On Apr 13, 4:29=A0pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Graham Woodland wrote:
> > Sea Wasp wrote:
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> >> David DeLaney wrote:
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> >>> Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> =A0 =A0 Not for "personal use", no.
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> >>> Waaah!
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> >>>> You might or might not get to personally meet your creation. Let's
> >>>> say it's part of a competition to make the best possible human (or
> >>>> near human) you can, based on (A) your view of what "best" is, and
> >>>> (B) some fictional template or templates. You can only build one
> >>>> superman/woman, though -- no multiples.
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> >>> ...well, it'd be cruel to build Kimball Kinnison without Clarissa as
> >>> well.
> >>> Hmmm.
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> >> =A0 =A0 You could provide him with a VR/simulant Clarissa, remember;
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> >> won't necessarily know the difference, unless you tell him. You're
> >> only allowed one REAL superman. If you need a bunch of friends around
> >> him to make it work, you can simulate those.
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> > You can't really simulate *that* one.
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 With a Nearly Sufficiently Advanced AI, you can.
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Kim would be the only one actually BIOLOGICAL, but one
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ld assume
> that you could create human, or even superhuman- to- some-
> considerable-extent mind for the companions, adversaries, etc.
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better yet, turn the Lens into a sentient AI named Clarissa. who can
function
like the virtual cylon Number Six in Battlestar Galactica or
Dresden Files Lasciel of the Black Denarii
Now that would make for some fun scenes on those long star hopping
jaunts
tphile
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