I play Destiny, which is a popular mainstream game. At one point in the story a pair of researchers, investigating a captured mechanical enemy, discover to their horror that it is flawlessly simulating the entire lab, down to the conversation that they are having. They proceed to hash out the whole “torturing simulated versions of self as hostages” concept. It was pretty cool to see a concept I’ve always thought was pretty rationalist out in the wild, as it were.
I play Destiny, which is a popular mainstream game. At one point in the story a pair of researchers, investigating a captured mechanical enemy, discover to their horror that it is flawlessly simulating the entire lab, down to the conversation that they are having. They proceed to hash out the whole “torturing simulated versions of self as hostages” concept. It was pretty cool to see a concept I’ve always thought was pretty rationalist out in the wild, as it were.
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