derek
@derek
What do you think is the biggest mystery in science? I have two which are related: • Why is there something rather than nothing? • Why does that something continue in a causal fashion? This cast inspired by this podcast with Lex Fridman and Adam Frank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz0R_S4QMk
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musicguy.base.eth
@music-guy.eth
The discussion about artificial intelligence and consciousness is very interesting. Adam Frank suggests that artificial intelligence has no possibility of possessing consciousness. If artificial intelligence doesn't gain the ability to exist in an artificial reality where it can sense its environment, how could it develop consciousness? If creating a virtual world is possible, then it's likely that AI consciousness could emerge through these experiences. The virtual world doesn't even have to resemble our own—we don't know if "our creator" is, perhaps, outside the box in which we exist. It's theoretically possible that we are part of a data carrier with computational power, enabling us to perceive everything around us. Our creator's world could be completely different, and our world might be solely their creative idea. The same could happen with AI given sufficient scientific advancement. This, of course, is just a theory that has puzzled me since childhood.
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