themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doomwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@piefed.socialnottheonion@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkGoogle mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doomwww.pcgamer.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@piefed.socialnottheonion@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarepeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agothe day when they can make a perfect copy of “you” and trap you in a virtual hell for eternity is fast approaching
minus-squareunperson [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 hours agoIt’s likely even a perfectly accurate brain simulation would age and develop dementia. The brain certainly did not evolve to continue working and accumulating information for eternity. Reminds of MMAcevedo
minus-squarepeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoyes! that’s what i was thinking of but i couldn’t remember the name of it
minus-squareorlando [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agonot eternity. one of the mercies of life is that the world will end in 10^x years and take all your enemies and their legacy with them.
minus-squarepeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agothe world sure, but what about the universe?
minus-squareorlando [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago“world” is a word which here means the universe. the vast majority of the universe is receding from our blighted planet faster than light anyway
the day when they can make a perfect copy of “you” and trap you in a virtual hell for eternity is fast approaching
It’s likely even a perfectly accurate brain simulation would age and develop dementia. The brain certainly did not evolve to continue working and accumulating information for eternity.
Reminds of MMAcevedo
yes! that’s what i was thinking of but i couldn’t remember the name of it
not eternity. one of the mercies of life is that the world will end in 10^x years and take all your enemies and their legacy with them.
the world sure, but what about the universe?
“world” is a word which here means the universe. the vast majority of the universe is receding from our blighted planet faster than light anyway