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rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
nah

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rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
things aren't as bad as you think, all problems we face are solvable, the only missing component is solidarity

you want to fight the apocalypse, make friends, get social/hypersocialize and find a purpose

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
If you only want to interpret things in the simulation metaphor, here you go:

there's this game called the talos principle, where you play a robot in a simulation, it's essentially a portal clone but it's pretty creative itself

anyway, at the center of the map, there's a tower, and the literal god of the simulation tells you not to climb the tower

so of course you do

and at the end, he tells you that of course you were supposed to climb the tower

you find out that the simulation is a program built by people, to evolve a strong ai, after climate change/the apocalypse kills all humans, so that robots can inherit the earth after them

the puzzles are all a test, to see if you can solve problems, but the 'tower' is itself a special kind of test test

a dependent robot doesn't climb the tower, since it doesn't have free will. it just does what it's told to do, doesn't climb the tower, and therefore fails

but an independent robot, one with true Strong AI, proves its independence, by defying its creator

long story short: there's always an 'out', there's always an answer, but it's never going to be handed to you, you have to wrestle it from the hands of the computer god, after you kill it

god is dead, long live man

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

We're a simulation of a higher dimensional supercomputer designed by their plane's version of Bethesda. Which is why our political intrigue is so poorly written.
Who's the PC

Because nothing's changing without the involvement of the pc of that's the case

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