I really liked the show. But you made very good points about the UIs limited decision-making. Compared to the usual scenarios it’s still quite remarkable.
The reason is actually explained (something related to memory formation/not having enough space iirc; though then there should be no difference between living for a 1000 subjective years overlocked/not overlocked), which doesn’t seem to be the case in the show. Perhaps overlocking isn’t speeding up all brain parts equally?
Sure but then why not copy yourself whenever you have to defend yourself and then run at maximum clock speed until you die? Or create copies to build up defensive tech or run simulations?
(The author of the show has certainly read the age of em)
I really liked the show. But you made very good points about the UIs limited decision-making. Compared to the usual scenarios it’s still quite remarkable.
Agree re not backing yourself up, terrible decision theory, and not having dead man’s switches eg via telling the journalists.
> This happens for no coherent reason
The reason is actually explained (something related to memory formation/not having enough space iirc; though then there should be no difference between living for a 1000 subjective years overlocked/not overlocked), which doesn’t seem to be the case in the show. Perhaps overlocking isn’t speeding up all brain parts equally?
Sure but then why not copy yourself whenever you have to defend yourself and then run at maximum clock speed until you die? Or create copies to build up defensive tech or run simulations?
Yep. Not making copies/backups generally doesn't make sense.
Thanks for the recommdendation! Just watched episode 1 and am hooked.