me is really the same as present!me, and consequently caring about that guy much less (let alone these simulations of me—they get to exist for a bit, I’m not sure they’d even be upset with my choice).
I’m not very considerate towards myself and don’t care much about simulations, so it’s an easy choice 1 for me in all cases. (I then massively resent myself for a thousand years of torture, but then I’m okay again!)
And this is without the possibility of donating a billion dollars to SIAI/MIRI (or launching my own project with the money or something) being taken into account. To explain, since this seems a non-standard choice (judging by the other comments), mostly, I’m just not very concerned with things that have no external observable effects, I guess, and there also some other factors like me refusing to accept the illusion that future!me is really the same as present!me, and consequently caring about that guy much less (let alone these simulations of me—they get to exist for a bit, I’m not sure they’d even be upset with my choice).