Nick Bostrom

Yeah, so you could imagine, if we found out we were in a very particular kind of simulation, like some sort of short duration game simulation, then yeah, you could imagine that that would shape, just as you maybe behave very differently when you're playing a computer game, hopefully, like you don't behave the same way

Yeah, so you could imagine, if we found out we were in a very particular kind of simulation, like some sort of short duration game simulation, then yeah, you could imagine that that would shape, just as you maybe behave very differently when you're playing a computer game, hopefully, like you don't behave the same way

in real life as you do when you're playing a first-person shooter.

in real life as you do when you're playing a first-person shooter.

So that could be.

So that could be.

But if we didn't get any new insights as to how this particular simulation is configured, we just learned that it is a simulation, but not anything about the sort of specific character of the simulation, then the

But if we didn't get any new insights as to how this particular simulation is configured, we just learned that it is a simulation, but not anything about the sort of specific character of the simulation, then the

I don't know whether that would lead to a greater propensity for violence.

I don't know whether that would lead to a greater propensity for violence.

If anything, maybe the converse, you think there might be stages after the simulation where your behavior in the simulation would affect, kind of similar to traditional ideas of karma or an afterlife.

If anything, maybe the converse, you think there might be stages after the simulation where your behavior in the simulation would affect, kind of similar to traditional ideas of karma or an afterlife.

Some people might become more violent or fanatical, but it can also serve as a sort of

Some people might become more violent or fanatical, but it can also serve as a sort of

moral ballast or like a kind of, well, there is, hopefully you do the right thing just because it's moral.

moral ballast or like a kind of, well, there is, hopefully you do the right thing just because it's moral.

But if not, you know, if there is like some system of accountability that might also induce other people to pay more attention to making sure you don't harm others or trample on other people's rights and interests.

But if not, you know, if there is like some system of accountability that might also induce other people to pay more attention to making sure you don't harm others or trample on other people's rights and interests.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.