Luke_A_Somers comments on Malthusian copying: mass death of unhappy life-loving uploads - Less Wrong
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Malthusian cases arise mainly when reproduction is involuntary or impulsive, as it is with humans. It seems highly unlikely that ems will have the same mechanisms in place for this.
Plus, a 'merge' function would solve the 'fork and die' problem.