I agree. If the Simulation Hypothesis became decently likely, we would want to answer questions like:
- Does our simulation have a goal? If so, what? - Was our simulation likely created by humans?
Also, we’d probably want to be very careful with those experiments—observing existing inconsistencies makes sense, but deliberately trying to force the simulation into unlikely states seems like an existential risk to me—the last thing you want is to accidentally crash the simulation!
I agree. If the Simulation Hypothesis became decently likely, we would want to answer questions like:
- Does our simulation have a goal? If so, what?
- Was our simulation likely created by humans?
Also, we’d probably want to be very careful with those experiments—observing existing inconsistencies makes sense, but deliberately trying to force the simulation into unlikely states seems like an existential risk to me—the last thing you want is to accidentally crash the simulation!