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Suffering in simulations
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<p>Suffering in simulations refers to the ethical, philosophical, and metaphysical implications of conscious or potentially conscious experiences of <a href="/facts/Suffering/gDdgz4lj">suffering</a> occurring within <a href="/facts/Simulated_reality/IVrml807">simulated realities</a>. As advances in <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> and virtual environments increasingly blur the boundary between simulated agents and sentient beings, scholars have begun examining whether suffering experienced in simulations may hold moral weight comparable to suffering in non-simulated ("base") reality. </p>