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And "The Congress" movie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film) (It's inspired by a
by amitport 5y ago
And "The Congress" movie
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)
(It's inspired by a book that I haven't read, so I'm not sure if the same idea we're discussing is also in the book... But it's definitely in the movie.)
- phaedrus 5y agoBefore clicking the link, I thought this was going to be a completely different science fiction story about (U.S.) congressmen who leave the business of legislative voting to AI copies (brain scans) of themselves while the original travels full-time to raise funds and votes. After a secret congressional hearing is held on a matter of national security, the scanned copies begin voting in ways counter-to or that don't make sense to the original versions, but the copes are not allowed to reveal what was in the content of that hearing that changed their minds. I don't remember where I read that plot synopsis, so I might have some details wrong. (If it's a book I haven't read it, or it could have been someone's description of a story idea.)