Jeff Bezos

[sledger]

Eh. How are you supposed to move forward without trial and error

...said the person responsible for Nazi human experimentation.

 

[Spark]

Eh. How are you supposed to move forward without trial and error

Well, trial and error works only if you have robust systems to identify and correct said errors

 

[sledger]

Well, trial and error works only if you have robust systems to identify and correct said errors

Not to mention respect for ethics, human dignity and fundamental rights built into whatever processes you are responsible for.

 

[Bijed]

...said the person responsible for Nazi human experimentation.

First time I've heard harsh accused of that

 

[harsh.ag]

Not to mention respect for ethics, human dignity and fundamental rights built into whatever processes you are responsible for.

I agree but also think that some tradeoffs are worth it if they can greatly accelerate the development of new technologies.

I would rather the world have a way for me to download my brain into a computer and never die than me dead with all my rights respected. Call me crazy. And for that I only have 60 odd years at the max.

 

[sledger]

Disagree. Strongly.

 

[vcs]

This thread, unlike most threads, has devolved into excellent quality discussion. Kudos Spark, sledger etc.

 

[Spark]

Disagree. Strongly.

Haha I actually agree with harsh at a superficial level but the word "some" there really is doing an enormous amount of work. But I definitely think being able to be downloaded into a computer one day is pretty appealing as an option.

 

[trundler]

This thread, unlike most threads, has devolved into excellent quality discussion. Kudos Spark, sledger etc.

Funny world where a slippy parody leads to this. Keep it coming though. I'm actually learning stuff.

 

[StephenZA]

I agree but also think that some tradeoffs are worth it if they can greatly accelerate the development of new technologies.

I would rather the world have a way for me to download my brain into a computer and never die than me dead with all my rights respected. Call me crazy. And for that I only have 60 odd years at the max.

And would that still be you or a replica of you?

 

[harsh.ag]

And would that still be you or a replica of you?

A copy, yes. Vastly better than being dead.

 

[StephenZA]

A copy, yes. Vastly better than being dead.

The copy would not be dead.... you on the other hand?

 

[harsh.ag]

The copy would not be dead.... you on the other hand?

Sliding scale of what constitutes as me. Will take it.

 

[marc71178]

First time I've heard harsh accused of that

To be fair, he was only trying to infract sunilz...

 

[weldone]

Haha I actually agree with harsh at a superficial level but the word "some" there really is doing an enormous amount of work. But I definitely think being able to be downloaded into a computer one day is pretty appealing as an option.

Don't you think conquering ageing altogether is likely to happen before that?

 

[Victor Ian]

If you uploaded into a computer, who owns your algorithm? Can they make copies? Can they delete you to make space? If they don't run you every once in a while, you are as good as dead. Will you age if they don't defrag you?

 

[Athlai]

Sliding scale of what constitutes as me. Will take it.

So something that isn’t you but is made up of things that come from you? It’d be a real wild change of how things work in the natural world.

 

[Flem274*]

not sure i'd want to risk eternity of blue screening tbh

 

[Victor Ian]

not sure i'd want to risk eternity of blue screening tbh

Why not? Your alternative is death.

 

[trundler]

Is death really all that bad though? How will a computer you occupy itself for eternity?