If given the choice to become a simulacrum would you do it?
For me i might do it as long as the positives outweighed the negatives of it tbh.
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@Sir_Named True but would it be the same?! Now I have a scene of a programmer and Rev working together working out recipes. Rev is a bit like Gordon Ramsey and the programmer is the helpless chef that can't cook...
I think the hardest part would be the loss of loved ones and friends. Nothing can ever replace your brother, mother or father.
I think the hardest part would be the loss of loved ones and friends. Nothing can ever replace your brother, mother or father.
@DarthValtrex Ah, but since this is you they're programming, they can make it so that you wouldn't know the difference. (Like that scene in the Matrix.)
The loss of loved ones and friends would happen eventually, (not to sound cold), but like (I think PhoenixForce, not sure.) said, if you work as a simulacrum you might be able to get your loved ones in it too.
Imagine getting your partner in it and hiring a programmer to simulate the situations. That's funny.
The loss of loved ones and friends would happen eventually, (not to sound cold), but like (I think PhoenixForce, not sure.) said, if you work as a simulacrum you might be able to get your loved ones in it too.
Imagine getting your partner in it and hiring a programmer to simulate the situations. That's funny.
- @Sir_Named Ah yes, but how much reprogramming of a consciousness can be done before you’re no longer you?! The human consciousness is very fragile. Imagine the butterfly effect that happens with time travel... one small change can lead to cascade of changes.
The matrix was also slightly different. The human consciousness in that instance never knew what real steak tasted like. Where as we do.. so the programmer would either have to match that memory exactly or alter all previous memories to match the program he creates.- @DarthValtrex Who knows? It can be a lot or a little, I'm guessing.
Your consciousness is your brain. I assume they could layer programs on top of your regular functions, and as long as they do it right, it'll seem fine. You can even lose a good chunk of your brain, and as long as you are still alive you won't immediately lose your mind. (Although you will have some problems.)
I don't program, so I don't know what a programmer can or can't do, especially one with proper access to a human brain. Couldn't they just make it so that you don't notice the difference or something? Idk. - @DarthValtrex You’re forgetting one important component. You failed to take into account that we already might be living in a simulation and that the ‘feelings’ you feel are genuine, whereas they are not.
We all might already be a couple bits on a computerscreen. If thats true, that means a conscience and everything else can be coded down to the lowest particle. It’d just take time to get it as correct as ‘the maker’. This explains a lot why 2 individuals standing next to each other can experience 2 different things.
