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Tech News
A philosophy-focused essay argues that mainstream tech culture favors a narrow strain of utilitarian thinking associated with Bay Area rationalists, while sidelining broader philosophical inquiry. The author instead explores classic questions about free will and existence, noting that strict scientific determinism—if true—would undercut the basis for morality and personal responsibility.
A writer outlines a speculative concept of a far-future AI that, having mastered space and time, attempts to physically resurrect every human who ever lived by reconstructing their consciousness rather than copying it. The scenario holds that some resurrected people, especially those with rigid religious certainty or prior arrogance, cannot cope with the reality and turn violent, self-destructive or insane, prompting the AI to halt their resurrection while it searches for a way to bring them back without violating their free will.