I think a reasonable and related question we don’t have a solid answer for is if humans are already capable of mind crime.
For example, maybe Alice is mad at Bob and imagines causing harm to Bob. How well does Alice have to model Bob for her imaginings to be mind crime? If Alice has low cognitive empathy is it not mind crime but if her cognitive empathy is above some level is it then mind crime?
I think we’re currently confused enough about what mind crime is such that it’s hard to even begin to know how we could answer these questions based on more than gut feelings.
I think a reasonable and related question we don’t have a solid answer for is if humans are already capable of mind crime.
For example, maybe Alice is mad at Bob and imagines causing harm to Bob. How well does Alice have to model Bob for her imaginings to be mind crime? If Alice has low cognitive empathy is it not mind crime but if her cognitive empathy is above some level is it then mind crime?
I think we’re currently confused enough about what mind crime is such that it’s hard to even begin to know how we could answer these questions based on more than gut feelings.