Hmmm this is somewhat more persoanlly relevant as I got the idea (from somewhat weakish evidence of a tv show) that humans can learn to echolocate and pursued the skill explictly to explore the SIAP I would aquire ie I wanted to know how it feels. While I would in theory be able to work with a computer and pen and paper to answer equivalent objective questions, that kind of route wouldn’t provide so much experimental excitement (ie I know already what desk paper work feels like and it is boring).
It’s also interesting to note that I could before hand know that my “beforehand” SIAP knowledge was insufficient to answer what I would feel like after. That is I couldn’t imagine how it would feel like. That would seem to be pretty close to equivalent to the thought experiment about the color-blind colorperception trained neuroscientist.
in the article the focus seems to be on SIAPs that are directed within the mind. Is “ordinary perception” supposed to be a different beast? Because while my brain didn’t receive any additional data (I had the same natural ears) I was in essence able to get a way more vivid phonetic map of my surroundings. It certainly felt like boosting perception of the objective world. I could do stuff like hear shapes around corners (something that you can’t do visually (well you can see past a greenhouses corner but it still feels pretty different)).
However if the article tries to argue that SIAP mechanics are somehow a valid “clinging target” I don’t think they are any more valid than beliefs. You could try to identify as a person that helds certain beliefs but it doesn’t appear as especially right way to identify. From what I got from “organically expanding my SIAP horizont” if somebody made me a quarantee that my uploaded mind would SIAP in the same way I would more likely see that as a lost opportunity. I want a 360 degree vision and a full ball vision could be great and experimenting in trying to see from multiple points of view at once would also be cool experiences I would be drawn to. But given the chance I would like to do the integration myself from the inside rather than doing it as a outside job (ie vanilla copy as the playroom start point is fine and cool).
I guess also that would be somewhat sad if the echolocation would be lost on the translation. But it feels that it would not be that big of a deal to rebuild it.
Gaining new aspects of experience is cool, especially if you gain new abilities to navigate the world too. It’s only losing others that I’m worried about.
Hmmm this is somewhat more persoanlly relevant as I got the idea (from somewhat weakish evidence of a tv show) that humans can learn to echolocate and pursued the skill explictly to explore the SIAP I would aquire ie I wanted to know how it feels. While I would in theory be able to work with a computer and pen and paper to answer equivalent objective questions, that kind of route wouldn’t provide so much experimental excitement (ie I know already what desk paper work feels like and it is boring).
It’s also interesting to note that I could before hand know that my “beforehand” SIAP knowledge was insufficient to answer what I would feel like after. That is I couldn’t imagine how it would feel like. That would seem to be pretty close to equivalent to the thought experiment about the color-blind colorperception trained neuroscientist.
in the article the focus seems to be on SIAPs that are directed within the mind. Is “ordinary perception” supposed to be a different beast? Because while my brain didn’t receive any additional data (I had the same natural ears) I was in essence able to get a way more vivid phonetic map of my surroundings. It certainly felt like boosting perception of the objective world. I could do stuff like hear shapes around corners (something that you can’t do visually (well you can see past a greenhouses corner but it still feels pretty different)).
However if the article tries to argue that SIAP mechanics are somehow a valid “clinging target” I don’t think they are any more valid than beliefs. You could try to identify as a person that helds certain beliefs but it doesn’t appear as especially right way to identify. From what I got from “organically expanding my SIAP horizont” if somebody made me a quarantee that my uploaded mind would SIAP in the same way I would more likely see that as a lost opportunity. I want a 360 degree vision and a full ball vision could be great and experimenting in trying to see from multiple points of view at once would also be cool experiences I would be drawn to. But given the chance I would like to do the integration myself from the inside rather than doing it as a outside job (ie vanilla copy as the playroom start point is fine and cool).
I guess also that would be somewhat sad if the echolocation would be lost on the translation. But it feels that it would not be that big of a deal to rebuild it.
Gaining new aspects of experience is cool, especially if you gain new abilities to navigate the world too. It’s only losing others that I’m worried about.