Simulating civilizations won’t solve philosophy directly, but can be useful for doing so eventually by:
Giving us more ideas about how to solve philosophy, by seeing how other civilizations try to do it.
Point out potential blind spots / path dependencies in one’s current approach.
Directly solve certain problems (e.g., do all sufficiently advanced civilizations converge to objective values or the same decision theory or notion of rationality).
How is simulating civilizations going to solve philosophy?
Simulating civilizations won’t solve philosophy directly, but can be useful for doing so eventually by:
Giving us more ideas about how to solve philosophy, by seeing how other civilizations try to do it.
Point out potential blind spots / path dependencies in one’s current approach.
Directly solve certain problems (e.g., do all sufficiently advanced civilizations converge to objective values or the same decision theory or notion of rationality).