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That's the funniest thing about this, the techbros think people will care to bring them to life in the future. (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Sergio@piefed.social 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Great story, I thought of this too. What I like about this story is that so much of the horror is implied.

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MMAcevedo's demeanour and attitude contrast starkly with those of nearly all other uploads taken of modern adult humans, most of which boot into a state of disorientation which is quickly replaced by terror and extreme panic. Standard procedures for securing the upload's cooperation such as red-washing, blue-washing, and use of the Objective Statement Protocols are unnecessary. This reduces the necessary computational load required in fast-forwarding the upload through a cooperation protocol

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MMAcevedo develops early-onset dementia at the age of 59 with ideal care, but is prone to a slew of more serious mental illnesses within a matter of 1–2 subjective years under heavier workloads. In experiments, the longest-lived MMAcevedo underwent brain death due to entropy increase at a subjective age of 145.

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Towards the end of his life, as it became possible to run simulated humans in banks of millions at hundred-fold time compression, Acevedo indicated that being uploaded had been the greatest mistake of his life, and expressed a wish to permanently delete all copies of MMAcevedo.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 7 points 16 hours ago

!I agree. I think the technical tone of the story was great for keeping that eerie distance that makes the reader do the work of understanding the horror.

I found the time bit most creepy. When it first mentions about telling him what date it was, I felt unnerved because at that point, I had no way to know how long after the initial upload this piece was written from, in narrative. The sense of disorientation from this made me empathise even harder with MMAcevedo.

I think probably the part I found most horrifying was the bit discussing the kinds of work that MMAcevedo is useful for. I know a lot of people who work in research — enough that I know that academic nerds like Acevedo tend to find menial, repetitive work that doesn't engage their brains to be especially soul destroying. But I suppose that's the benefit of MMAcevedo right? No need to worry about destroying a person's soul if they're not a person, and they (are legally considered to) lack a soul. !<

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You should put that in a spoiler tag :)

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Really? OK.... btw any idea why it's called "Lena"?

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

No idea on the naming, I haven’t really looked into the author or their writing beyond this tbh. However if you click on the links at the top, it takes you through more of their work and author info, it might be buried there somewhere.

And the spoiler request is just because it’s really not that long and those are the juicy bits ;) I think it’s way more impactful inside the greater context, but I mean maybe I’m wrong on that, and have weird preferences.

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Another comment gave probable context for that :)

https://slrpnk.net/comment/19387527

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

ooh that makes sense, thanks!