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highplainsdem

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4. I'm always surprised that people who think they can move their mind into a computer don't realize

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:00 PM

Jul 21

that will be death for them, no matter how convincing a replica might be to others.

Fortunately we don't have very many people that deluded now, but thanks to AI peddlers we do have more and more people believing they can resurrect people or relationships by programming chatbots to sound like dead loved ones, or loved ones who are alive but who left them.

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"Most people today spend every waking moment pursuing wealth" DBoon Jul 21 #1

Um, could anyone really be stupid enough.... Think. Again. Jul 21 #2

I'm always surprised that people who think they can move their mind into a computer don't realize highplainsdem Jul 21 #4

"super intelligence will last thousands of years..." Snorke haele Jul 21 #3