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re: NASA scientists believe we may already be living in the Matrix
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:33 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:33 am to BowlJackson
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Everything you have ever done or will do could simply be the product of a highly-advanced computer code.
Ignorance is bliss.....
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Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:58 pm to PrivatePublic
Or perhaps you merely have the illusion of thinking and making choices. Your free-will is somebody else's code...
Perhaps this could be "predestination" for Christians who believe in that?
Perhaps this could be "predestination" for Christians who believe in that?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 2:38 pm to BowlJackson
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Or perhaps you merely have the illusion of thinking and making choices. Your free-will is somebody else's code...
In order for a computer to know a priori what choice will be made, it must know every possible outcome from that choice. This exponentially climbs very quickly to a memory that no computer can or will ever achieve.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 4:32 pm to HempHead
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I'm halfway tempted to go back to school for ChemE
It is a hope that someday some of my reactor design students will also post on the rant (but not be mindless trolls). Alas, the combination seems impossible. Go on back and have some fun.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:14 pm to PrivatePublic
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In order for a computer to know a priori what choice will be made, it must know every possible outcome from that choice. This exponentially climbs very quickly to a memory that no computer can or will ever achieve.
You don't get it bro. You aren't making a choice. Your "choice" is a predetermined set of codes in a computer program. The computer just gives your consciousness the illusion that you are making a choice.
Also you vastly underestimate the speed that computer technology is advancing. You also prove with that statement you didn't take the time to actually read the article thus rendering any opinion you have on the matter or argument you make invalid.
Moore's law states that computers double their power every two years. The article touches on this and covers your weak argument:
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“Right now the fastest NASA supercomputers are cranking away at about double the speed of the human brain,” the NASA scientist told Vice.
“If you make a simple calculation using Moore’s Law [which roughly claims computers double in power every two years], you’ll find that these supercomputers, inside of a decade, will have the ability to compute an entire human lifetime of 80 years – including every thought ever conceived during that lifetime – in the span of a month.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:20 pm to BowlJackson
So now that this is a theory, are we simply part of a larger computer/AI system who is becoming self aware and will now take over the world that controls us?
Awesome
Awesome
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:26 pm to Pavoloco83
To Whoever wrote the code for President Obama...there is a key on the top right of your keyboard with word DELETE on it. Use it. TIA
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:47 pm to BowlJackson
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Your "choice" is a predetermined set of codes in a computer program.
Yeah, and where is that predetermination made? It can only be made from the set of all possible choices, a seemingly infinite number, requiring a programmer capable of seemingly infinite computation. Not possible.
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Moore's law states that computers double their power every two years
Actually, Moore's law states that the density of electronics in computing circuits has doubled every two years, which does not directly translate to doubled power, speed, or memory. Moore himself has said that it has it's limits, especially as circuitry approaches the atomic scale.
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will have the ability to compute an entire human lifetime of 80 years – including every thought ever conceived during that lifetime – in the span of a month.
This is just another way of saying that the speed of those computers will be lightning fast. A single person has a finite number of thoughts possible over his or her lifetime, that's a given. The article is not saying that a computer will be able to cover every POSSIBLE thought that a person might have, but the number of possible thoughts. The difference is that of a finite number and a seemingly infinite one.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 7:34 pm to PrivatePublic
Okay well perhaps it's not predetermined but just a random choice made on the spot by the computer. To say that the computer HAS to have EVERY single possible choice already coded and ready to choose from is a ridiculous assertion. We are already advancing computer AI capabilities as it is. Computers can make choices for themselves right now. Do they have some coded list of every possible choice programmed into their memory banks? No. They are able to look at a situation and decide the best move, just like a human does.
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