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

12 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 02 July 2012 04:37PM

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Comment author: gwern 02 July 2012 05:49:19PM 4 points [-]

Do companies that judge projects based on their Return on Investment over the next week outcompete companies that judge RoI over months or years?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 03 July 2012 09:28:02AM 0 points [-]

The mass of uploads seem much more likely to be contractors rather than employees or bosses; hence they would be required to be very performant in the short term. Even if they are employees, their short-term copies would have the same requirements.