our civilization, despite having both computers and interest in history, isn't remotely close to simulating *subjective experience*. speculating on the motives of hypothetical beings with that hypothetical power is like chimps contemplating what an ape might do with nuclear power
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if I was a p-zombie in a world of people talking about conscious experience I would certainly update towards being in a simulation. but since I'm pretty sure I'm conscious myself, my p(simulation) is pretty close to my p(humans of the fifth sun era were created by Quetzalcoatl)
Scott Alexander on why AI progress should make you update toward the universe being a simulation
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I’m human and even I don’t know what an ape would do with nuclear power but I’m sure it would be dope
how do we know we aren't already simulating subjective experience? imo it's plausible that a graphing calculator has subjective experience