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May 28, 2015
Immortal But Damned to Hell on Earth
This computer is attached to a generator that runs off of nuclear waste as it decays. Thus it is deep in a vault in the earth, but attached to the rest of humanity via cables. For 100 years, the disembodied mind revels in all she can explore: the sum of human knowledge; every other uploaded consciousness; and this universe of diverting data just keeps expanding with every day.
Then a super-volcano explodes.
All embodied human life is extinguished. Most disembodied life is destroyed too. But not the computer deep in the bunker of nuclear waste. - The Atlantic
Posted by gerardvanderleun at May 28, 2015 8:36 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Oh boy. Immortality. As if going through life one time wasn't bad enough.
I wouldn't care to do it and, well, there are some folks that I sure wouldn't want to do it either.
Just think: something like this will cost lotsa money. You know any rich people that you like enough to grant them immortality?
And picture the caretakers of this operation: double-digit floor sweepers and cleaners and "Oops tripped on that plug Harry".
"Huh? It's lunch time, we can plug it back in after".
And to be honest, in all my years so far I have never met a person that I like more than I like myself.
Posted by: chasmatic at May 28, 2015 8:57 AM
...so the computer would be stuck there all alone. No one to talk to. Bummer. Next sci-fi speculation?
JWM
Posted by: John M at May 28, 2015 9:15 AM
Here we go again, mucking up meanings, or rather demeaning them. When did information and data become mind?
Are 'talking points' artificial intelligence, or a sign of mental decay to thoughtless information excretion?
Posted by: Stug Guts at May 28, 2015 10:08 AM
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: http://hermiene.net/short-stories/i_have_no_mouth.html
Posted by: Harry at May 28, 2015 1:41 PM
It looks so funny
Posted by: sampath at June 5, 2015 12:33 PM