Are computers alive? Do they feed off our thoughts? Can quantum errors in the system be determined by observation?
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Mostly not a thing. They’ve developed some interesting self-pruning systems, but we’re not going to see true A.I. in my lifetime for sure.
It’s the only way I survive.
I don’t know much about AI but I know a little programming and I wonder if AI is like those computer chess programs where it tries all the possible moves and outcomes before deciding its move. Some arguments are put forward that this is what humans do when we make a decision but I think I disagree. I don’t think an algorithm can have self-awareness. Again they say isn’t that what we are? I think they sell us short. We are possibly much more.
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Are you feeling like this is the case, from your perspective?
I don’t want to pursue academia for the sake of nothing, but the idea of self awareness being a fractal and thus irrational, or pseudorandom coupled with multiplying the pseudorandom number by the time during interactions giving true randomness might just give birth to life via us?
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I’m afraid of artificial intelligence
I was anticipating a yes or a no, haha 
But if I understand you correctly, you are essentially hypothesising that it could be the case. Not that you truly believe that it is. Which is good, in my view. I’m not sure that modern science could have wittingly created a truly sentient, and living conscience at this point in time. If they did, I’m sure we’d all know about it.
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we will end in the matrix.
I was all wowed by supposedly AI based youtube stars like Kizuna Ai, but it turns out they are motion captured humans.
AI can outplay anyone at most competitive games now, so it is getting intimidating, though…
I think AI is dangerous, but I also think humans/humanity is more dangerous.
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Interesting you said fractal. They’re interesting.
I had some thoughts the other day that personality is a fractal. Everyone has a unique personality or behavior. It’s hard to predict on an individual level but on a massive scale, it is somewhat predictable. Sort of like chaos.
It’s probably mumbo jumbo. I get a lot of thoughts, which turn out to be correct.
I think consciousness is a series of feedback loops. Michio Kaku believes in that and talked about it.
I think the brain is a holographic construction. There’s a theory on it. I believe it has quantum properties.
The funny thing is if we live in an AI quantum computer, it’s trivial that it produces consciousness because we HAVE consciousness…
If you take the picture of Westworld, then consciousness is not that important and may not even exist lol.
I feel computers are limited to our intelligence since we make them. Computers may be able to focus more and not sleep, but I feel our intelligence and sciences are founded on a long tedious process of many experiments and observations. When humans make connections, sometimes those connections can be wrong. We have to do a scientific investigation, usually spanning many years, to feel more confident in the connection. Sometimes a logical conclusion isn’t always an observed result. Theories aren’t always practical.
The modern scientific investigation requires gathering relevant information. So a computer would likely be limited to only what information it can scavenge. I think some primitive forms of artificial intelligence use the internet to gather information, which is horrible because the internet can have a lot of misinformation. Then the computer would have to make an hypothesis after reviewing the gathered information. This would require some ability to accurately summarize and simplify information to make logical connections.
The computer would then need to design an experiment, gather materials, and execute the experiment. This would seem to be very very difficult for a computer to do alone, since computers currently can’t secure things as easily as humans can. The computer would likely have virtual representations or simulations of earthly materials within itself or its program. Maybe having a database of chemical elements can aid this, but this is overall extremely difficult because we don’t know the entire composition of certain earthly things. There also may be new chemical elements that we haven’t yet discovered on this earth.
The experiment would virtually take place within the computer, which is against the nature of an experiment. An experiment is suppose to test a theory or hypothesis, and must be done in a practical or real-life environment or setting. It should not be done under a virtual environment of digitally bounded or limited objects, else it’s just another very fancy theory.
Our intelligence is more founded on a series of many scientific investigations of the same subjects in different environments or under different factors. So a computer would have to execute many linked scientific investigations on their own, possibly through a string of logic. Again though, logical conclusions aren’t always observed results.
Even if computers were able to successfully do scientific investigations, I don’t think computers would ever be able to fast-forward time. They may come to conclusions faster, but solid theories would not be discovered too impressively fast I’d think. The solid theories probably wouldn’t be accurate anyhow, since the virtual conclusions might have been wrong in a practical world.
If you do want to continue studying academia, then you can definitely study artificial intelligence and try to program computers to do scientific investigations.
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You could theoretically program AI to act and behave just like a human, but it wouldn’t have a consciousness. Whatever it is that gives us consciousness is something we can’t reproduce in my opinion. Lots of scientists say the illusion of self is created entirely by the brain, and maybe it is, but it seems like we could have existed without it.
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If Apple Inc. has difficulty programming A.I. into the product assembly lines of iPhones, then A.I. has a long way to go to become commonplace for the general public.
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Love AI.
Want more.
I will never bet against Elon Musk:
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This is some weird stuff. I’m glad I’m probably not going to be around to see it. Now, if I live to be 100, I may see it.
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It works for me.