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Originally Posted by Brujah
Great, then skip to #3
"A simulated individual inside the simulation wouldn?t necessarily know that it?s inside a simulation?it?s just going about its daily business in what it considers to be the "real world.""
Do you agree?
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Yes and no... Reality is subjective to the observer.
A simulation must have rules, specifically safe guards that would protect the integrity of the experiment or "simulation." What is reality after all, if not a presupposition and adherence to the known laws of current physics. One would assume an advance civilization would account for this and apply some sort of intelligence throttle, therefore avoiding the risk of having it's subjects become "aware" of their existence and the simulation at large. Including the formation of a theory on simulated reality. It is a given that all unstable variablities must be accounted for.
So I largely subscribe to Bostrom's 1st Ultimate Question and that we are:
"the one civilization which develops AI simulations and happens not to be in one itself?"
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