'Does a brain upload count as an AI?' — a tweet sends readers to QNTM's horror story Lena
neuroecology · x · 2026-10-15
After rereading "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," @neuroecology asks whether a brain upload counts as an AI—and recommends QNTM's "Lena" as something actually banally terrifying about AI. The story's premise of endlessly copied and distributed digital minds resonates strongly in today's AI-ethics discussions.
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