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I think "MMAcevedo" basically nails it: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

• gattr 6mo ago
  I don't think it's a best example. MMAcevedo is about running a real human mind on a different substrate (for science, for labor, or to torture it for fun a million times, I guess, by a bored teenager who got the image from torrents). Scaling up these neuron cultures is rather something like "head cheese" from Greg Egan's "Rifters" novels (artificial "brains" trained to do network filtering, anti-malware combat etc.).
  • Tzt 6mo ago
    >Greg Egan's "Rifters" By Peter Watts actually.
    • gattr 6mo ago
      Yes, sorry! I like them both a lot.
      • kpil 6mo ago
        Will put it in my list :-)
• bspammer 6mo ago
  I had a genuine feeling of dread reading that, wow.
  • kpil 6mo ago
    It takes some of the fun out of imagining eternal digital life, doesn't it :-)