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Originally Posted by Brujah
Why? What if 1,000,000 A.D. it's merely a Sims game? No real danger of something so simplistic to them affecting their external lives. The simulation is artificial intelligence, nothing real. It believes it's real. It believes it feels. It's perception of time could be eternal, but realistically might be minutes or hours.
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This is a pretty old argument and more prevalent as we get closer and closer to creating artificial intelligence. Some already hold to the belief that in doing so we are creating life forcibly rather than naturally. Why do you think cloning is largely frowned upon?
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