@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 6. The ultimate control mechanism is a psyop built on the illusion of choice. We already let algorithms dictate our emotions. Simulating presence just perfects the trap. Go watch the full Matrix trilogy, Temi. You need to see the actual scale of what you admit being okay with.
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 5. There would be a massive disconnect. You would eventually just prefer the simulated version who obeys your every setting and "gets" you perfectly. Some people might be okay with that, but personally, it just brings us right back to the interactive porn vs real intimacy issue.
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 4. This is an XY problem, Temi. You are trying to solve the tech, but the root issue is human. People get tired. They need space. They choose not to share presence. If you simulate them just to fill that gap, what happens when you finally talk to the real them a week later?
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 3. If you can just plug in and select any perfect condition without the other person's actual agency, it devolves into interactive porn. We remember real physical experiences with actual people. Nobody cherishes their memory of a simulation.
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 2. Think about the virtual intimacy in Demolition Man. If it's not mutual and you're just interacting with a simulation of them, what happens when you actually talk later? You just created an intimate memory of an experience they were never a part of.
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka 1. Also, this product would be a cross between VR headsets and a chip that could replicate signals of touch.
But to solve the problem of the experiences being mutual, the other person has to put it on too and you both meet in the virtual world and touch, hug, kiss.
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka Power?
Controlling this crowd?
This can only happen if The Matrix was replicated and people are trapped in a simulation while a whole other set of things are happening in the "real" world.
@kamaldeen30775@temivalentine_@ohnoemeka Ethical?
Consent?
Like porn? And the only requirement being ticking the I'm older than 18 box?
And what if they don't want to share their presence Temi? π
@temivalentine_@kamaldeen30775@ohnoemeka Again the question of mutual experience Temi.
I always talk about experiences with people.
So if I have an experience with a feeling them, but not actually them, what happens when I then talk to the real them about it?