Questions related to the works of the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom (born 1973).
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Does the Simulation Argument differ in essence from the Evil Genius puzzle?
I recently read an article that suggested we might be able to determine if we are part of a computer simulation run by our descendants. The idea seemed far-fetched, but after looking around, I see that it has been argued for by at least one…
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Are the Sims self aware?
According to Professor Nick Bostrom of Oxford University:
...at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely…
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Simulation argument and compressibility
Short version:
Has anyone tried arguing against Bostrom's argument's final postulate from the compressibility viewpoint?
Long version:
As per Nick Bostrom's simulation argument if people can make simulations and are interested in making them, then…
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Simulation Hypothesis - trivial objection - what is the response?
There's a very simple objection to the simulation hypothesis that I came up with, and I've read others come up with this same idea. So I assume it's something philosophers should already be aware of.
There are 2 possibilities:
We're in a…
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Qualia in Computers
If it is possible to simulate consciousness using computer hardware and software, does that mean that computers are able to experience qualia?
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