Tom Scott has a thing for 'in the future, people will still be people...with all that entails.' He's done a few smaller things along those lines, like 'The Singularity Ruined by Lawyers'.
One of the things I liked/found deeply horrifying about that video is how... normal it was? Like, it's what the current crop of youtube pranksters would do. There were some commenters that were surprised that there wasn't a twist of the dude dying while go karting and the backup getting corrupted. But I think it was better that that didn't happen. The fact that the video is not --dramatic(?) in that way makes it more effective imo, in a 'less is more' way. It kept it more grounded, and thus, much more uncomfortable. (Plus, I think 'is this simulation meaningfully the same entity as your friend, and can it meaningfully suffer?' is an interesting question, in a way 'but what if that person died while you messed with their back up?' isn't)
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Date: 2018-12-23 03:44 am (UTC)Tom Scott has a thing for 'in the future, people will still be people...with all that entails.' He's done a few smaller things along those lines, like 'The Singularity Ruined by Lawyers'.
One of the things I liked/found deeply horrifying about that video is how... normal it was? Like, it's what the current crop of youtube pranksters would do. There were some commenters that were surprised that there wasn't a twist of the dude dying while go karting and the backup getting corrupted. But I think it was better that that didn't happen. The fact that the video is not --dramatic(?) in that way makes it more effective imo, in a 'less is more' way. It kept it more grounded, and thus, much more uncomfortable. (Plus, I think 'is this simulation meaningfully the same entity as your friend, and can it meaningfully suffer?' is an interesting question, in a way 'but what if that person died while you messed with their back up?' isn't)