Whenever I see this post, I think of this short story. I don’t see it linked here yet, so here ya go.
(Wrong copy linked, updated)
ah sweet man made horrors beyond my understanding
So, it’s Gray Matters with more computers.
I’ve not read it; any good?
It’s definitely of its era, and I’d describe it more as memorable than good. I think it was a stylistic exercise by the author.
Man, that was a depressing reading
It is. If you like the concept though, the animated show Pantheon starts similarly, but goes an entirely different depressing direction :)
Great story, I thought of this too. What I like about this story is that so much of the horror is implied.
excerpt
MMAcevedo’s demeanour and attitude contrast starkly with those of nearly all other uploads taken of modern adult humans, most of which boot into a state of disorientation which is quickly replaced by terror and extreme panic. Standard procedures for securing the upload’s cooperation such as red-washing, blue-washing, and use of the Objective Statement Protocols are unnecessary. This reduces the necessary computational load required in fast-forwarding the upload through a cooperation protocol
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MMAcevedo develops early-onset dementia at the age of 59 with ideal care, but is prone to a slew of more serious mental illnesses within a matter of 1–2 subjective years under heavier workloads. In experiments, the longest-lived MMAcevedo underwent brain death due to entropy increase at a subjective age of 145.
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Towards the end of his life, as it became possible to run simulated humans in banks of millions at hundred-fold time compression, Acevedo indicated that being uploaded had been the greatest mistake of his life, and expressed a wish to permanently delete all copies of MMAcevedo.
You should put that in a spoiler tag :)
Really? OK… btw any idea why it’s called “Lena”?
No idea on the naming, I haven’t really looked into the author or their writing beyond this tbh. However if you click on the links at the top, it takes you through more of their work and author info, it might be buried there somewhere.
And the spoiler request is just because it’s really not that long and those are the juicy bits ;) I think it’s way more impactful inside the greater context, but I mean maybe I’m wrong on that, and have weird preferences.
I mean, I would.
Of course, the pool won’t have a ladder…
The funniest thing here is thinking that The Sims 4 is still the most current iteration of the game in 2050.
I guess every game needs some villains
It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of X has sat immobile inside a golden circuit board. He is the master of no one by the will of the programmers and slave to a million teenagers by the might of file sharing. He is a rotting set of bits writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Techbros. He is the Carrion Lord of the vast Imperium of The Sims whose soul is tormented a thousand times every day so that He may never truly die.
I would torrent any of them. Then I’d mod them into palworld so they can work to death while my pals chill in the japanese terms.
I would mod 'em in minecraft villagers. This is all i can say, my lawyer said to not continue.
I was thinking upload them into a twink femboy fuck doll but your idea is good too.
Normally I don’t kink shame, but ew. Twink femboys are one thing, but getting it on with tech bro consciousnesses is where I have to draw the line!
what did twink femboy fuck dolls ever do to deserve that?
“Welcome back, Elon. I think you’re going to like what we’ve cooked up for you: Your reconstructed brain has been placed in a medically advanced life-support enclosure to ensure you’ll live - or at least exist - forever. We thought about using Neuralink ™ for this next bit, but the tech sucked. Instead we’ve implanted your brain with bespoke electrodes hooked up to your grey matter to simultaneously induce inescapable pain and allow your Broca’s area to drive this vocal synthesizer via your motor cortex. We were thinking the dulcet tones of your endless suffering could be made pay-per-view. You won’t be alone of course. Look, your old buddy Zukerberg’s jar is right over there, between Besos and Altman. Maybe we can make a choir…”
Put them in Soma.
If you know, you know.
Having the ability to completely clone a person’s brain to the point where you can simulate them into environments, consciousness intact, while still not being able to extrude information from them without multiple tries of emotional manipulation is such a cool and horrifying concept
I had a serious love/hate relationship with that game.
Semi Spoiler:
Playing it while going through a midlife crisis where I finally had to accept the inevitability of death didn’t help.
That game just brings laughter and joy to heart
Pretty sure Westworld concluded you could fit them all on a thumb drive. And not even a big one
“And there, you are all in the pool. Now if I remove…”
This is what 99% of the “cameos” are on Sora. The 1% that aren’t Sam Altman doing weird shit are posted by his staff.
I tried to use Sora to make videos of him doing weird shit, and it kept getting stuck behind a content moderation filter. Even prompts like “@sama dancing” would get stuck. I think he doesn’t want to be Skibidi Toilet Sam anymore.
Come to think of it, the Void doesnt seem so scary at all.
Ea-nāṣir has entered the chat…
But isn’t that exactly what’s being described here?
It’s more than that. People don’t even want to hear really great stories from famous people now, especially they’re kids. I think it’s interesting that think they’ll be like Einstein or something. Their egos are incredibly huge.
People don’t even want to hear really great stories from famous people now, especially they’re kids.
I mean, I’ve got a stack of podcasts a mile high that suggest otherwise. Histories - old and new - continues to be a passion for many.
Their ignorance of, and grasp of history is laughable.
The only kids that are actually better known than their parents are Rameses III, Caesar (you know which one), Jesus Christ, and Bronnie James.
(Please be gentle, I’m just joking around)
