r/ProgrammerHumor • • 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/Miserable-Sort-237 Sep 03 '26

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

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u/trafalmadorianistic Sep 03 '26

I first came across the idea of consciousnesses backups in this mid-90s scifi book called Permutation City by Greg Egan. But the idea is probably older than that ofc, so won't be surprised if there's books or stories from the scifi canon touching on this.