[ExI] Machines of Loving Grace

[William Flynn Wallace]

What does living in the real world at 1000 times the normal speed even
mean?  bill w

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 09:30, efc--- via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Well, people are different. Some might, some might not. Unless upload is
> > forced, I don't really see the point of the question, since it will
> answer
> > itself eventually.
> >
> > My _personal_ opinion is that I would enjoy the living in the real world,
> > seeing real, physical achievements, perhaps keeping in touch with
> > non-uploaded people, helping move non-uploaded humanity forward etc.
> >
> > When I'm "bored" with it, I can then either terminate myself, or upload
> > myself to an semi-infinite and permanent happyland and live in my own
> > creation endlessly stimulating my pleasure circuits. ;)
> >
> > Jokes aside, I think it would probably feel more dignified to just
> > terminate when I feel I'm done.
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> Yes, Uploading won't be forced. Unless there is a societal collapse,
> so that non-uploaded humanity finds survival to be more and more
> difficult due to population reduction.
>
> I don't see the uploads as a static population living in 'happy-land'.  :)
> Due to much faster processing, they will evolve rapidly and become
> alien to non-uploaded humanity. Communication between real world and
> uploads will be impossible. Later uploads will need special procedures
> before they can be merged into the rapidly evolving upload society.
> We can't know what challenges and tasks will engage this alien
> society. Think of them as humanity after thousands of years of
> advancement and exploration.
> The uploads see the real world as frozen and unchanging.
>
> BillK
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