DanArmak comments on Malthusian copying: mass death of unhappy life-loving uploads - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 02 July 2012 10:10:02PM 3 points [-]

Well, if you could "demonstrate" that meat-based humans do experience qualia, that would already be a gigantic step forward.

After all, if you're willing to go by self-reporting, any half-competent self-preserving (because evolutionarily selected) upload or AI will claim to have qualia.