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Kevin comments on Could/would an FAI recreate people who are information-theoretically dead by modern standards? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kevin 23 January 2011 11:01:59AM *  2 points [-]

"You" is rather fungible. There are lots of mes out there that are close enough to me that I would identify with their conscious experience.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 January 2011 11:11:43AM 2 points [-]

You is rather fungible.

Are you sure you aren't Clippy? Just how many paperclips could we trade a Manfred for? ;)

Comment author: Kevin 23 January 2011 11:47:19AM 1 point [-]

I meant the generic you, not specifically Manfred. I edited the italics to quotes to indicate this.

Comment author: Manfred 23 January 2011 07:20:39PM 0 points [-]

Good point. Still, the goodness of the reconstruction should diverge really quickly if you don't measure every single particle on earth, at least a decent time into the future. Earth is a pretty chaotic system, after all.

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