OT: I’m also curious what happens when you mix multiple people’s blood. Or if you developed the technology to transplant brains between bodies—does the prediction follow the body or the brain? What if you could clone a brainless body and test its blood before and after installing a brain? More generally, by what method does the machine decide who a particular blood sample “belongs” to a particular person, and what are the edge cases and ambiguities of that method?
The editors are currently accepting submissions for Volume 2 (deadline July 15), making me wish I had a story to submit exploring some of those questions.
OT: I’m also curious what happens when you mix multiple people’s blood. Or if you developed the technology to transplant brains between bodies—does the prediction follow the body or the brain? What if you could clone a brainless body and test its blood before and after installing a brain? More generally, by what method does the machine decide who a particular blood sample “belongs” to a particular person, and what are the edge cases and ambiguities of that method?
The editors are currently accepting submissions for Volume 2 (deadline July 15), making me wish I had a story to submit exploring some of those questions.