I think the same quantum event would have to happen without the bomb; without the bomb would just the same lead to forking as the influences propagate through interactions between atoms, etc. (and the forking in either case will be into huge number of observers and continue forever, except with a bomb half the observers will be dead). It seems to me you’ll have to violate conservation laws to actually create more copies for you to morally-neutrally destroy.
Anyways, how would you count AI running on a computer that got 2x wire crossection, 2x larger surface capacitors, 2x the current, etc? (versus other computer). What if I add non-functional dielectric, splitting along each wire, and each transistor, in two, resulting in 2 computers (that are almost superimposed on each other)? Why should it change the count?
I think the same quantum event would have to happen without the bomb; without the bomb would just the same lead to forking as the influences propagate through interactions between atoms, etc. (and the forking in either case will be into huge number of observers and continue forever, except with a bomb half the observers will be dead). It seems to me you’ll have to violate conservation laws to actually create more copies for you to morally-neutrally destroy.
Anyways, how would you count AI running on a computer that got 2x wire crossection, 2x larger surface capacitors, 2x the current, etc? (versus other computer). What if I add non-functional dielectric, splitting along each wire, and each transistor, in two, resulting in 2 computers (that are almost superimposed on each other)? Why should it change the count?