[ExI] Digital identity

[BillK]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
> Uploading can do things other technologies cannot do, like enabling accurate
> backups, multiple realisation and all the benefits of having easily
> upgradeable software body/minds. Very beneficial if you think it is identity
> preserving... or think that creating a being in such a state is a good
> thing, even if it is not you. The buddhist that doesn't think identity
> exists at all can still want to have a world with more happy and
> compassionate minds.
>
> In fact, it is a not uncommon philosophical view hereabouts that what people
> exist in the same loose way that nations or clubs exist. So it might be a
> good thing to have a person changing into another person if that person has
> a better life. But those changes can be mergers and splits, temporary
> dissolutions and reassemblies, or even recreations with new components. That
> is why I regard Myself as the equivalence class of all Anders-like
> processes. Right now there is just one instance, but in the future there
> might be many different instances. Where the boundary of Anders-likness goes
> will change over time as I evolve, but what I think matters is that they are
> having fun and enjoying their existence.
>

So, is there a limit to how many Anders instances might exist?

Where do the supporting resources come from? Are they unlimited?

Will the first upload immediately branch and replicate furiously,
swamping the available resources and restricting later uploads?
Remember we are talking big numbers here of persons to be uploaded.

How will the resources be shared between billions of uploaded persons,
all branching and trying out 'improvements'?

Really, I don't think an uncontrolled environment is feasible. First
takes all seems more likely.


BillK