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garaetjjte
on Sept 18, 2021
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Teletransportation Paradox
Not really, as fork() involves COW so nothing is really copied, and subsequent SIGKILL will only remove process structures, not data itself.
emptyparadise
on Sept 18, 2021
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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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