I don't think I've said it in so many words recently, but I find the threat to... *deep breath* create a "perfect copy" of me (using server space you are paying for I guess) and torture it to be ridiculous, dumber and less threatening than literally a practitioner of voodoo threatening to stab their doll of me (because, if it worked as practicers think it does, that would actually hurt me).
Taken at face value, it's, "I paid to replicate you in Will Wright's Reality™ and now I'm going to torture my copy of you" which is even stupider than "i kidnapped a stranger and am going to torture them unless you do what I want". Like, why do I care more about your copy of me vs a copy of anyone else, or a real person that's a stranger? Or like, a pigeon you caught under a bridge? Also lols that sounds expensive, a plan to manipulate me that goes, "step one: dedicate a ton of time and resources getting enough information and computing power to replicate you" seems like a stupid plan.
But of course, since God Omega knows that I wouldn't fall for this nonsense (because I am posting this fact online) he won't bother pulling it on me.
By the way, you know it's a Lot cheaper to say you have some detailed simulation than to actually make one. And, like, what would even be the equivalent to a picture of the hostage holding today's paper for the SuperSim version of yourself?
And even if you find this particular hostage situation compelling... You know that precommiting to refusing to negotiate for hostages is the standard way to address an enemy that frequently takes hostages, right?
