Tag: singularity
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Some speculation on the Simulation Argument
If you haven’t read Nick Bostrom’s simulation argument, read it first. I’ll wait. Done? Now, for some unfounded speculation: 1) How would you trick the scientists? Nick proposes two ways to fake the environmental details of the simulation: 1) calculate the details on-demand and 2) mess with the agent’s minds to hide glitches. To me,…
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Life in the post-biological universe
Since I’m utterly unqualified to write on this topic, the following should be treated as fiction: Life expectancy in post-biological civilization is measured not in time, but in total calculations (ΣN). This is due to the gradual loss of informational coherency inherent to all entropy-generating processing systems. From a thermodynamic perspective, the parameters of the…