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If you had access to a scifi-level artificial super intelligence that could simulate anything perfectly at unimaginable speeds, what experiments would you want to run that would be unethical otherwise (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If the simulation is actually perfect, then it isn't a simulation anymore and whatever would have been unethical in a non-simulated context would still be unethical.

[–] Gadg8eer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I tailored my answers to that assumption. It's a reality, even if a heavily-manipulated one, and the person(s) inside the simulation are as real as we are, given the description of "perfect simulation".