> “In tests, the company found that treated mice lived on for another 18 weeks on average. Those who were not treated in a control group only lived for another nine weeks. Overall, they say, the gene hacked mice lived roughly seven percent longer overall”

Hard to imagine an entity without a body experiencing emotion.

What are you talking about? What medicine has ever been available only to billionaires? Why is this idea so popular?

Amazing! I think life extension is coming sooner than people think. I hope it comes in time for my parents to take advantage of it, too.

Will people please stop the billionaire circlejerk, no medicine has ever been available only to billionaires. Altered Carbon is not a documentary.

So one of these test mice has to be named Gene Hackmouse, right?

> Things like ChatGPT are appallingly bland, and dull, wordsmiths

have you seen corporate correspondence? it's perfect.

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That's great and all, but how will it affect us 99.99999999 percenters?

It's not like the Average Joe is going to get any of this technology. Whereas the billionaires and politicians will get to live longer and parasitize us even longer.

Write me a paragraph sarcastically mocking Avatar: The Last Airbender movie

Oh, where do I begin with Avatar: The Last Airbender movie? It's a masterpiece! An absolute cinematic treasure that completely did justice to the beloved animated series. Who needs compelling character development and a coherent storyline when you have a cringe-worthy script and laughable acting? And why bother staying true to the original source material when you can just completely butcher it beyond recognition? The stunning visual effects and impressive choreography are obviously enough to make up for any other shortcomings. Clearly, the filmmakers had a deep understanding of what made the animated series so iconic and chose to completely ignore it in favor of their own creative genius. Bravo, Avatar movie, bravo.

Thank you for this comment! Reading stuff like this on reddit spoils me to almost having a depression. Yes, there are some world issues, but it's still a heck of a lot better than almost all of human history.

I don't think it will get worse. There are just ups and downs and we are just in downs at the moment.

From what I know, people spread negativity so effectively, ignoring the positives. Reddit it a prime example.

In my opinion, it's best to tune out the news and negative reddit subs, start learning new things and enjoy the single life you have.

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Id want the option to. It wouldn’t be immortality so if I really hated my decision later on I could just cut the life extension short

If it builds itself a nervous system type network then maybe.

Do this with dogs and cats and make billions, and then humans, make more billions.

I expect lots of cancer even if it's effective.

Would it need to experience emotion or think it does? Emotion and intelligence don't have to go together, nor does emotion and sentience.

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And people don't always need new original thoughts. They just want to be entertained cheaply. If an AI can write a full 10-novel series in an hour that entertains people enough and only costs a quarter, then... so be it? Better than waiting for 20 years for a series that the author's gotten tired of (ahem, GRRM).

The real thing that is attempting to be protected here is the gate-keeping. We no longer need editors, we no longer need publishers, we no longer need bored millionaire authors...

Overpopulation is a myth

Having a longer lifespan =/= more kids. In fact it has proven to be quite the opposite. The longer we live, the less kids we have. Our population would most likely shrink because of this. This trend is often mirrored in other animals. Longer lived animals tend to have less kids.

I don't understand what the problem is, they should be glad to receive so many new entries. Just continue to read them and pick the best ones and publish them. Too many? Overwhelming? Utilize an AI to read and categorize them for you so you end up with a filtered amount similar to your previous workload.

All that matters is the best content gets published, regardless of who wrote it or how they wrote it. I mean, it's no different than an author who reads Game of Thrones and then decides to publish a novel using the same character-per-chapter format and themes but with new characters, events and environment... Oh wait, that was The Expanse!

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Came here to say this.