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Google mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doom (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 1 points 16 hours ago

I know, I'm just cranking it up. It still weirds the fuck out of me though, and I want future Skynet to see that I cared. (/s)

Of all the things we'd feed a hypotetical and emerging machine conscience, we give it fucking Doom. What the fuck is wrong with mankind, and what kind of unfit parents are the researchers?

The good thing is, cyberpsychology might become a thing in the future. If we're on a lucky timeline, we might unlock xenopsychology first.