I think I am less interested in the pain a WBE would experience and more the valence of the experiences that it has, for example whether or not it is sad or happy etc.
I do find your point very interesting of how its views would diverge over time, because its awareness of its own nature would definitely impact how it relates to reality. For example, the things that would affect it would likely primarily be things happening in the outside world, as it can mostly discount a large portion of the experiences that it would have in its simulated world in terms of how they would impact its emotions.
I suppose this would lean the moral relevance towards the preferences that the whole brain emulation held about the outside world and its inner world.
I think I am less interested in the pain a WBE would experience and more the valence of the experiences that it has, for example whether or not it is sad or happy etc.
I do find your point very interesting of how its views would diverge over time, because its awareness of its own nature would definitely impact how it relates to reality. For example, the things that would affect it would likely primarily be things happening in the outside world, as it can mostly discount a large portion of the experiences that it would have in its simulated world in terms of how they would impact its emotions.
I suppose this would lean the moral relevance towards the preferences that the whole brain emulation held about the outside world and its inner world.