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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

This is the sort of thing I think of when people talk about "uploading their consciousness." Whose going to keep paying for that server uptime? Is Facebook going to acquire my brain and put it into cold storage while telling the world I'm not experiencing an eternity in solitary confinement?

[โ€“] Asifall 6 points 1 year ago

For a horrifying take on this check out this short story by qntm

https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

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