If they were self-aware, more people might want to do something to preserve this world for them when we escape.
[ she thinks of Artemis and Aspasia, the archive avatars, perpetually stymied by the limitation programmed into them. logically, Beta's sure it's simply because she'd been raised in a simulation her whole life, her only company the AIs and avatars her creators allowed her access to. but the thought of this entire world and the people within just vanishing... ]
They may not like us, and they may not be sentient or human, but it's an entire little world. It seems a shame to just turn it off.
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[ she thinks of Artemis and Aspasia, the archive avatars, perpetually stymied by the limitation programmed into them. logically, Beta's sure it's simply because she'd been raised in a simulation her whole life, her only company the AIs and avatars her creators allowed her access to. but the thought of this entire world and the people within just vanishing... ]
They may not like us, and they may not be sentient or human, but it's an entire little world. It seems a shame to just turn it off.