I open my eyes and find myself lying on a bed in a hospital room. I blink."Hello", says a middle-aged man with glasses, sitting on a chair by my bed. "You've been out for quite a long while.""Oh no ... is it Friday already? I had that report due -""It's Thursday", the man says."Oh great", I say. "I still have time.""Oh, you have all the time in the world", the man says, chuckling. "You were out for 21 years."I burst out laughing, but then falter as the man just keeps looking at me. "You mean to tell me" - I stop to let out another laugh - "that it's 2045?""January 26th, 2045", the man says."I'm surprised, honestly, that you still have things like humans and hospitals", I say. "There were so many looming catastrophes in 2024. AI misalignment, all sorts of [...] --- First published: November 4th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BarHSeciXJqzRuLzw/survival-without-dignity) --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO).
