Everyone who reads Chiang's piece should, as a counterpoint, read qntm's short story Lena, which imagines the first human consciousness to run in simulation on disk. The specific exercise is to reflect on how one would react to the following events if they were to transpire:
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substance 5 · opinion · rank 149 · Reading 'Lena' offers a counterpoint highlighting moral concerns about simulated human minds.
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