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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/03/2024 23:28, Samantha wrote:<br>
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<pre>Well, why would any random upload have access to all the
parameters of ver experience? Are they also at minimum so
cognitively enhanced and hyper-honest as to see the implications
of tweaking various settings? Is there a Panic Button to
reestablish defaults? </pre>
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Well, you have to start somewhere.<br>
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Speaking for myself, I certainly would want access to all the
parameters of my experience. I would also start with the assumption
that I was far from capable of understanding all the implications of
tweaking them, and embark on a programme of educating myself to
appreciate them. I'd also, as remarked previously, be keen to set up
a system of backups and checkpoints to reset myself to the starting
point if necessary. This would be part of the learning process. Set
up a temporary tweak of some parameter, that reverts to the previous
state after a fixed period of time, with mechanisms in place to
ensure that the tweaked me couldn't prevent the reversion. A
recording of the tweaked state would, if possible, be useful too,
for understanding the differences. I'd certainly be ultra-cautious
about this whole process, but would definitely want to do it. After
all, we are wanting to improve ourselves, aren't we?<br>
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(What would count as 'improvement' is another discussion)<br>
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I can imagine this leading to a kind of upload curriculum, maybe
mandatory for all new uploads (yes, I know), to make sure they can
cope with 'life as an upload' in a responsible way.<br>
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Of course, this is all wishful thinking, on top of the wishful
thinking that uploads will be possible, practical, and widely
available one day.<br>
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The reality is likely to be wildly different to anything any of us
can (or want to) imagine at the moment.<br>
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Ben<br>
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