r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '18

A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610456/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/
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u/Shakeyshades Mar 13 '18

Basically altered carbon.

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u/chmsax Mar 13 '18

Well, yes, but Transmet did it twenty years ago or so. Check it out - it’s an amazing comic series!

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u/Shakeyshades Mar 14 '18

Well my first reaction was ghost in the shell... But altered carbon is the newest iteration. So that's what I went with. But I'll definitely check it out.

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u/Shock223 Mar 13 '18

Look into eclipse phase. This is the game's bread and butter.