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San Junipero
Season 3 Episode 4
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In a simulated reality, two women fall in love and explore the possibility of digital immortality.
Fictional Tech/Societal Changes
- 🔹❌Simulated afterlife
- 🔹❌Mind uploading
- 🔹❌Digital immortality
How Close Are We?
Virtual reality is advanced and used for social experiences, but true mind uploading and digital immortality remain theoretical. Research into brain emulation and digital consciousness is ongoing (e.g., Blue Brain Project, Nectome), but no technology can transfer human consciousness to a computer. Some startups offer digital memorials or AI chatbots based on a person's data, but these are not true continuations of consciousness. Ethical and philosophical debates are active, but the core tech is still science fiction.