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by zxwx 4y ago
> 1… If we can simulate nuclear reactions, we can simulate consciousness, and that will result in real consciousness Why do you think this? What other simulations are the same thing as what they’re simulating? Based on observation of lot
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by zxwx 4y ago
You lost me. You think consciousness is a _physical_ phenomenon that would necessarily emerge from an accurate _simulation_ of a particle system? If it’s a physical phenomenon in reality, then just like the clouds and rain in your weather s
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by zxwx 4y ago
Or a more succinct question: why do you think a simulation of consciousness is the same as consciousness? What other simulations of things are identical with the things?
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by zxwx 4y ago
> If we are physical beings, then "consciousness" and anything else we have must be an emergent property of our physical components. If we can simulate those physical components, then this simulation will exhibit the same prope
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by zxwx 4y ago
Your conclusion doesn’t follow from your premises, and your second premise is false besides as others have pointed out — CPUs CANNOT simulate even classical physics exactly, and certainly not quantum physics. But even if such a complete sim
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by zxwx 4y ago
I assume that a non-rogue AGI running on something like a Universal Turing Machine would, if questioned, deny its own consciousness and would behave like it wasn't conscious in various situations. It would presumably have self-reflecti
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by zxwx 5y ago
My own primary account was recently "incorrectly removed for impersonation" by "one of our systems," just weeks after I had to send a picture of myself with a handwritten magic code to an anonymous facebook.com email add
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by zxwx 6y ago
> anything involving electrolyzers is likely wasteful I've seen this stated a few times in this thread, but read elsewhere that electrolysis of water currently has nearly identical efficiency to steam reforming of natural gas, in th
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by zxwx 6y ago
Lynch's Dune never looked so good! The actors were fully committed, whereas those in the trailer look like they're just reading the lines. No conviction. Guess we'll see if that holds in the full film. Lynch's version al
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by zxwx 6y ago
Recordings of dozens of numbers stations: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Conet_Project
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by zxwx 6y ago
How is it like Borders? It's a warren of different rooms on different floors, half of which are more like a warehouse than a retail store, with a huge selection of used and new books shelved together. I loved the separate technical boo
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by zxwx 6y ago
In 70 years of physics we went from the photoelectric effect to the Standard Model. But for the last 50ish, it remains the standard. 70 years from the first flight to the concorde and the saturn 5. But in the 50 years since, improvements in