Technology allows people to imprint their consciousness into clay duplicates that experience a day of life then return their memories to the original, creating a society where the rich send expendable copies to do dangerous or boring work.
Prescient model of delegated labor: if you could send a copy of yourself to work, who owns the copy's experiences? Relevant to outsourcing, gig economy, remote work, and the value of embodied experience.
Domains: Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningEthics and Philosophy of TechnologyMedicine and Human EnhancementSpace Exploration and ColonizationExistential Risk and Civilizational Collapse
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-ifPrediction / ExtrapolationEthical dilemma
Outcomes: Ambiguous / MixedTransformative
Tags: digital-afterlifelimited-immortalityre-instantiationdigital-afterlife-countdowndigital-consciousnessposthumancosmic-explorationupload-civilizationdigital-posthuman-diasporabody-duplicatesdittosconsciousness-copydelegated-labordisposable-body-duplicateshuman-ship-mergerconsciousness-integrationpilot-starship