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On another note, I think this story grossly underestimates the number of people who would have philosophical problems with uploading. As far me, I'd be harvesting their technology to build my own upload chair and FAI (which didn't maximize ponies), to get the hell out of the earth's pony cone as quickly as possible. But lots of people would pull out the tired 'but it wouldn't really be you' complaint. I'm sure the AI could surmount it, but you ought to show it doing so.
Well, it does, in the story with the Afghan: he is a failure of the AI, and also describes the techniques it was using (free medical care targeted at the terminal, which is everyone sooner or later; constant individualized propaganda with tailored lies and arguments; etc.).
I think the argument "upload or die within the hour" is about as persuasive as an argument could possibly get.