Personal identity has no determinate answers, argues dioscuri
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-24
dioscuri wraps up the identity debate with the Parfitian point that personal identity has no determinate answers — only similarity across instances — pointing to Dynomight's 'Reasons after nonpersons,' which imagines 2029 AI minds turning philosophy-101 thought experiments into real dilemmas: is stopping a program killing it? Does splitting an AI create a second consciousness?
Related event: AI researchers debate whether mind uploading preserves the self(7 posts)→
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