The scenario of brain uploading leading to 'a trillion souls in a box playing video games for eternity' might seem like a terrible outcome from modern perspective, but would likely be internally experienced as deeply meaningful by those uploaded minds, making external judgment of its value problematic.
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“there's a view of sort of the future which says well we'll figure out brain uploading and all this kind of thing and pretty soon what the future of humanity will be you know a trillion souls in a box playing video games for the rest of eternity.”
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The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!" – What’s Coming NEXT | Stephen Wolfram— Sean KimCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:31:42 AM
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