The Open Thread posted at the beginning of the month has gotten really, really big, so I've gone ahead and made another one. Post your new discussions here!
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Could you clarify for me what you mean by requiring that that a human consciousness be instantiated? Is it that you don't believe it is possible to elicit a CEV from a human if instantiation is involved or that you object to the consequences of simulating human consciousnesses in potentially undesirable situations?
In the case of the latter I observe that this is only a problem under certain CEVs and so is somewhat different in nature to the other requirements. Some people's CEVs could then be extracted more easily than others.