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NotChoinski
05/01/09

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Alive, the way a sluggish porn-addicted A.D.D. couch potato is alive. SkyNet, at home in their underwear.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
05/01/09

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"There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are left in darkness, they will seek out the light? Why is it that when robots are stored in an empty space, they will group together, rather than stand alone? How do we explain this behavior? Random segments of code? Or is it something more? When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul? "

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daveNYC
05/01/09

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So the guys at New Scientist finally finished Neuromancer?
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The Curse of Millhaven
05/01/09

@daveNYC: Or "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?"
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
05/01/09

@The Curse of Millhaven: I spent that whole damn book waiting for the computer to go crazy and start killing everyone. I'm still convinced there were pages missing from my copy.
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Néstor Daniel Altamirano
05/01/09

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"Personally, I'm already scared of the idea of an internet that complains that I spend too much time online looking and should get out and get some fresh air and sunlight."

Probably not, since you will be a part of its processing habilities (well, kinda... unless you become some kind of cancer). The last thing it'll want would be to you to go outside and off the network.
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braak
05/01/09

@Néstor Daniel Altamirano: Unless the lack of regular sunlight interferes with your processing capacity. It may realize that "down-time" for its processing nodes is healthier in the long run, and so will periodically switch off your connection so that you can go outside and get some air.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/01/09

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That explains why machines always hate us in sci-fi. It pictures humanity as a collection of porn, snark, lolcats, and youtube videos.

Is that really worth saving?
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FredicvsMaximvs
05/01/09

@OW-Holmes, the housekeeper.: Perhaps the way to show the machines how worthy we are is to create something of such magnificence that even a machine will stand in awe.

Like maybe combining pr0n and LOLcats into LOLpr0n.
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braak
05/01/09

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It's the spam bots that will come to life first.
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geekgrrl
05/01/09

@braak: i remember you posting this! still fascinating. can you imagine the kind of person a spam bot would be IRL? i'd want to take it out back and shoot it after three minutes, tops.
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gertymac
05/01/09

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Can we name her Jane?
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LittleDragon
05/01/09

@gertymac: Jane is Plain. I vote for Sanaa.
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gertymac
05/01/09

@LittleDragon: But...but... Jane was going to sacrifice herself to stop xenocide! That's the kind of internet WE NEED!
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LittleDragon
05/01/09

@gertymac: All right we can name her Jane, Or Jayne if it decides to be male.
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ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
05/01/09

@LittleDragon: It all depends on who it imprints on.
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ManchuCandidate
05/01/09

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Based on the content of the internet, this "living" internet is probably a snarky, conspiracy minded, capital letters typing game playing chronic (not that there is anything wrong with it) masturbator crank.
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Gann
05/01/09

@ManchuCandidate: The teenage years are always awkward...
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