I forgot to mention True Names by Doctrow and Rosenbaum. One of the best on this subject IMO.
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I had read most of this many years ago...not sure why I didn’t finish then but glad I did this time. Thanks for the link.
Also I think the answer is to contine to evolve and constantly push against ones limits rather than outsourcing the work andliving a life Iif leisure as the majority did after the change.
I loved accelerando...just read the Chiang story, great but was disapointed by the outcome. I wont discuss why to avoid spoilers
Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Is there really a way of simulating people with whom you interact extensively such that they wouldn’t exist in much the same way that you would? In otherwords are p-zombie’s possible, or more to the point are they a practical means of simulating a human in sufficient detail to fool a human level intellect.
Just what one experiences, with the external world that we agree upon going by consensus reality. Is that what you were asking.
Practical General: always shop around for a lawyer. Use google to find specialists in the relevant field, the more familiar he is with what you need done the more effective (including cost-effective) he will be in doing it.
Practical Specific: this area of law is likely unsettled and whatever is worked out beyond a garden variety will is likely to not have much practical effect on your remains getting where they need to be in a timely manner. To ensure expeditious handling of your remains you probably should make sure that you maintain close connections with reliable people who are well apprised of your wishes (and that those wishes are clearly documented, this is a simple matter of creating a will that a trust and estates lawyer should be able to advise you of cheaply).
Theoretical: Does one increase one’s chances of reanimation more by signing up and planning for cryonization or by allocating an equivalent amount of resources to bringing about AGI?
No when I said indirect I meant that as well. My problem is that they both use “reality” to reference a theoretical construct that arguably none of us have ever experienced.
There can only be a philosophical ambush if you are more concerned about winning than ascertaining the truth. I have no interest in fighting for its own sake so I will simply wish you well.
I meant direct
If you attempt to answer my questions honnestly and succinctly I think that you will soon see my point, whereas now we are talking past each other. I appreciate that you have been putting more time into your responses than I have put into mine. Please do not take this as a show of bad faith, likewise I will not adopt the uncharitable interpretation that your responses are drawn-out in an attempt to obfuscate.
Direct realism should reference the reality of one’s most direct experiences and not a concept that can only be understood indirectly, the “external world,” through direct experience.
And how did you learn about brains, dna, the concept of a process or blue hat?
What do you believe to be the case.
An induced coma might do the trick.
How about giving up magical thinking? I don’t know if it would be possible though as it seems to creep in at the margins.
I’ve been a more than a year without caffeine and glad to be rid of it. Very potent drug which is abused almost ubiquitously.