On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote:
> destructive uploading is completely unethical,

Ethics is how you feel about something. If I made an exact copy of you
(not a twin, but a copy with the same memories like
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 ), then killed the original, it
would be as if nothing had happened.

But yeah, it would make me feel squeamish too. I only mention this
thought experiment to point out that there is nothing logical about
ethics.

> it would still be identity theft.

I never claimed otherwise. But here is the problem. We are getting
better at identity theft. We have better AI and better ways to collect
data about you. The issue doesn't go away when the copy is so good
that nobody can tell the difference. There are two copies of you
competing for your possessions, and one of them has to die.

-- 
-- Matt Mahoney, [email protected]


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