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If this is interesting at all to you, I would highly recommend Permutation City by Greg Egan

I've started reading Greg Egan recently after seeing his name appear in discussions on this site and it's been quite enjoyable. Read a few of his shorter works and recently finished Schild's Ladder, which is really excellent and beautiful. His technical descriptions can get pretty dry, but they're easily glossed over with no loss if you're not into them.

Anyway, thanks for the tip. I'll look up Permutation City next!

Got to check out "Diaspora" [1], and it even ties into the theme of ChatGPT! Once a LLM has enough parameters, perhaps there will be a way to upload a human into a Polis :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)

> His technical descriptions can get pretty dry, but they're easily glossed over with no loss if you're not into them.

His earlier works are much less dry and more enjoyable to read IMO. From his novels I can recommend Quarantine and Permutation City, and for short stories Axiomatic, Luminous and Oceanic.

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