Are we sure that’s not just a weirdly angled picture of a chihuahua or muffin?
This is what you get with some further coaxing.
this guy coaxes
I have no mouth but I must scream.
It has no mouth and it must scream
it can eat and grow though
Eldritch horrors beyond my comprehension
Simply put, to respond to light stimuli is not an unequivocal sign of consciousness.
This could be exactly the scientific breakthrough we needed. Imagine a future where we all have one of these and it watches ads on your behalf. It can’t close its eyes. It can’t look away. it’s the perfect audience!
Its onky useful if it can interface and upvote/like things as well.
In face, just wire the eyes to the muscle for the like action.
This could mean the end of the great advertising war! The corporations want to stick their endless adverts in front of our eyeballs, we want to live without that crap. What this gives us is the possibility of a truce. They let us have internet and TV and operating systems and fridges with no adverts in them. In return, each of us sponsors one eyeball-equipped consciousness to spend an eternity trapped in the torment nexus. It’s a reasonable compromise!
Imagine reincarnating into that
No, Fredoric. They won’t understand and won’t click through. Use “coaxed” like the AI says, we don’t need to act like we are reputable, we are reputable well established already / the Boss at “the west lane mag independent” or something
Ah yes, the Torment Nexus.
Looks like the Horrors in the Dark will be existential tonight folks!
I too look forward to horrors beyond human comprehensions!
A horror movie where you suddenly gain consciousness just to realize you’re a light-sensitive brain blob.
It’s an honest job.
Tech venture capitalists for some reason:
Researchers note that it was immediately given a Disney+Hulu trial subscription.
The next thing they form is a rudimentary finger for doom scrolling.
Horrific state of consciousness? They’re probably having the best time of any of us
if bright then pulse highA riveting existence!
Light definitely elevates my mood
It’s just like me fr fr
I have no mouth and I must scream.
We out here building torment nexes faster than the SciFi writers can keep up.
I’m sure they can work out a mouth next
Why?
So it can scream
Needs vocal cords and lungs for that.
Alright well then name your short story ‘I have no vocal cords or lungs and I must scream’
Science isn’t about WHY. It’s about WHY NOT. Why is so much of our science dangerous? Why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won’t hit you on the butt on the way out, because you are fired.
I thought that wasn’t supposed to be an instruction manual
Nah, that’s the Torment Nexus. AM is free game.
