Ok ok, hear me out, what if they were harvested neurons from someone everyone wishes had gotten punished for their crimes, but never was? Hitler or Stalin? Or Trump! Or Putin!
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"Scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should"
Micheal on his fictional book about sex changing lizards in an unconventional zoo.
Didn't the thought emporium work on this?
Yeah they are working on this for sure. The video series is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLsjPxmF1BE1BAAeJgF2A17pKxeIBGm8
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Am I the only one who wonders why, in a world where there are already concerns about machines rebellion, when we train rats, robots and a bench of neurons to play a game, it HAS to be Doom, we can't think about another, non-violent, or let's be bold: non-destructive game??
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Training brain-chip to Rip&Tear, I'm sure this can never go wrong.
Iirc the study found that the neurons played "slightly better than buttons being pressed at random" or something like that, so it's hardly pro gamer brain chip.
A 'digital rendition of Hell'... you even Doom bro?
Wasn't the original Doom a digital representation of Mars and its moons: Phobos and Deimos?
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It used bullet spray to spell out "kill me". But the scientists missed it because there wasn't enough video memory to keep the writing on the wall. IYKYK
If I imagine I am playing Doom accurately enough, does it count?
Next step, Skyrim
Good call. I haven't seen anyone play doom in skyrim yet.
"I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took a BFG 9000 to the knee."
So we can do this with functioning brain cells but we can't have abortions? Seems a bit.. fucked