IMO any solution to the 5-and-10 problem or wacky lesswrongian decision theory or cloning digital minds has to engage with Chalmer's hard problem of consciousness, if it is to persuade people.
My current conclusion is that yeah both clones will have conscious experience. Both clones will understand they came from me, that does not mean they feel they are me. Similarly I will understand the clones will come from me, that does not mean they are the future me. It is possible my conscious experience is one of permanent termination and resembles one of death. (Imagine an instant death where someone sets off a fission bomb next to me and vaporises my atoms... (read 418 more words →)
IMO any solution to the 5-and-10 problem or wacky lesswrongian decision theory or cloning digital minds has to engage with Chalmer's hard problem of consciousness, if it is to persuade people.
My current conclusion is that yeah both clones will have conscious experience. Both clones will understand they came from me, that does not mean they feel they are me. Similarly I will understand the clones will come from me, that does not mean they are the future me. It is possible my conscious experience is one of permanent termination and resembles one of death. (Imagine an instant death where someone sets off a fission bomb next to me and vaporises my atoms... (read 418 more words →)