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by _boffin_7 hours ago |
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upvoteby echelon7 hours ago|
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We're going to be able to simulate any period of time (for which we have or can simulate data) and transport ourselves there.

This is going to be amazing.

At some point I'm going to data mine all of my old internet AIM and IRC chats, emails, old laptop hard drives, essays, etc. and go nostalgia/core on it. I have old video and audio recordings too. Lots of stuff for reminiscent inference.

Every day I'm finding it harder to believe we're not already in a simulation.

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upvoteby mbgerring7 hours ago|
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> Every day I'm finding it harder to believe we're not already in a simulation.

Seek help before it’s too late.

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upvoteby echelon7 hours ago|
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Dude, I'm having a blast. I love life.

Terminally online doomerism is what needs to be reined in.

This tech is legitimately the jet packs we dreamed of as kids. It's better, even.

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upvoteby bigyabai6 hours ago|
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One can be excited for the future of LLMs while also acknowledging that the progress isn't simulated. It's cool, but not miraculous.
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upvoteby jsnider337 minutes ago|
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Do you have an actual counter to the simulation argument or are you just dismissing it out of hand?
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upvoteby tux6 hours ago|
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Combining AI with VR we can even achieve something like time travel ;-)
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upvoteby lukan5 hours ago|
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Simulated time travel. Kind of a difference to me.
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upvoteby echelon4 hours ago|
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In the limit, would you know the difference?

Maybe this is simulated time travel right now and you're experiencing it in an "enhanced realism" state.

Totally non-scientific hullabaloo, but fun to daydream about.

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upvoteby echelon5 hours ago|
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That's what I'm talking about!

This is going to be so amazing.

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upvoteby Phemist4 hours ago|
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The TV Series Devs explores this concept as well. It is decently executed, but it is a bit too cringe for my liking (supposedly world-class "devs" working on those keyboards you often see in museums, the protagonist having a fibonacci-off to establish engineering creds). Anyway, might be fun!
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upvoteby mghackerlady18 minutes ago|
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>keyboards you often see in museums

like what? the model M? you can take my buckling springs from my cold dead hands

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upvoteby squigz6 hours ago|
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This assumes that written data from a particular time period actually reflects what it was like in that time period, and isn't highly biased to select for, say, particular socioeconomic classes.
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upvoteby wazoox5 hours ago|
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Yep. Until the very recent boom of social networks, everything published is, by definition, the product of the educated and the upper classes. The farther back you're going, the more estranged from ordinary people you are. In the Middle Ages, you'll have nothing but texts about the adventures of saints and kings.
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upvoteby squigz5 hours ago|
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And of course, even with social media, there is still a large bias issue - not just with who is sharing, but also what; most people don't share everything about their lives on social media.
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