Hrm, no, if we can upload mind, then we can just hold the minds in “stand by” mode until we have the technology to build bodies at least as good as a fully sane normal human.
Contingency-based wish machines are evil genies who may not even respect your wishes. I have to ask—what’s more likely in any given ten year period, pristine immortality being fully resolved, or somebody awakening my mind to an existence I would never want?
You should never pause your mind until some contingency is reached unless you are precisely aware of what other contingencies could result in your mind being unpaused—and have done the calculations and identified the risk.
Hrm, no, if we can upload mind, then we can just hold the minds in “stand by” mode until we have the technology to build bodies at least as good as a fully sane normal human.
Contingency-based wish machines are evil genies who may not even respect your wishes. I have to ask—what’s more likely in any given ten year period, pristine immortality being fully resolved, or somebody awakening my mind to an existence I would never want?
You should never pause your mind until some contingency is reached unless you are precisely aware of what other contingencies could result in your mind being unpaused—and have done the calculations and identified the risk.