SilasBarta comments on Hacking the CEV for Fun and Profit - Less Wrong

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Comment author: red75 10 June 2010 10:21:18PM 1 point [-]

I think there are significant ethical situations.

Is it ethical to forcefully merge with one's own copy? To create unconscious copy and use it as slave/whatever? To forcefully create someone's copies? To discard one's own copy?

Why would conscious agent be less significant if it can split/merge at will? Of course, voting will be meaningless, but is it reasonable do drop all ethics?

Comment author: SilasBarta 10 June 2010 10:38:35PM *  -1 points [-]

More importantly, does it count as gay or masturbation if you have sex with your copy?