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Roko's Predicament as Allegory for Gender Dysphoria
hedgie:
Life will be better when we can get amazeballs cyborg bodies to replace these shitty meat sacks.
Carl-E:
.... maybe. It will probably depend on what body you can afford at that point, and we've seen issues with that in May.
I do wish May and Roko would spend some more time together. I think their different life experiences could be good for each other.
Of course, they may not understand each other at all. Working towards some understanding may be worth it in its own right.
But hey, May helped Roko with an existential crisis once already, right? Maybe there's more there than meets the eye...
Thrillho:
*raises hand* First of all, 'death of the author' is bullshit. Every single thing that is created is directly informed by the person that created it and the context it was created in. I understand it to a degree and as a way of analysing something on its own merits, but I maintain that it's ridiculous.
I think you're onto something with what Jeph is doing, though. He is definitely very aware that he is a cis white dude, and I think after the rapturous reception for Claire's portrayal this is the closest he can get to actually talking about these issues without having to work out how someone feels when having emotions he doesn't have. Obviously that is the nature of being a writer, but this uh... isn't the same thing.
And funnily enough, to me, I see a lot of the AI experience as that of being queer. 'You mean you want to fuck a MACHINE?'
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 26 Mar 2019, 11:43 ---Life will be better when we can get amazeballs cyborg bodies to replace these shitty meat sacks.
--- End quote ---
The day the meatspace becomes less meaty...
Is it cold in here?:
>I see a lot of the AI experience as that of being queer
Please say more! It's a parallel I would never have thought of.
(Maybe for a new thread though)
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