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by tmearnest 1732 days ago
The transporter is basically fork() followed immediately by SIGKILL.
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garaetjjte 1731 days ago
Not really, as fork() involves COW so nothing is really copied, and subsequent SIGKILL will only remove process structures, not data itself.
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emptyparadise 1731 days ago
I think that opens a whole new can of worms for philosophical debates but the paradox still stands.

How would a sentient AI feel about executing `if (fork() > 0) { exit(0); }` in its own process?

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