• scintilla@crust.piefed.social
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    4 hours ago

    I’m not sure I like these comments. Under the presumption that an uploaded consioness is even possible that’s still a sapient individual I don’t really think you can possibly do something to deserve eternal torment like some of these comments seem so gleeful about.

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      19 minutes ago

      I don’t really think you can possibly do something to deserve eternal torment like some of these comments seem so gleeful about.

      It wouldn’t be eternal. Most kids don’t have that kind of attention span.

      Plus, these consciousnesses might be carefully protected the way major corporations have protected my SSN. So maybe the billionaires have nothing to worry about…

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        57 minutes ago

        You hate this planet because someone expressed discomfort at the idea of tormenting an uploaded consciousness for eternity? That’s a weird reason, but to each their own I suppose.

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      3 hours ago

      They are being inserted into a 2014 video game. I think it is safe to assume it is just their likeness that is used in the game in this scenario. It’s not like the video game is capable of doing anything with the consciousness data of the files.

      Why a future child is playing (what I understand to be) the worst game in the series is the strangest part of this story.

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      3 hours ago

      Some of them are dark, but you can’t do this anyway. The men they’re talking about need to think about their future a little bit and come back down to earth. Admittedly, I like the teenage girl playing sims with their character the most.

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      3 hours ago

      I actually think that this thread is extremely useful for demonstrating that the downside of obtaining immortality by uploading your consciousness is that you risk handing your digital soul into the hands of a wrathful and malicious deity for all eternity.

      (Though honestly, I think that uploading is overrated anyway given that I will still be dead, so how does the continued existence of a copy of me help anything?)