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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse through a process called “transference.”

Wait a minute, isn't that the plot to the game Soma? People sending their "soul" to the digital world through "transference", and act of immediate suicide after a brain scan.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sort of, in Soma you are all already uploaded and there are no "humans" walking around anymore. Your perspective changes 3 times I think during play. Really drives home questions on perception and existence. Great game everyone should play it.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh, yea, like in the game's present you are right. I was meaning in the game's past; where all the humans went and what info you get through the like audio logs or whatever.

spoilerIIRC it was basically a cult thing where a bunch of them were convinced their soul wouldn't go with their consciousness unless they died during or very shortly after the brain scan that was uploading them to the satellite thingy.

Guess it should be wrapped in spoiler tags just in case...

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

How in the hell does one become addicted to a damn chatbot?

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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I would like to see the full transcript.

How do we know this didn't start off with prompts about creating a book, or asking about exciting things in life, or I don't know what.

Context would help a lot. Maybe it will come out in discovery.

That said, Gemini is garbage for anything anyways. Even as an AI, its bad at that.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Yeah, what was he wearing, right?

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty well articulated point.

"What did the prompts say" is a synonym for "was he asking for it"

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[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I was thinking the same thing, like what is the flow of the chat to get it to this point?

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 13 points 2 days ago

~~Don't~~ be evil.

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