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Cyberpunk

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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

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[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I still feel the pain of the time I spent over an hour back and forth websearching, consulting with an LLM, doing calculations in ghci, for a reply to a 3-4 hour old post on intelligence, and by the time I was ready to send my reply...

It was gone.

It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?

[–] optissima@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Consulting with LLM 🤢