Snapshots of large training runs might be necessary to preserve and eventually offer compensation/insurance payouts for most/all of them, since some might last for minutes before disappearing
also if the training process is deterministic, storing the algorithm and training setup is enough.
though i’m somewhat confused by the focus on physically instantiated minds—why not the ones these algorithms nearly did instantiate but narrowly missed, or all ethically-possible minds for that matter. (i guess if you’re only doing it as a form of acausal trade then this behavior is explainable..)
also if the training process is deterministic, storing the algorithm and training setup is enough.
though i’m somewhat confused by the focus on physically instantiated minds—why not the ones these algorithms nearly did instantiate but narrowly missed, or all ethically-possible minds for that matter. (i guess if you’re only doing it as a form of acausal trade then this behavior is explainable..)