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Are we living in a simulation?

Brewdog said:
I've been intrigued by the increasing number of scientists that proclaim it's very likely that we're living in a computer simulation, "The Matrix" if you will.

Do you believe it's possible that one day, say in a thousand years, quantum computers will be so powerful as to create a world where the beings believe they're actually real? Say, if you could take The Sims 4 and make those beings think their world existed. And if these computers could do that, couldn't these computers run billions of simulations at once?

So, is it more likely that we're the actual civilization that invents this technology one day, or is it more likely that we're just one of billions of simulations that our ancestors are running?
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It may take a quantum computer to finally achieve self awareness.
Quantum computers theoretically will exploit the quantum principle of superposition to increase processor speed exponentially but, they still will process digital data.

Once the qubits have completed their quantum calculations they still arrive at a 1 or a 0

The human mind beats the world's most powerful supercomputer on a variety of fronts, primarily with how data is processed.

The human mind processes information very similar to how a quantum computer would and there's even a controversial theory that claims quantum calculations are being done inside tiny microtubules inside human neurons.

A recent discovery has actually detected these quantum vibrations and scientist believe this is where the seat of human consciousness lives.

As for real AI ? I doubt we'll see it in our lifetime or our childrens llifetime.
The fastest supercomputer is still just crunching 1 and 0's, data in and data out.
 
Brewdog said:
I've been intrigued by the increasing number of scientists that proclaim it's very likely that we're living in a computer simulation, "The Matrix" if you will.

Do you believe it's possible that one day, say in a thousand years, quantum computers will be so powerful as to create a world where the beings believe they're actually real? Say, if you could take The Sims 4 and make those beings think their world existed. And if these computers could do that, couldn't these computers run billions of simulations at once?

So, is it more likely that we're the actual civilization that invents this technology one day, or is it more likely that we're just one of billions of simulations that our ancestors are running?
Click to expand...

It may take a quantum computer to finally achieve self awareness.
Quantum computers theoretically will exploit the quantum principle of superposition to increase processor speed exponentially but, they still will process digital data.

Once the qubits have completed their quantum calculations they still arrive at a 1 or a 0

The human mind beats the world's most powerful supercomputer on a variety of fronts, primarily with how data is processed.

The human mind processes information very similar to how a quantum computer would and there's even a controversial theory that claims quantum calculations are being done inside tiny microtubules inside human neurons.

A recent discovery has actually detected these quantum vibrations and scientist believe this is where the seat of human consciousness lives.

Human Soul Found? Quantum Theory Of Consciousness ‘Orch OR’ Claims Both Science And Religion Are True

As for real AI ? I doubt we'll see it in our lifetime or our childrens llifetime.
The fastest supercomputer is still just crunching 1 and 0's, data in and data out.
 
zyzygy said:
Not in my experience.
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Tell me, how do you use science to determine if this is a simulation or not? If this is a stimulation then science is part of it.

The only universal factor is consciousness, in terms of observational power. The answer has to lie there, not in externalities like scientific tools.

Do you disagree?
 
Northern Light said:
Tell me, how do you use science to determine if this is a simulation or not? If this is a stimulation then science is part of it.

The only universal factor is consciousness, in terms of observational power. The answer has to lie there, not in externalities like scientific tools.

Do you disagree?
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I think the most obvious proof that it's a plausible theory is when we are able to develop that technology ourselves. It may not prove for sure that this universe is a simulation, but it'll be very compelling evidence of the possibility that we're just a simulation running inside a simulation inside a simulation...
 
Yes this is a computer simulation without Windows 10 upgrades.
 
Fenton said:
As for real AI ? I doubt we'll see it in our lifetime or our childrens llifetime.
The fastest supercomputer is still just crunching 1 and 0's, data in and data out.
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I sometimes agree with the other sentiment though, that its not the computing speed that limits us. We have and have had the technology to create AI for some time now.
Its the size of the project, and the enormous time investment in TEACHING the AI, that is the only real hurdle.
 
Mach said:
I sometimes agree with the other sentiment though, that its not the computing speed that limits us. We have and have had the technology to create AI for some time now.
Its the size of the project, and the enormous time investment in TEACHING the AI, that is the only real hurdle.
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A Computer can only access and process information sequentially based on a predefined set of instructions.

Thats not how the human brain works. The brain process's information in parallel taking in mulitple inputs simultaneously and also adapting and learning and growing in the process.

There's no memory write address in the human brain.The neurons responsible for data analysis and problem solving also are responsible for memory

Computers cant learn on their own, cant adapt and grow smarter unless a Human programs them to or adds new hardware and then theyre limited to a set of instructions

And then there's consciousness, which Scientist dont fully understand.
There's a theory that our consciousness derives from quantum calculations inside our nuerons and a recent discovery has actually detected these vibrations inside of tiny microtubules located in our nuerons.

We're a long way off from creating a working quantum processor which is what I think we would need to produce true AI.
 
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