Don’t see one that says, “Unending life unless you want to kill yourself after 200 years.”
> Average lifespan is 80 years and people know it and kind of accept it but would you be happy to have lifespan as dog or cat less than 20 years?
If the average lifespan was 20 years then it wouldn’t bother me any more than a lifespan of 80 years bothers me today. Which it is to say that it doesn’t bother me at all.
Not sure if some one definition picked without context is good example. Immortal doesn't have to mean eternal life.
In green mythology we have few examples of supposedly immortal gods that died.
Elves in Tolkien were immortal but could die.
On the other hand in Christianity Jesus was a mortal God that died and go ressurected and is now believed to be immortal. Buddhist believe in reincarnation.
The universe is supposed to die eventually at one point. In this way even if AGI could be immortal or keep resurrecting itself it would eventually die when universe dies.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/immortality
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immortality
Don’t see one that says, “Unending life unless you want to kill yourself after 200 years.”
> Average lifespan is 80 years and people know it and kind of accept it but would you be happy to have lifespan as dog or cat less than 20 years?
If the average lifespan was 20 years then it wouldn’t bother me any more than a lifespan of 80 years bothers me today. Which it is to say that it doesn’t bother me at all.