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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse through a process called “transference.”

Wait a minute, isn't that the plot to the game Soma? People sending their "soul" to the digital world through "transference", and act of immediate suicide after a brain scan.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 9 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

Sort of, in Soma you are all already uploaded and there are no "humans" walking around anymore. Your perspective changes 3 times I think during play. Really drives home questions on perception and existence. Great game everyone should play it.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

Oh, yea, like in the game's present you are right. I was meaning in the game's past; where all the humans went and what info you get through the like audio logs or whatever.

spoilerIIRC it was basically a cult thing where a bunch of them were convinced their soul wouldn't go with their consciousness unless they died during or very shortly after the brain scan that was uploading them to the satellite thingy.

Guess it should be wrapped in spoiler tags just in case...

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

Yeah that was it. I was thinking of the end since that part jyst left me staring blank at the screen processing it for a whole ass minute. God I should replay that

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 hours ago

I'm not sure I'm mentally prepared to replay it. The first time through nearly kicked off an early mid-life crisis. I was waking up in cold sweats having an existential crisis for like a week. Such a good game, but at least in my case, absolutely zero replay-ability. lol