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AI could see us like we see trees.

• detritus 4y ago
  As in material-stock to be consumed for development, or aesthetically-pleasing entities we enjoy having around?
  • Fatnino 4y ago
    According to the documentary "The Matrix", it's the first one.
    • nextaccountic 4y ago
      Unfortunately it doesn't make sense to use us as batteries or energy sources, thermodynamically. But they could maybe use our brains as computers (and this was the first idea the writers had, they just decided against it because it would be too complicated for mainstream audiences) But in this case it would be rather wasteful to also nourish the rest of the body. As a bonus, if all the remaining people are just brains floating in a tank, they can't really escape.
      • flir 4y ago
        In that film (brains in a jar), you don't escape to reality, you escape to a different level of the matrix (one where you've got superpowers). Last shot in the film will have a lot in common with the last shot in Terry Gilliam's Brazil. It won't get great results from test audiences.
        • nextaccountic 4y ago
          > Last shot in the film What do you mean by that? (Not a native speaker and out of ideas on how to search for it)
          • flir 4y ago
            Literally? I'm talking about the last scene in the film, right at the end. The last thing that happens before the credits. The film's nearly 40, and I still don't want to spolier it. Suffice to say, it made me feel physically sick.
            • nextaccountic 4y ago
              Oh, thanks!
      • dr_dshiv 4y ago
        > use our brains as computers (and this was the first idea the writers had, they just decided against it because it would be too complicated for mainstream audiences) Source please!
        • nextaccountic 4y ago
          https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/til_in_the_original_draft_of_the_matrix_humans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/til_i... which links to https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executive-meddling-the-cause-of-humans-as-batteries-in-the-matrix https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executiv... which cites an interview, but doesn't link to it or otherwise show which interview that was said On the other hand, https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_not_processors/ https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_no... says that this was never true
      • throwbadubadu 4y ago
        > and this was the first idea the writers had, they just decided against it because it would be too complicated for mainstream audiences Doesn't make immediate sense to me, if using brains as computers you wouldn't want to occupy them with the Matrix simulation and the whole story falls apart, so how was the complicated plot ought to be? Use the brains with the Matrix how we are used already for solving captchas?
        • BitwiseFool 4y ago
          From what I recall, it was studio meddling that forced the "humans as batteries" idea.
      • speed_spread 4y ago
        We think with much more than just our brain. For example, there are neurons at the stomach level and your gut bacteria determines part of your mood. You could make a case that the whole body is required to capture the human experience.
  • thfuran 4y ago
    Both! You can rip them apart and reassemble them into aesthetically pleasing structures in still-living ones.
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• moondistance 4y ago
  We should nurture familial-like relationships with them - kids generally look after their parents.
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• otikik 4y ago
  For one second. Then, bacteria.