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Having my consciousness be trapped in a computer sounds terrifying. Like being completely paralyzed but still conscious.


From a "future harm" perspective, if I have a full, functional backup of me somewhere, who's to say someone doesn't hack it down the line and torture copies of me? What's stopping an AI from torturing my backup because I didn't help fund AI research?

Me never getting uploaded in the first place - that's what's stopping it :)


I recommend reading a book called "Permutation City" which exposure that feeling.




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