> Every day I'm finding it harder to believe we're not already in a simulation.
replySeek help before it’s too late.
Dude, I'm having a blast. I love life.
replyTerminally 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.
One can be excited for the future of LLMs while also acknowledging that the progress isn't simulated. It's cool, but not miraculous.
replyDo you have an actual counter to the simulation argument or are you just dismissing it out of hand?
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replyCombining AI with VR we can even achieve something like time travel ;-)
replySimulated time travel. Kind of a difference to me.
replyIn the limit, would you know the difference?
replyMaybe 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.
That's what I'm talking about!
replyThis is going to be so amazing.
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!
reply>keyboards you often see in museums
replylike what? the model M? you can take my buckling springs from my cold dead hands
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.
replyYep. 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.
replyAnd 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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