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[thatwasours]

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[a man in his late thirties comes onto the feed. his bag is open next to him with the contents ruffled through, and there's an open Pokéball on the ground. the lower left sleeve of his trenchcoat is also leaking blood from what looks like puncture marks (a bite wound?) and is slightly singed, but he doesn't appear to be paying it much mind.]

 

I read the handbook, but there's one thing I'm not getting. These creatures-- Pokémon --are they pets, or are they weapons? The information here contradicts itself. It says here that friendship is an important part of raising the things, but as far as I'm aware, you don't usually make nice with animals you're teaching to cockfight.

 

And what kind of anarchistic society is this that the person with the strongest Pokemon wins every possible interpersonal conflict? All right, so it's not that different from most third-world countries, or your average political standoff, but seeing that kind of thing on an individual, culturally-encouraged level is a little disturbing. [he lets out a snort of disapproval.] Might makes right, I guess.
 
 

 

 

{ TEXT, LOCKED TO SELF AT 30% }

 

LOVE DETERRENCE

 

[the clumsy, highly experimental nature of the lock makes it fairly obvious that this is someone trying to work out how to filter and hack.]

Comments

[thatwasours]

...you're saying that those simulations actually exist where you're from.

[as opposed to 'possible in theory within the next few years']

Of course. With aliens and all. I don't know why I'm surprised.

[thedifferencebetween]

They don't where you do?

Simulations, false environments, projected realities...real big in the recreational entertainment industry. Not too shabby for training exercises, either. I mean, there's all kinds of risks, including potential brain melting, but what's a tiny chance of liquidating your headmeats compared to getting blown by the ten hottest stars in the galaxy at once or an army that's not gonna shit themselves the first time they see a monster the size of a building in real life?

[thatwasours]

No. It's possible in theory, but the furthest anyone's gotten is re-creating a human consciousness to pilot a bipedal nuclear weapon. The woman who did it might have had access to the corpse, or she might have been able to do it it just from psychological assessments, although that seems unrealistic given what she was expecting from the AI. But I'm not entirely sure on the details.

Give it twenty years, and that kind of technology'll be in used for combat VR training, like you said. Creating experienced soldiers with minimal risk... it'll be a game-changer.

As for the blowing-- [he laughs a little] --we'll see how long it takes to become cheap enough for civillian use.