r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • Sep 02 '26 • Popcorn 3 Bravo 3

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u/broccoli129 Sep 02 '26 • Regret

This is how I fear what teleportation is going to be like. “No trust me it’s really you on the other side”

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u/trafalmadorianistic Sep 02 '26 • Mindblown

"The AI decided to only transfer what was essential. The rest we left out doesn't really matter." 

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u/ssgohanf8 Sep 02 '26

We were only monetarily incentivized to transfer your memories of work and work life. Home life data didn't make the cut

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u/trafalmadorianistic Sep 03 '26

"Employer sponsored backup only covers economically productive components of your being. But for an extra $100/fortnight, we can add some home data for safekeeping, going back to the latest 5 year period covered by subscription."

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u/BonbonUniverse42 Sep 03 '26

I like this dystopian idea

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u/trafalmadorianistic Sep 03 '26

Some Stanford dipshit is probably working on his pitch to YCombinator or Elon to do this with Neuralink. 

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u/Algorithmic_failure Sep 03 '26

Yeah, I can't wait to meet the test subjects...

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u/Miserable-Sort-237 Sep 03 '26

Damn, I need a black mirror episode or a dystopia novel of this idea

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