[ExI] quote of the day

[William Flynn Wallace]

If an uploaded person becomes evil, how do they benefit from their
actions?  They can create any virtual experience they want to without
changing the outside world at all.  And to them it's the same as what we
call reality.  Not just a sexual fantasy but the actual sensory
experience.  But what if all they want is power over other people?  Just
the knowledge.  Then we have a virtual Loki on our hands.   bill w

On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 2:52 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Sent:* Friday, 6 October, 2023 11:27 AM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Cc:* Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] quote of the day
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> On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 11:16 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 19:01, John Klos via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> > > I believe you are correct about his point of view: to Spike, presumably
> > > Spike is indeed more important than money. ;)
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> > All the money in the world couldn't get you another Spike ;)
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> Yea, even if you cloned 100 little Spikelets (he's probably considering
> it).  :)
> Their environment, education, etc. would be so different that they
> would not turn out like the original Spike.
> Best bet is to use AI to create a Spikebot and let it loose in the
> world to create havoc. :)
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> >…One could try to find a way to upload Spike's mind, so as to make copies
> of it.  Making bodies for those Spikes to inhabit would presumably be
> relatively easier, once the uploading is done…
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> Dang I need to read everything before I post anything.
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> If we had a way to upload ourselves, you know what would happen: we would
> replicate like… an uploaded human and have a friendly Singularity.  For a
> while.  Then of course whoever uploaded the most would be so powerful, the
> next unescapable step is becoming evil.  There is simply no exception,
> none.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely, even if a mostly decent person
> (such as me) gets hold of it.  There has never been a truly benevolent
> dictator, and can never be.  Absolute power corrupts all humans to some
> extent.  All point zero, everyone.
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> spike
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