Are the sims we make of others when we think about them sufficiently accurate to qualify for ethical treatment? Our sims of ourselves are.
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian it's cases like this that push me toward something like Scott Aaronson's "shared arrow of time" idea...3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BagelDaughter
@BagelDaughter specific reference? He has a lot of essays that talk about the arrow of time1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1951 tldr if a sim's experience is reversible, it is ethically irrelevant1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BagelDaughter
@BagelDaughter doesn't seem to bear much on the thought-sim question since our conscious exp of modeling is irreversible1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian yep noted. I think your original tweet breaks the idea that reversibility is what's relevant, but...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@The_Lagrangian I think some other aspect of shared (narrative?) context might still thwart ethically-relevant thought-sims
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