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[–] 34 points 1 month ago*

Torment Nexus (or it will be as they scale up).

Serious ethical guidelines and research into pain etc., should be required, but capitalism.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago

    Ah a small step for man, a giant leap for our matrix overlords!

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  • [–] 42 points 1 month ago* (26 children)

    the matrix plot would have made much more sense if they were using humans as bio CPUs rather than batteries… which they have to feed with food (energy).

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    that was the original script :(

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    The one they stole? Edit: I was recalling incorrect reporting from a decade past. More detail in the following thread.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Admittedly my recollection was vague. Here's the first link I found that is telling the story.
    https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/strange-story-of-woman-who-successfully-sued-matrix-directors-plagiarism/ Seems like there was reporting about a decade ago that the claimant was successful in her plagiarism lawsuit when she really wasn't.
    https://thingsthatkeepmeupatnight.substack.com/p/the-mother-of-the-matrix-and-the This goes more in depth to her claim and serves to underscore just how tenuous the claims of plagiarism/similarity are.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago

    they were originally suppose to make them about cpu, but the directors assumed audiences wouldnt understand the references, it doesnt make sense since the robots can use nuclear power, geothermal energy, and wind.

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  • [+] -14 points 1 month ago (19 children)

    Thank you, that was my point in a convoluted way. We use so little of our brain power I wonder if we are already hooked up to a matrix and the "unused" is actually in use?

    Like the machine figured out how much to let us use to keep us viable and not lose the "crop"?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    Usually not all at once, because that’s called a stroke seizure

    Edit: was wrong, sorry

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Exactly what the Matrix would tell us.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Because as my tag for you articulates I have to deal w/ dummies like you.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

    please tell me you dont believe the hollywood 10% brain use thing. we use all of our brain.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    if you don't limit your beliefs to what is supported by empirical evidence then do you believe literally everything?

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  • [+] -9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    So you believe what they feed you, fair enough. I have critical thinking on my side, you have follow the herd. No worries, keep on that track.

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    Mechanicus: heavy breathing

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    I wouldn't get too exited, it appears to run on baloney.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Needs to be called Magi (Neon Genesis Evangelion reference)

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  • [+] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
    [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    Does that mean there are 5375 "data centers" in my head right now?

    Where are the stats about storage, processing power, etc?

    Clickbait bullshit.

    https://www.brain-zone.net/learn/research/facts/neurons-in-human-brain

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The Christians are going to love this one

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