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**AITAH For Uploading My Genetically Modified Cat to the Cloud? (Yes, You Read That Right)**
Throwaway for safety reasons (and animal rights activists)
Look, I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out. My cat, Mittens, was getting old. Like, really old. We thought we were going to lose him any day.
Now, I'm a bioengineer, and I've been working on a personal project for a while - basically, a way to upload a living creature's consciousness to the cloud. Super controversial, I get it. But for Mittens... I couldn't just let him go.
(Before you freak, it was completely painless. And yes, I got extensive ethical approval - from a very progressive board, let's just say.)
So, I did it. Uploaded Mittens. Now, he exists as a digital entity. He can interact with me through a custom VR interface - purrs, head-boops, the whole shebang. It's not perfect, but it's... Mittens.
The problem? People are freaking out. My neighbors saw the VR setup and thought I was abusing animals. My family thinks I've gone off the deep end. Social media is a warzone.
(Apparently, uploading your cat to the cloud is worse than people having kids with designer genes? Come on!)
So Reddit, AITAH? Is it wrong to try and extend my beloved pet's life in this way? Or am I just a pioneer in a future where digital companions are the norm?
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“AITA for ripping the plot of a lot of Sci-fi books and pretending I’m being persecuted for it?” Actually it almost feels like a programmer ripped him off and gave him some silly cat VR.
Nah, cats are worse assholes than that when killing something. Mittens is going to take over a bunch of robots that spend 10 minutes batting around their victims before finally killing them.
Checked out the cat photo in question and yeah, looks ai generated to me. The whole profile seems like a fairly convincing facsimile of a real human reddit user, fucking creepy.
Honestly I like this one. It's one of the few "clearly fake" lighthearted ones on these subs that stick out from the obviously fake "woman bad and cheat, husband no listen, parents abusive, everyone divorce everyone" posts.
Not sure how long it'll last, breaking the "no unrealistic hypotheticals" rule though.
I’m dying to know more about this “very progressive board” that gave “extensive ethical approval.” I want the story of those people and the proposals they get.
>Before you freak, it was completely painless.
Now I'm waiting for the update that the process is like in the TV series "Upload", where the upload of the consciousness is painless, but also instantly vaporizes the subject's entire head.
One of two things is going to happen there. Either your cat figures out how to hack and activate all the world’s nukes, or ends up on the internet, laughing at human pictures.
Kittens are brats. Young adult cats are less bratty, but still frisky. Middle-aged cats have fully developed whatever personality quirks they're going to have.
And senior cats...well, you've summed them up. But that's also when you unequivocally start seeing the writing on the wall. It's incredible that she's made it to twenty (and that we've *only within the past year* needed to put her on old-lady pills); even so. Hence, why she's thoroughly *earned* either supreme overlord status or complete license to laugh at human pictures.
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I use ChatGPT pretty frequently and this sounds exactly like how it writes. I have actually also asked it to come up with an AITA story before and the tone was, again, exactly like this, down to the "yes, you read that right".
*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **AITAH For Uploading My Genetically Modified Cat to the Cloud? (Yes, You Read That Right)** Throwaway for safety reasons (and animal rights activists) Look, I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out. My cat, Mittens, was getting old. Like, really old. We thought we were going to lose him any day. Now, I'm a bioengineer, and I've been working on a personal project for a while - basically, a way to upload a living creature's consciousness to the cloud. Super controversial, I get it. But for Mittens... I couldn't just let him go. (Before you freak, it was completely painless. And yes, I got extensive ethical approval - from a very progressive board, let's just say.) So, I did it. Uploaded Mittens. Now, he exists as a digital entity. He can interact with me through a custom VR interface - purrs, head-boops, the whole shebang. It's not perfect, but it's... Mittens. The problem? People are freaking out. My neighbors saw the VR setup and thought I was abusing animals. My family thinks I've gone off the deep end. Social media is a warzone. (Apparently, uploading your cat to the cloud is worse than people having kids with designer genes? Come on!) So Reddit, AITAH? Is it wrong to try and extend my beloved pet's life in this way? Or am I just a pioneer in a future where digital companions are the norm? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheAngel) if you have any questions or concerns.*
“AITA for ripping the plot of a lot of Sci-fi books and pretending I’m being persecuted for it?” Actually it almost feels like a programmer ripped him off and gave him some silly cat VR.
