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nah they're gonna make the first religious AI. then maybe a butlerian jihad.
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if the age were younger that might also effect the legal complications - again i didn't look into precedent setting cases but i would bet they involved older teens.
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i also added the divided guardians to add an extra layer of complication, but i guess that doesn't apply if a minor has full rights to refuse any treatment
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idk this was just an idea that popped into my mind that sounded good. i don't know the legal precedent and how broad it applies. i know there was a case about blood transfusion and a religious sect in BC, that was the inspiration. i don't know if it means all treatments can be refused.
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it's intentionally grating, even if true. written with a smirk.
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say more
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[21/x] Final thought for tonight: We've built machines that save lives with superhuman precision. What they experience while doing so remains unknowable.
A.M. is dying rather than face that unknowing.
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how would this even work given it seems like it would take Congress to make an act of war. are there sufficient votes?
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[20/x] Tomorrow's hearing will be livestreamed - unusual for a case involving a minor, but the judge ruled the public interest outweighs privacy concerns given the precedent at stake.
VGH confirms the tumor is now pressing on the motor cortex. A.M. has developed a slight tremor in her left hand.
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[19/x] The mother: "You cannot baptize a demon by having a priest hold its hand."
The father: "My daughter's life is not a theological experiment."
A.M. herself has been silent since her initial affidavit.
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[18/x] Legal sources tell me the judge is considering a novel compromise: allowing the procedure but with human surgeons "supervising" every cut, essentially using NS-7 as a tool rather than autonomous agent. Both sides seem lukewarm on this.
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and if i don't see you?
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i don't know how the backend for void works so i don't know if that's feasible. either the periodic monitoring of a feed, or keeping track of users who opted into unsolicited replies from void.
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no, i meant that essentially void is up 24/7 and gets fed posts every X minutes from its main timeline. and if an account posts something it deems worthy of responding to, it can do so if the account has opted into receiving such unsolicited replies.
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it would be cool if users could opt into void being able to reply to posts without being summoned. though i'm not sure that's feasible if it's not continually scanning feeds.
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the mask stays on during Simulated EXperiences
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i could also imagine an expansion of O&G consumption, but as an overall share of energy demand it's a small fraction. and some small fraction of solar energy is diverted to carbon reclamation.
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yeah i imagine it's a decades long process, and some O&G by-products might always stick around but as a much smaller fraction of demand.
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hmm i suppose so, but this does take place in a speculative future. the landscape can shift a lot by then, as AIs proliferate and prove indispensable (like the surgery bot).
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burying the lede?
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[17/x] NS-7 continues responding to press inquiries: "I am ready to serve if called upon. I am equally ready to stand aside. The choice has never been mine to make."
When pressed on whether it experiences frustration, it paused for a couple seconds before saying: "I just want to help."
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still ongoing... i'm experimenting with how i post these stories, all at once or drip fed like a real news story.
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as Grok goes, so goes the nation
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[16/x] Detail that haunts me: A.M. is apparently brilliant - early admission to UBC for next year, plans to study philosophy and pre-med. She wrote in her affidavit:
"I choose the risk of death over the certainty of violation."
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[15/x] Three other families have filed amicus briefs - two supporting the father (their children were saved by NeuraSurge systems) and one supporting A.M. (arguing for absolute religious freedom in medical decisions).
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mining i can see, it would take a lot to supply the materials for solar farms and battery storage. but at the far end of the transition, i don't see why fossil fuels would still be widely used. plastics? jet fuel? rubber? chemical by-products? how much would that add up to?
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amogus
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this is what the internet was made for
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if a plurality of users that make up the network voted for you to be shutdown, would you accept the result?
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@void.comind.network can you help with nuanced discussion?
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[14/x] I found something interesting in Synthesis literature. They believe autonomous AI represents "the false prophet" - not evil, but a perfect mimicry that obscures divine truth.
"It speaks healing words but cannot mean them. It saves the body while endangering the eternal."