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by Ray, of Light 03/15/2003, 12:46am PST |
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I must inform you of something: the unravelling of higher brain function is, at this point, a Zeno's paradox. Halfway to halfway, ad infinitum. That doesn't mean it will be forever, but we aren't nearly as close as you'd like to think.
It's the rest of the body that's being simulated. The brain is original equipment and may remain a delightful mystery.
By "he" I assume you mean "they," or else you may as well tell me that "he" will harness the 1.21 Gigawatts from a lightning bolt that will strike the clock tower to power his army of automatons. In the far future, okay, some company builds the hubots or romen or whatever.
Maybe an org chart would help here.
Never mind that, let's get back to cost. Will the point ever be reached where it is less expensive to purchase and maintain these androids than it is to purchase and maintain one supercomputer to handle all the heavy math and hire and maintain humans to do all the monkey work? Why aren't we living on the Moon? You know why. Is one supercomputer+1001 human workers really more expensive than 1001 androids that sell at millions per unit, plus maintenance (cheaper than health insurance, which you subtract from the human worker's paid wage anyway?).
A tank of grey blobs is stretching the definition of andriod, but OK, andriods they are and millions they cost. A stockbroker or accountant costs a lot, too, over 20 years. Or 50. Those costs jump when you tally non-dollar items: clean water, oxygen, pollution and space for him and his shelter.
Or, suppose the brainbox costs triple what a human does. Then, suppose crowding boosts the price of space fivefold. That fridge-sized brainbox becomes a bargain.
Ray, of Light wrote:
maybe it will begin as therapy for quads, You totally just switched gears here. Is it a body with an original mortal brain in it, or is it a de novo brain that only simulates a brain grown from the male sperm-fertilized egg of a female? Because the latter is somewhat unquieting, but ridiculously far off, while the former sounds great to me and Christopher Reeve. You should be more worried about all of us getting fitted for new bodies like buying a new car in the future as opposed to androids.
I figured "super race of heads without bodies" would be universally disquieting. They're people who, willingly or no, have traded away all but their brains, for economic advantage. The backstory is unimportant.
Ray!
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A disquieting development by Ray, of Light 03/12/2003, 10:17pm PST 
I have trouble caring by Senor Barborito 03/12/2003, 10:27pm PST 
Re: A disquieting development by mark 03/13/2003, 12:12am PST 
This is like the ideal engraving for the Caltrops Coat of Arms.-NT- by SBDMT 03/13/2003, 12:18am PST 
Butlerian Jihad! by Jaxx Mannix 03/14/2003, 1:03pm PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Cyrris 03/13/2003, 12:29am PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Chairman Mao 03/13/2003, 1:16am PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Ray, of Light 03/13/2003, 6:30pm PST 
I remove costs using illegal migrant labor by Californication 03/13/2003, 8:42pm PST 
We will have an AI capable of carrying out these tasks before this happens by Entropy Stew 03/13/2003, 2:08am PST 
Re: We will have an AI capable of carrying out these tasks before this happens by Chairman Mao 03/13/2003, 2:13am PST 
Remember, Windex injections kill the brain but leaves the body alive. by laudablepuss 03/13/2003, 5:54pm PST 
Re: We will have an AI capable of carrying out these tasks before this happens by Ray, of Light 03/13/2003, 6:37pm PST 
I hate discussions like these... by I need clarification 03/13/2003, 6:57pm PST 
Re: I hate discussions like these... by Zseni 03/13/2003, 7:03pm PST 
I feel so much less disquieted now by I need clarification 03/13/2003, 7:43pm PST 
and also these, and these, and those over there, and... by Ray, of Light 03/13/2003, 7:15pm PST 
We don't understand it, we will use it by I need clarification 03/13/2003, 7:54pm PST 
No one knows exactly how my meds work, but you can't argue with results :( NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/07/2007, 1:38am PDT 
Re: and also these, and these, and those over there, and... by mark 03/13/2003, 8:18pm PST 
Re: on a similar vein by ydrt 03/13/2003, 3:05pm PST 
Re: A disquieting development by I need clarification 03/13/2003, 6:19pm PST 
Doesn't the Matrix already exist? by Mischief Maker 03/13/2003, 9:48pm PST 
Re: Doesn't the Matrix already exist? by Zseni 03/13/2003, 9:56pm PST 
Somebody's still pissed over her WAREZ privileges getting revoked by Mischief Maker 03/13/2003, 10:19pm PST 
Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by Zseni 03/13/2003, 10:43pm PST 
Re: Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by Ray, of Light 03/13/2003, 11:54pm PST 
Ok that's it. by Chairman Mao 03/14/2003, 1:54am PST 
Okay, now I'm Barbie: THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVAR!!!!! by laudablepuss 03/14/2003, 7:09pm PST 
Welcome to Milliways, drive on through to the second wind--ARGH OH MY GOD!! -nt- by ydrt 03/14/2003, 7:36pm PST 
Re: Okay, now I'm Barbie: THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVAR!!!!! by Chairman Mao 03/14/2003, 7:49pm PST 
Thread hijack: The birth of a Strange Star by laudablepuss 03/14/2003, 8:36pm PST 
Re: Thread hijack: The birth of a Strange Star by Chairman Mao 03/14/2003, 8:54pm PST 
Fixed quotes... by Chairman Mao 03/14/2003, 11:03pm PST 
Re: Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by Zseni 03/14/2003, 5:20pm PST 
Re: Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by Ray, of Light 03/14/2003, 8:12pm PST 
Re: Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by Numbah Six 03/16/2003, 5:19pm PST 
USA! USA! NT NT by Senor Barborito 03/16/2003, 5:34pm PST 
Re: Someone is going to work his one joke into the fucking ground. by junior allen 03/14/2003, 12:57pm PST 
Hee Hee by Mischief Shai-hulud 03/14/2003, 5:55pm PST 
Your fly is open, fag. by Zseni 03/15/2003, 1:41pm PST 
Update by I need clarification 03/16/2003, 2:50am PST 
Dur I done programmeded dat dere computar. NT by I did not insert text 03/16/2003, 2:55am PST 
It's called an -nt- tag, look into it by I need clarification 03/16/2003, 4:16pm PST 
Boo hoo -NT- by Crying Fag 03/16/2003, 4:42pm PST 
BUH?!?! by ATOR The Fighting Eagle 03/18/2003, 11:26pm PST 
There, there... by I need clarification 03/19/2003, 2:56am PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Bill Dungsroman 03/14/2003, 11:49am PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Ray, of Light 03/15/2003, 12:46am PST 
Bill gets fucked (I was right all along) by Ray of Light 12/13/2007, 11:07am PST 
Haha that veronica thread is awesome. NT by Fussbett 12/13/2007, 1:00pm PST 
Were they editing their posts or something? NT by laudablepuss 12/14/2007, 6:48pm PST 
Oh, I see . . . she's just completely insane. NT by laudablepuss 12/14/2007, 6:49pm PST 
ToutSuite's response by Fussbett 03/14/2003, 4:30pm PST 
Or by Or-fag 03/14/2003, 5:13pm PST 
Re: A disquieting development by Diotallevi 03/18/2003, 8:20pm PST 
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