And the eugenics wars were in the nineties, so Trump would have probably been purged by Khan and his fellows long before Putin even came up with the idea of making him run for president.
They did digitise the victim, sorry, “traveler”, send the data and mass through the wormhole, store the data in a buffer on the receiving gate (there might have also been a buffer for outgoing data in the sending gate, I'm not sure) and reconstitute a copy on its “event horizon” (which wasn't really an event horizon and actually turned out to have absolutely nothing to do with the wormhole, being instead the interface for the fax machine).
Teal'c (or rather data that could be reconstituted into a copy of Teal'c) once got stuck in the buffer, and Carter had to hack the gate so that it would create an “event horizon” without the actual wormhole, thus tricking the fax machine into reconstituting “Teal'c”, about two days later than it should have of it hadn't malfunctioned.
Before gen“AI” this flyer would have been comic sans and clip-art images... the economic, social, and mental costs of gen“AI” obviously make this worse, but I'm not sure that would have looked any better...
The "wormgates" in SM were more like teleporters, in that they disintegrated you, reduced you to data, and recreated you on the other side.
That's exactly how stargates work in the Stargate series (except for the bit where they could work like normal wormholes, but they've got a scanner/shredder/maker mechanism stuck in front of the wormhole for no apparent reason).
I don't think they ever duplicated anyone (with a stargate), but Teal'c('s data) once got stuck in the buffer. Technically nothing would prevent the gate from duplicating travelers, as long as it had enough energy and it could be prevented from flushing the buffer.
Star Trek teleporter: fax machine / shredder combination (remember that time the shredder bit malfunctioned and we got double Riker..?)
Wormhole: just a weird long gateway (with a chance of spaghettification). No problems there unless it somehow takes you through some sort of hell dimension or something.
Stargate: somehow both, because let's be frank, the Ancients were kind of dicks. (Also, didn't actually need the whole buffer thing, that one Orlin built in Carter's basement with a box of scraps was completely analog, no computer bits, and it worked just fine until it didn't.)
I actually meant to read Discworld books at one point many years ago, but was always overwhelmed at the size of the universe.
Just pick one (preferably a one-off or one at the start of a series, thought at most you'll miss some character background and lore if you pick one in the middle) that looks good to you and start reading, they're all good.
The very first ones are a bit different than the rest, especially the first two (more genre parody than Discworld proper) as he was still finding his footing, but they're still good.
Guards! Guards!, Small Gods, Wyrd Sisters (technically Equal Rites is the first Witches book, but it's still a transitional one), Pyramids, Mort, or Sorcery (still a transitional one, but quite a good one) are good starting points.
Or if you want something with less books just pick up the Bromeliad, aka The Nome Trilogy; just three books, and a whole different setting, but also a classic. Not exactly the same style as the Discworld books, but they'll give you an idea of how you like his writing (probably more than the first two Discworld books, really).
It's very simple: a computer controlling a human as a flesh robot instead of the other way around.
Think Amazon drivers, for instance. No autonomy whatsoever, no thinking, no decisions, just eyes, feet, and hands for the machine.
Late stage capitalism existential / body horror, and a wet dream for corporations.
I have no doubt our generation and later will never retire. They'll just plug a chip into our nape and keep our corpses working until they fall apart. 40K was off by 38 centuries.
It's fearmongering intended to push regulation to ban foreign models (i.e., competition) and locally run ones, and to prevent new AI companies from gaining traction, thus guaranteeing a monopoly for the current subscription based ones.
Also to "place limits on how powerful the models can be", so they have an excuse when they reach the limits of what LLMs are capable of or model collapse starts making them worse, whatever comes first.
In both cases, futile attempts at ensuring their survival once the bubble bursts.
Also, astroturfing. Marketing. Making their models look more powerful. Dangling forbidden fruit in front of their customers and their competitors' in order to entice them, feed their AI psychosis, and strengthen their addiction.
Well, fuck.
Any viable alternatives, or should I switch to BSD? (Gnome obviously doesn't count, it's designed for tablets, and unusable on desktops).
He should look deep into it, yes.
Just copy Data everywhere.
And the eugenics wars were in the nineties, so Trump would have probably been purged by Khan and his fellows long before Putin even came up with the idea of making him run for president.