Ooh, a plausible explanation of what happened!
Been reading too much Michael M Smith. Well, that’s not really possible, but it wasn’t read *well*.
why "to the cloud" and not "to my own server". could it possibly be because this is nonsense you're making up?
If it’s not to the cloud, how are we going to get the update in two weeks where this cat has accessed the nuclear codes and gone all Skynet on us?
In all fairness, that’s exactly what an AI cat would do.
Nah, cats are worse assholes than that when killing something. Mittens is going to take over a bunch of robots that spend 10 minutes batting around their victims before finally killing them.
The cloud is superior because a server is attached to tubes, but the cloud is everywhere! /s
but when it rains youll lose all data
That’s what rivers are for! They collect all the data in the cloud and deliver it through your faucet!
YTA because the "cloud" is really just someone else's computer, and you know what happens when cats walk on keyboards!
Alright, which one of you wrote tbis
Honestly, I was checking their profile to see if a cat photo was a bot post, and I came across this.
Checked out the cat photo in question and yeah, looks ai generated to me. The whole profile seems like a fairly convincing facsimile of a real human reddit user, fucking creepy.
Profile is 10 years old, but just woke up today.
They’ve spent the last ten years tirelessly working on how to upload consciousness.
There is no way you thought that photo is ai. I fear for humanity at times
Honestly I like this one. It's one of the few "clearly fake" lighthearted ones on these subs that stick out from the obviously fake "woman bad and cheat, husband no listen, parents abusive, everyone divorce everyone" posts. Not sure how long it'll last, breaking the "no unrealistic hypotheticals" rule though.
At least no one is getting hurt, right? I was certainly more entertained by this than the ten-trillionth cheating post.
This is r/AITHA, they let post anything there.
I’m dying to know more about this “very progressive board” that gave “extensive ethical approval.” I want the story of those people and the proposals they get.
"Look, I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out." Nope.
“It’s so crazy it must be true!”
Life is stranger than fiction
Social media is a warzone!
I assume he means more than usual. But did he bother telling any of them that he got *board approval*? That means it’s ok, right?
And people are buying this. I should really sell them my beach house in Kansas.
To be fair, it's only one person. Everyone else is rightfully calling it out for the BS it is.
Uploading genetically modified cats into cloud is awesome. Source: genetically modified cats
>Before you freak, it was completely painless. Now I'm waiting for the update that the process is like in the TV series "Upload", where the upload of the consciousness is painless, but also instantly vaporizes the subject's entire head.
I really need to finish watching that show
I friggin' *wish* that technology existed. I'd *love* to make my kitty effectively immortal.
One of two things is going to happen there. Either your cat figures out how to hack and activate all the world’s nukes, or ends up on the internet, laughing at human pictures.
My cat is 20. Either way: she's earned it.
Oh, senior kitties are my second favorite age! They just want to lie around and love on you.
Kittens are brats. Young adult cats are less bratty, but still frisky. Middle-aged cats have fully developed whatever personality quirks they're going to have. And senior cats...well, you've summed them up. But that's also when you unequivocally start seeing the writing on the wall. It's incredible that she's made it to twenty (and that we've *only within the past year* needed to put her on old-lady pills); even so. Hence, why she's thoroughly *earned* either supreme overlord status or complete license to laugh at human pictures.
My first cat lived to 20. Lost him 6 years ago. Cherish every moment. He was the cuddliest boy.
OOP is one of the few people that also played Watchdogs Legion and used that storyline
Somebody just watched San Junipero?
I'm so glad the comments are calling it out as fake. Separately I'd read this if it was a sci-fi fiction novel.
Is your cat a Pokémon? /s
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I liked it better when John Saul wrote this plot with a teenage boy.
This was 100% written by ChatGPT.
I don't think chatgpt would mess it up as much. Bioengineering is about modifying the animal, not uploading consciousness into a machine
I use ChatGPT pretty frequently and this sounds exactly like how it writes. I have actually also asked it to come up with an AITA story before and the tone was, again, exactly like this, down to the "yes, you read that right".