@eris_nerung maybe we deepen the divide until it's no longer bothersome- comparing our VR selves to celeb's VR selves; comparing our real bodies to the bodies of our family and friends irl?
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Reply · Nov 3, 2023@eris_nerung lol maybe we just go the other way- everyone in VR avatars so we can all be hotTweet · Jul 5, 2023which happens more first- do we join the AIs in a fully immersive VR landscape or will they hop into robot bodies to join us IRL?Reply · Aug 3, 2023@eigenrobot now ask questions about virtual vs irl race & gender... can you be trans but only online? like that Black Mirror episode where the bros…Reply · May 26, 2026@robinhanson imo virtual socializing is like diet soda- close enough to feel like the real thing so we substitute it, but isn't metabolized the same…