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There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

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728 points squircle | 1 comments | 12 Aug 24 13:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.636s | source
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herculity275 ◴[12 Aug 24 14:31 UTC] No.41224826[source]▶
The author has also written a short horror story about simulated intelligence which I highly recommend: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
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ceejayoz ◴[12 Aug 24 14:56 UTC] No.41225143[source]▶
Guessing that was based off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks a bit.
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stordoff ◴[12 Aug 24 15:06 UTC] No.41225277[source]▶
The author has said the title is a reference to the Lenna test image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna. Possibly another influence though.
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groby_b ◴[12 Aug 24 17:00 UTC] No.41226689[source]▶
I mean, the basic problem behind both is the same - taking without consent or compensation, and the entire field being OK with it. (And, in fact, happily leaning into it - even Playboy thought, hey, good for name recognition, we're not going to enforce our copyright)
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