top | item 28567528 (no title) tmearnest | 4 years ago The transporter is basically fork() followed immediately by SIGKILL. discuss order hn newest garaetjjte|4 years ago Not really, as fork() involves COW so nothing is really copied, and subsequent SIGKILL will only remove process structures, not data itself. emptyparadise|4 years ago I think that opens a whole new can of worms for philosophical debates but the paradox still stands.How would a sentient AI feel about executing `if (fork() > 0) { exit(0); }` in its own process?
garaetjjte|4 years ago Not really, as fork() involves COW so nothing is really copied, and subsequent SIGKILL will only remove process structures, not data itself. emptyparadise|4 years ago I think that opens a whole new can of worms for philosophical debates but the paradox still stands.How would a sentient AI feel about executing `if (fork() > 0) { exit(0); }` in its own process?
emptyparadise|4 years ago I think that opens a whole new can of worms for philosophical debates but the paradox still stands.How would a sentient AI feel about executing `if (fork() > 0) { exit(0); }` in its own process?
garaetjjte|4 years ago
emptyparadise|4 years ago
How would a sentient AI feel about executing `if (fork() > 0) { exit(0); }` in its own process?