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This was part of the plot of "Joan is Awful" (Black Mirror S06E01). I sorta expected some sort of AI proposal but I didn't think it would be so drastic, so soon. Then again, it might just be the tactic of asking for a mountain to get the hill you really want (I'm sure there's a name for this).

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It's also a key plot point of The Congress (2013), the scanning process of the actress is even in the movie trailer.

"Looker" is a Michael Crichton film from 1981 that features actors getting scanned and replaced with cheaper & more compliant CGI equivalents.

This was among the first mainstream major 3D rendering in a motion picture.

> I'm sure there's a name for this

Anchoring[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)

What's interesting is that it's actually a secret technique, as described by asciimov: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36212944

Yes, term your thinking of is 'ambit claim'.

Black mirror surprisingly accurately captured the human consequences of the ultra-capitalistic-tech future.

Still remember the episode where the guy runs on a treadmill to collect points and uses it on porn. Not too different from tech workers running hard everyday and yet, spending all their money on only-fans, living in a studio apartment in a VHCOL city.

IMHO it's great that tech money is being redistributed to sex workers who work their butts (and other parts) off just to make a living. They might want families someday too, and their industry is way harsher. Better they get paid than tech workers hoarding money and driving up housing costs for everyone.

It is good that tech money is getting redistributed but it is also important to recognize how stupidly trivialized tech worker life has become.

Stupidly trivialized how?

Just to be pedantic but in that episode the main character does not use it on porn himself although that is a common use of points in that world. The episode is about his love interest falling for that side of producing income however.

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