[ExI] Perception of Uploading

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 08/03/2026 04:48, Keith Henson wrote:

On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 3:07 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>> Unfortunately, my own writing skills are very poor, or I'd have written my own story, depicting a world where there are just as many, or even more, biological humans on earth (and elsewhere) as now, as well as a much bigger population of uploads.
> You should write it.  If nothing else, it would cause you to consider
> limits and logical outcomes.  I would like to read such a story.


Well, I do have more time on my hands these days (theoretically. In practice, I find myself busier now, after retirement, than when I was working, but at least I can decide what to spend my time on), so I can try to dust it off, and see what I can do.


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> Then there is Robin Hanson's Age of em, where he suggests that
> uploaded humans could be endlessly replicated and used for mundane
> tasks.  That seems like abuse to me.


I haven't yet read that, it's in my queue.

-- 
Ben