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On 26/02/2024 23:40, BillK wrote:<br>
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<pre>So much of human life is a struggle for
bodily survival and planning for future care and security. When this
is removed and needs can be met instantly in a virtual environment,
the uploads will find other tasks, and they can evolve their minds to
tackle different challenges. Harming other uploaded minds should
appear to be a pretty pointless activity.
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One would hope.<br>
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You have to bear in mind, though, that there are people to whom some
things are just 'wrong', and shouldn't be allowed to exist in
anyone, anywhere, at any time. Things like certain thoughts and
points of view (atheism or non-tolerated religious views, for
instance, in the eyes of certain religious fundamentalists), or
certain experiences (representing taboo sexual practices, for
example). Given that there are people willing to sacrifice their
lives in order to end the lives of people doing things they object
to, I'm sure that when uploading becomes possible, there will be
people willing to upload in order to do harm to other uploads for
the same reasons.<br>
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To people of a certain mindset, it's far from pointless to harm
other people who are doing (or thinking) things that are seen as
objectionable.<br>
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It would be careless and silly to neglect this, and assume nobody
wants to interfere with you (or destroy you) because you are an
upload just minding your own business, not harming anyone else in
any way.<br>
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Uploads will need defenses just as much as biological humans,
probably more. Definitely more, I'd think, given the extra
dimensions of threat that will exist (remember "The Singularity,
ruined by lawyers"? <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/IFe9wiDfb0E">https://youtu.be/IFe9wiDfb0E</a>).<br>
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Ben<br>
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