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If someone wants to read a fictional story that takes a deeper look at this scenario, "Lena" is an excellent read in the format of a Wikipedia article: https://
by pavel_lishin 3y ago
If someone wants to read a fictional story that takes a deeper look at this scenario, "Lena" is an excellent read in the format of a Wikipedia article: https://qntm.org/lena https://qntm.org/lena
- arcastroe 3y agoThis was a very entertaining and frightening read, thank you. I loved the Wikipedia format.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoPlease check out the rest of Sam's fiction - it's all very, very goodl.
- ChainOfFools 3y agobrilliant and sublimely haunting piece. I knew it would come up in this thread somewhere. I only wish it were slightly shorter and less involved in some of the weedier details, because it's current form is rather Limited in the audience that I can share it with, most people just don't have the time even if they do have the curiosity. would be an excellent way to introduce the bigger picture agency problems, of effectively handing out -intentionally or not - a perpetual "clone me" license to anyone who wishes to use your consciousness for any purpose up to and including unrestricted torture and sadism. "uploading your consciousness into a computer" gets generally positive interest from people ( like myself, before encountering some of this material) who haven't given much consideration to the consequences of subjecting ones individual human consciousness to open source licensing and 'market forces.'