So many folks answered my living in space question with "I want to be the spaceship." and I guess I already knew I had a lot of transhuman friends and also others who would be too focused on now to have fantasies of life in the future, either in space or posthuman. XD
So tell me about your future ideal self/selves! What do you want to be, and what should it be like?
*deep breath, cracks knuckles*
ultimately, i wish to be a single networked mind that inhabits multiple bodies simultaneously. this would most likely require quantum tunneling-level networking and unlimited bandwidth, so i would expect, best case scenario, to have inhabited at least one or two previous iterations of artificial bodies before we get to that point.
my ideal scenario is to have multiple bodies in multiple forms carrying on multiple roles--hardened carapaces and industrial strength servos for space exploration, deep sea exploration and environmental cleanup, a delicate and beautiful Soriyama-style frame for social interaction, a Hecatonchires-style body for simply wandering the earth and observing nature without needing to take anything from it.
i would not be adverse to also inhabiting a body or two that exist in a purely virtual space, perhaps for gaming purposes; or a recloned flesh body that would be stripped of the physical imperfections and sicknesses that currently make my life miserable.
if being a multiplexed mind was not an option and i had to pick one body-type that could take on multiple roles, i keep coming back to an arachnotaur-style frame--eight legs for stability and terrain traversal, spider thorax, humanoid torso and upper body for doing things that humanoid bodies are good for, like soldering, typing, waving hello and drinking tea.
@001zlnv @zx3 That's a lot of heads! XD
Where did the myths and legends of them come from, anyways? I know they're some of the Greek "Titans" that were supposed to have been sealed away by the Gods when they took over.
Do the greek gods have an official name? Is it just "The Pantheon"? They were the original "Many Gods" as far as I understand. On the other hand, I've heard the modern worshippers are "Helen" something? Helenist? I don't know but I'm curious.
Well Hellenic would just mean from Greece.
The 12 big gods could also be termed Olympian.
the Titans are the previous regime, the Olympians killed or imprisoned them.
But just keep in mind the exact interpretation of each god would have varied city by city cult by cult. So our interpretation of things come from old books, old inscriptions, and old temples. so you're looking at a hodgepodge of sources as opposed to a single scripture
@zx3 I do think that unless physics changes somehow, we'll need to have a physical stratum for our minds to inhabit. You want simultaneously to have your mind spread across 'brains' in each of your bodies, right? I don't know if that'll be physically possible without them getting seperated and reconnecting occasionally, but you probably could have all your mind in one close area, and 'pilot' multiple bodies remotely that feel like 'your body' and do it at the same time. At least, if I understand
@dolari @zx3 Yeah but like I said, even if you're experiencing that as your reality, your 'brain' is still in the real world somewhere. It might be on servers in Linden Labs I guess?
I sometimes think that in the future, people will be divided between folks with mobile frames and immobile frames. Like, androids and people who are basically a fridge sized supercomputer living a dream in virtual space. I also imagine those serverpeople might have wheels or treads but not use them much...
@relee apologies. this is what i mean.
@zx3 Oh neat!
Plus, TIL Appleseed is a franchise.
@zx3 I replied to your other reply with a question that this would be a response to. XD
What does a Hecatonchires-style body look like? Isn't that the titans from greek myth with a heck of a lot of eyes?
I like the idea of VR as a 'place' but I don't think you can really have a 'body' there since it's a projection of a real-world thing, it needs a real-world body looking into it from outside. That's what I think, anyways.
It sounds like you want to be just one person, spread out, right?