Edit: thanks everyone for asking me questions I had a lot of fun doing this and answering all of them. You are all very kind and friendly and it’s much appreciated :)

Feel free to continue asking me things if you see this, I will continue answering as long as they come because I think it’s a lot of fun.

  • ralakus@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    What does being a person mean to you? Could a sufficiently advanced AI become a person and if so, at what point would it become a person that deserves to be treated the same a human? If a machine can be a person, would it be plausible for a person to become a machine? For example, with transhumanism being possible, would a human that has ship of theseus’d with machine components instead of biological components become a machine instead of a person?

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I think the root of being human comes down to the struggles we all face day to day, and overcoming them, moving on, and learning from them. That’s what shapes everybody, their personalities, their strengths and flaws, everything. Everybody’s life story is just a series of struggles and triumphs, many different learning experiences.

      Whether or not an AI could become a person is an interesting thought. With the current state of AI I think it’s a definite no. But, I don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. The idea of AI being able to actually move on and learn from things seems completely out of the question to me but so did AI doing what it does now just a few years ago.

      I’m thinking about the book that was recently turned into a movie “the wild robot”. It’s about a robot named Roz that becomes the mother to an orphaned Duckling who she names Brightbill. I think that I’d argue that she’s a person but that’s not real, she was written by real human people so of course she has very human traits. (Incredible movie and book by the way it made me cry a lot)

      I’m not sure if AI will ever get to that point but if it did I guess that’s where I’d draw the line of humanity, and I guess that would count. But I also think that what makes people “people” is very subjective. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s just what I think.

      As for that last part of your question, people becoming machines, I don’t even know how to answer that. I think it again just comes down to how advanced AI would be in the situation.

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I’m bpt11, or Bryce My quest is to be friends with lots of people and hang out and have fun I really like brown yellow and blue I do not know why I haven’t seen Monty python in a while

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I really wanna be a dad, and my dream is to own a record store / cafe / thrift store kinda thing

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      When I was very young (like 4 years old) I was insistent that the game “Parcheesi” was pronounced “Par Chess Ee” and my family will never let me forget that

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I’m honestly not sure cuz I try to stay off of traditional social media. I have a brother just a couple years young than me and I never have any clue what he’s talking about. Something about “low taper fade” and such, I dunno.

  • podperson@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    What advice (uplifting or real-shit depressing) would you give to someone who just turned 18?

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I feel like my life didn’t really amount to much until I started just doing things rather than thinking about them. Keep track of every idea you have, every time you think “maybe I should try that” or “hmm that seems interesting” and then refer back to it whenever you’re bored. If you ever find yourself doom scrolling or anything like that that’s unproductive refer back to that and give something a go. It’s worth trying.

      • kautau@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Well said. I’m 34, totally agree. I would also add to stick with something difficult and get over the initial learning curve. I learned how to longboard in college because my best friend was a natural skater, I was terrible at it starting out, but 16 years later I longboard around the neighborhood when the weather is nice. I have a couple scars from my mistakes, but years later 34 year old me doesn’t regret 18-22 year old me doing that at all.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 days ago

        How far are you in Elden Ring? I had only played some Demons Souls and skipped to Elden Ring and it’s one of my favorite games of the past decade! I recently respec’d into a moonveil build and it’s AWESOME

        • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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          8 days ago

          I’m about halfway I think? My next main boss is Morgott, but I’ve been going around doing a bunch of other stuff. I actually got right to the final boss in like August or September, and then accidentally lost my save file because I uninstalled the game while Steam Cloud was turned off :(. Took a huge break and then started again recently with the announcement of Nightreign coming this year.

          I’m rocking a bleed/dex build with the bloodhound fang at the moment. I haven’t played any of the other fromsoft games except Sekiro.

          • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            8 days ago

            Noooooo I’m SO sorry about your save! That’s awful! D:

            I actually respec’d FROM a Bloodhound Fang build to a Moonveil build hahaha. Moonveil also inflicts bleed but if you hold R2 and press L2, it has a ranged attack that destroys HARD. I’m currently in the expansion (and it is hard)

            • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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              8 days ago

              Oh man that sounds awesome, I’ve never used the moonveil but maybe I’ll have to give it a try.

              On the save that I lost I was using Morgott’s cursed sword and really liked it that’s maybe one of my favorite weapons I’ve ever used. I had gotten to the DLC but was planning on actually exploring it after I beat the game (rip). I really was very butthurt about it for a while there but I’ve moved on lol

              • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                8 days ago

                I’ll have to check out Morgott’s cursed sword too! I have soooo many larval tears. I’ve really been having a blast with Moonveil. I watch a streamer’s VODs and it was recommended to him. Watching him use it looked so fun, and it is! It’s also an int build so I finally get to try Comet Azure hahaha

                • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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                  8 days ago

                  I legit haven’t even tried an int build, I’ve been a little too afraid to leave bleed builds 💀

                  Do you have a link to the moon veil build your using or something? I kinda wanna try it it sounds like a fun experiment lol

      • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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        9 days ago

        I think my organs are fine? Everything seems to be in order. I’ve never seen them before with my own eyes but I’m pretty sure they’re in the right place, I’ll update you if I’m informed otherwise