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0 pointsLocalH5y ago0 comments

When you can figure out how to physically attach consciousness to a machine, get back to me

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I understand the criticism but I think that moment will come LONG before we start effectively colonizing or terraforming the other planets. Id bet a LOT of money on that.

jcelerier5y ago

the only thing that matters is for it to look like the consciousness has been attached.

jessaustin5y ago

I've never forgotten the scene in the OSC short story "Fat Farm", in which the protagonist's mind has been copied to his clone, which clone has left the facility to "continue" to enjoy his fine life, and the protagonist realizes he hasn't thought about what comes next. The answer is grim.

A consciousness might awake in the machine, but it won't be my consciousness.

sosborn5y ago

But for the consciousness in the machine, does that distinction matter at all?

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