Nick Bostrom

But ultimately that it would be in itself, I think, a kind of existential catastrophe if we've sort of forever failed to take this next step.

But ultimately that it would be in itself, I think, a kind of existential catastrophe if we've sort of forever failed to take this next step.

Yeah, one possible reason, as we alluded to earlier, for why a technologically mature civilization might run ancestor simulations would be this scientific motive of trying to better understand the dynamics that could shape the origination of other super-intelligent civilizations.

Yeah, one possible reason, as we alluded to earlier, for why a technologically mature civilization might run ancestor simulations would be this scientific motive of trying to better understand the dynamics that could shape the origination of other super-intelligent civilizations.

So if they originate from sort of biologically evolved creatures, then like studying those

So if they originate from sort of biologically evolved creatures, then like studying those

types of creatures, different possible creatures, the societies they build, the dynamics.

types of creatures, different possible creatures, the societies they build, the dynamics.

That could be one motive that could drive this.

That could be one motive that could drive this.

But there are other possible motives as well.

But there are other possible motives as well.

That's one of them.

That's one of them.

It's one of them.

It's one of them.

I mean, you might wonder whether it would saturate.

I mean, you might wonder whether it would saturate.

So it's not just whether it could lead some advanced civilization to create some simulations, but you also have to think they could create

So it's not just whether it could lead some advanced civilization to create some simulations, but you also have to think they could create