They did digitise the victim, sorry, “traveler”, send the data and mass through the wormhole, store the data in a buffer on the receiving gate (there might have also been a buffer for outgoing data in the sending gate, I'm not sure) and reconstitute a copy on its “event horizon” (which wasn't really an event horizon and actually turned out to have absolutely nothing to do with the wormhole, being instead the interface for the fax machine).
Teal'c (or rather data that could be reconstituted into a copy of Teal'c) once got stuck in the buffer, and Carter had to hack the gate so that it would create an “event horizon” without the actual wormhole, thus tricking the fax machine into reconstituting “Teal'c”, about two days later than it should have of it hadn't malfunctioned.
Given the American dream, there must exist an American sleep paralysis demon.
Eleanor sitting in her backyard.
Before gen“AI” this flyer would have been comic sans and clip-art images... the economic, social, and mental costs of gen“AI” obviously make this worse, but I'm not sure that would have looked any better...
That's exactly how stargates work in the Stargate series (except for the bit where they could work like normal wormholes, but they've got a scanner/shredder/maker mechanism stuck in front of the wormhole for no apparent reason).
I don't think they ever duplicated anyone (with a stargate), but Teal'c('s data) once got stuck in the buffer. Technically nothing would prevent the gate from duplicating travelers, as long as it had enough energy and it could be prevented from flushing the buffer.
Hanlon's razor:
But, also, Grey's law:
Star Trek teleporter: fax machine / shredder combination (remember that time the shredder bit malfunctioned and we got double Riker..?)
Wormhole: just a weird long gateway (with a chance of spaghettification). No problems there unless it somehow takes you through some sort of hell dimension or something.
Stargate: somehow both, because let's be frank, the Ancients were kind of dicks. (Also, didn't actually need the whole buffer thing, that one Orlin built in Carter's basement with a box of scraps was completely analog, no computer bits, and it worked just fine until it didn't.)
Uncanny resemblance...
Just pick one (preferably a one-off or one at the start of a series, thought at most you'll miss some character background and lore if you pick one in the middle) that looks good to you and start reading, they're all good.
The very first ones are a bit different than the rest, especially the first two (more genre parody than Discworld proper) as he was still finding his footing, but they're still good.
Guards! Guards!, Small Gods, Wyrd Sisters (technically Equal Rites is the first Witches book, but it's still a transitional one), Pyramids, Mort, or Sorcery (still a transitional one, but quite a good one) are good starting points.
Or if you want something with less books just pick up the Bromeliad, aka The Nome Trilogy; just three books, and a whole different setting, but also a classic. Not exactly the same style as the Discworld books, but they'll give you an idea of how you like his writing (probably more than the first two Discworld books, really).
There's no Uyghur Muslim genocide in Ba Sing Se.
Pratchett.
The Tiffany Aching books specifically if you want a direct replacement (but better), the rest of his work if you want more.
Heh. You think death will free you from exploitation? We'll never be allowed to retire. Not even after we die.
It's very simple: a computer controlling a human as a flesh robot instead of the other way around.
Think Amazon drivers, for instance. No autonomy whatsoever, no thinking, no decisions, just eyes, feet, and hands for the machine.
Late stage capitalism existential / body horror, and a wet dream for corporations.
I have no doubt our generation and later will never retire. They'll just plug a chip into our nape and keep our corpses working until they fall apart. 40K was off by 38 centuries.
It's fearmongering intended to push regulation to ban foreign models (i.e., competition) and locally run ones, and to prevent new AI companies from gaining traction, thus guaranteeing a monopoly for the current subscription based ones.
Also to "place limits on how powerful the models can be", so they have an excuse when they reach the limits of what LLMs are capable of or model collapse starts making them worse, whatever comes first.
In both cases, futile attempts at ensuring their survival once the bubble bursts.
Also, astroturfing. Marketing. Making their models look more powerful. Dangling forbidden fruit in front of their customers and their competitors' in order to entice them, feed their AI psychosis, and strengthen their addiction.
They're probably servo-guards. Visually similar design, much smaller, and less powerful, but easier to mass produce.
Exactly. They're looking for people carrying cash or goods they can steal.
Why bully people for fun when they can bully people for fun and profit?