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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 May 2014 05:50:28PM 0 points [-]

As I understand it, the premise behind ems is that it's possible to copy human minds into computers, but not to understand the spaghetti code. There won't be an obvious way to just make workers happier.

Comment author: pcm 12 May 2014 08:52:39PM 0 points [-]

I expect faster and more reliable evaluations of Prozac-like interventions.

I also expect that emotions associated with having few cpu cycles are less strongly ingrained than those caused by lack of food.