Say we discover (somehow) that it's actually impossible to simulate a human-level conscious mind on inorganic substrate. What did we discover?
(e.g. we're running in a simulation, and a resolution limit prematurely halts Moore's Law; etc)
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Consciousness is very easy to create with inorganic computers, but will be recognized and automatically destroyed by advanced aliens/the simulation computer. Messy meat-consciousness is convoluted and escapes their detection. Organic consciousness is a hack around safeguards.
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I like the idea that the safeguards are in place not for their protection but for ethical reasons. It’s considered immoral to allow suffering conscious life to exist. (This also neatly explains the lack of observable aliens in the universe. IRB won’t allow it.)
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