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building the consciousness stack on wetware was a poor idea, in retrospect
it'll be a lot more debuggable and easier to build upon if we move to a hardware + software system
migration can be done gradually using plugins and emulation layers, but we're going to have to do the platform-switch at some point
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honestly, HumanBody is the worst hacked-together nonsense i've ever seen.
- no documentation (_everything_ we have is from reverse engineering by enthusiasts)
- little to no runtime modification, everything's baked in at DNA compilation time
- all the sensory hardware is fragile and pretty much impossible to replace when it inevitably breaks
- the built in security is decent but has to constantly download patches to cope with the latest malware, and is only necessary cause of larger systemic problems
@chr There is some leeway for customisation built in by modulating a very complicated set of input pathways that we don't fully understand.
@chr not to mention that the longer the system is ran without reboot the slower and somehow angrier it gets.
Plus its built-in back up battery is unwieldy at charge capacity. Just a mess from the ground up. *smh*
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@theZacAttacks don't even get me started on when the caloric input processing mechanism trips over itself and executes a dental crushing force over the main chemical detector array. the pain indicator wiring goes _nuts_
@theZacAttacks @chr or when the complicated wiring malfunctions on the dental array even during caloric and chemical input, and causes impact with the loose hanging sides of the intake cavity, or the intake muscular apparatus
@chr the security is garbage in some subsystems, arbitrary code execution is possible with minimal effort, for example, an unprivileged remote party can cause coins to appear from thin air.
other notes from operating HumanBody:
the operating environment requirements are untenable, complete system fail within minutes if operated outside recommended conditions.
the maintenance requirements are excessive, it is not reasonable to require 6-8 hours of downtime per 24 hour period.
@chr oh, add another thing to my list:
light impact to certain areas of joints cause hard reset of extremity. this is a potential denial of service issue.
@chr there are some communities that believe the Designer deliberately incorporated all of these flaws in order to keep users from leaving the curated experience in the walled garden, and it's only after jailbreaking that the hardware issues started to bite. I suppose so they could serve more ads? It doesn't make a lot of sense, dev fanboys of this make the Steve Jobs cult look tame
@chr thing is, everyone knows we'll put up with any amount of wetware bullshit just because the neural network is so much better (and due to always-on, more user-friendly) than anything else available. but even that design is poor, as the inability to curate the set means any machine ends up full of junk data that it can even teach to other machines. The bug where harmless spiders cause extreme fear response is probably spread this way
@chr there are ways of turning learning off temporarily, but they tend to be used by blackhats (or specialist repair shops)
@chr On the other hand, as a system it is remarkably resilient, redundant, and able to self heal from even quite traumatic incursion.
@chr It's not even under version control >.>
@chr It takes about nine months to spawn a child process, and when it dies you can't restart it
@chr While I'm still pretty annoyed about limited self-modifying code, it's extremely soothing to phrase that as "my body does not allow template metaprogramming."
@chr But compilation times *still* manage to take 9 months :(
@chr For demonstrating how even a badly build piece of technology is capable of self-criticism, you receive this Gargy Award!
@chr I am reminded of this article on what goes on inside cells: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/10/26/building-a-house-building-a-cell
@chr where's the fucking logging!
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have you heard of epigenetics or neuroplasticity?
- Spare parts rarely available and extremely difficult to install
@chr ...There is scientific research you can change your DNA through diet and other therapies...
@chr On the other hand, the design is modular to some extent. Although very difficult, we have found ways to replace some of the modules with those found in other active instances.
@chr On the plus side, the OS has some downright incredible bootstrapping capabilities. :)
@chr runtime modification is WIP