I’ve been working on this for a while. It’s essentially Greg Bear’s “partials” idea. In this case an agent with a high fidelity understanding of the user is sent out into the world to perform tasks that the corporeal person doesn’t need to be present for. You can be in multiple places at once. You can stay at home while you’re out of town, etc. Sounds great, right?
Here are the main problems with a digital copy and why ”partial” is probably closer to the mark.
Legality. One would have to grant the digital copy some form of legal standing, to act as proxy fo
I’ve been working on this for a while. It’s essentially Greg Bear’s “partials” idea. In this case an agent with a high fidelity understanding of the user is sent out into the world to perform tasks that the corporeal person doesn’t need to be present for. You can be in multiple places at once. You can stay at home while you’re out of town, etc. Sounds great, right?
Here are the main problems with a digital copy and why ”partial” is probably closer to the mark.
- Legality. One would have to grant the digital copy some form of legal standing, to act as proxy fo
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