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crazyrich t1_j8lrkgd wrote

Regardless of MOST context, new tech solutions should be piloted. This allows development teams to see where weaknesses are to allow for better implementation when fully launched. Think of what a difference 10% energy gain or recognition of structural weaknesses might have, or even impacts on wildlife.

That said, im not commenting on why it is being piloted now instead of earlier.

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[deleted] OP t1_j8loe66 wrote

From a historical perspective most of the developed world is relatively not that dystopian. Conditions aren't as disgusting as they were in the early industrial era nor are they as brutal as they were in the agricultural age. Modern ideologies are pretty awful but that can and likely will change fast.

However I do agree. Drastic technological improvements like fusion or space based solar power and human level AI will increase the quality of life by quite a bit.

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StruggleBus619 t1_j8lmn5z wrote

I think they're fairly likely. Current society is already fairly dystopian due to advancing technologies we already have, enabled/exacerbated by bad politics. I think unless something drastic happened, that trend is more likely to continue and get worse than it is to somehow fix itself without something major happening.

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AmeriToast t1_j8ll3tp wrote

User: what happened on June 5th 1989 on tiananmen square?

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[deleted] OP t1_j8lkegx wrote

I think these dystopian scenarios are actually unlikely. If the technology for mind uploading exists then the technology for human level AI also exists which means that the average quality of human life is probably very high.

A more realistic fear is that you may be revived and suffer a lot before the technology is perfected and you are able to achieve a stable incarnation. On the other hand if the procedure is eventually successful, you will be one of the first and likely oldest posthumans which might be something to be proud of, especially if you suffered a lot to get there.

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