10. Are You Living In A Computer Simulation? (2003)
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10. Are You Living In A Computer Simulation? (2003)
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By Nick Bostrom.
Abstract:
This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof); (3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation. It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor‐simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation. A number of other consequences of this result are also discussed.
Read the full paper:
https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf
More episodes at:
https://radiobostrom.com/
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Outline:
(00:19) Abstract
(01:11) Section 1. Introduction
(04:08) Section 2. The Assumption of Substrate-independence
(06:32) Section 3. The Technological Limits of Computation
(15:53) Section 4. The Core of the Simulation Argument
(16:58) Section 5. A Bland Indifference Principle
(22:57) Section 6. Interpretation
(35:22) Section 7. Conclusion
(36:53) Acknowledgements
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