I hold the philosophical position that if two things are indistinguishable, their difference is irrelevant.

"What if we live in a simulation?" -- irrelevant
"What if you couldn't tell the difference between taking to a computer and a real person?" -- irrelevant

But more precisely, it's begging the question to say "imagine something was indistinguishable, now how would you treat it differently???"

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@nomi my first thought was that it has to be relevant for ethical questions (ie do robots really feel pain). But then I realized that just not differentiating as long as you can't tell always seems like the best way to go.

@monotrox99 right! Like if it looks like pain, walks like pain, and you can't tell if it's not, then act like it is

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