In addition to what James said, I’m reminded of the mechanism to change screen resolution in Windows XP: It automatically resets to its original resolution in X seconds, in case you can’t see the screen. This is so people can’t break their computers in one moment of weakness.
A similar thing could be done with self-modification. Self-destruction would still be possible, of course, just as it is now (I could go jump off of a bridge). But just as suicide is something that is built up to in humans, failsafes could be put in place so self-modification was equally deliberate.
In addition to what James said, I’m reminded of the mechanism to change screen resolution in Windows XP: It automatically resets to its original resolution in X seconds, in case you can’t see the screen. This is so people can’t break their computers in one moment of weakness.
But you are absolutely allowed to break your computer in “one moment of weakness”; it isn’t even hard. The reason for that dialog is because the computer honestly, genuinely can’t predict if the new screen mode will work.
In addition to what James said, I’m reminded of the mechanism to change screen resolution in Windows XP: It automatically resets to its original resolution in X seconds, in case you can’t see the screen. This is so people can’t break their computers in one moment of weakness.
A similar thing could be done with self-modification. Self-destruction would still be possible, of course, just as it is now (I could go jump off of a bridge). But just as suicide is something that is built up to in humans, failsafes could be put in place so self-modification was equally deliberate.
But you are absolutely allowed to break your computer in “one moment of weakness”; it isn’t even hard. The reason for that dialog is because the computer honestly, genuinely can’t predict if the new screen mode will work.