[ExI] Are we actors in transcendent films?

[Giulio Prisco]

Some fun thoughts FYC:

Are we actors in transcendent films?

http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/04/are-we-actors-in-transcendent-films.html

Yesterday I was watching a good historic film, and I thought that
perhaps this is the reason why transcendent post-humans may bother to
simulate us (see the previous post): for the same reason why we enjoy
historic novels and films.

Films now permit only passive watching from an external point of view,
and offer only very limited clues on the thoughts and mental states of
the characters (books are much better in this respect). But
films-as-we-know-them will probably be replaced by full sensory and
mental experiences indistinguishable from reality. For example:

First, films will use full 3D virtual reality technology to permit
viewers moving in the scene (like live plays where the public can walk
in the scene).

Second, once VR technology becomes fully immersive with full sensory
stimulation, films may become indistinguishable from reality, but
viewers will still know that they are watching a movie.

Then, viewers may have the option to "become" the characters,
forgetting their primary lives and adopting the points of view of the
characters, with their own scripted thoughts, memories and emotions.

And ultimately, the characters themselves may become fully autonomous
and conscious entities, able to provide endless hours of entertainment
to viewers by becoming different versions of themselves in different
versions of the film's simulated reality. Are quantum many-worlds
special effects?

So if you wanted to be a Hollywood star... perhaps you are one, acting
within an entertainment simulation run by a Transcendent Mind. Perhaps
if you do it well the Mind will copy you to other films.