I’m not going to argue against your conclusion, I strongly believe we do not have anything resembling human consciousness in software yet.

But Penrose was definitely not proven right (unless you’re talking about black holes), nor was the Orch OR theory about microtubules proven, nor was consciousness proven to be a quantum phenomenon. Here’s an easy, accessible article that goes over the state of the research: https://www.breezyscroll.com/science/new-quantum-evidence-is-reopening-the-debate-over-penroses-theory-of-consciousness/

Appreciate it!

The call to action for their product, “protect your identity now,” makes me extremely suspicious of the entire thing.

Just because they operate out of China, that doesn’t make them anti-capitalist. Frankly, despite its name, China has a capitalist economy, just with much stronger authoritarianism than most.

I can’t understand why anybody uses these products.

Okay, I can, it’s marketing and ease of access. I guess it just annoys me that people don’t care.

Because my wife likes it, and she’s pretty important to me.

You’re right though, it’s certainly not a private p2p network.

I always forget that Snapchat has a public side to it. My wife and I just use it as a messaging app for videos/pictures.

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