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> 1… If we can simulate nuclear reactions, we can simulate consciousness, and that will result in real consciousness Why do you think this? What other simulations are the same thin…

You lost me. You think consciousness is a _physical_ phenomenon that would necessarily emerge from an accurate _simulation_ of a particle system? If it’s a physical phenomenon in r…

Or a more succinct question: why do you think a simulation of consciousness is the same as consciousness? What other simulations of things are identical with the things?

> If we are physical beings, then "consciousness" and anything else we have must be an emergent property of our physical components. If we can simulate those physical components, t…

Your conclusion doesn’t follow from your premises, and your second premise is false besides as others have pointed out — CPUs CANNOT simulate even classical physics exactly, and ce…

I assume that a non-rogue AGI running on something like a Universal Turing Machine would, if questioned, deny its own consciousness and would behave like it wasn't conscious in var…

My own primary account was recently "incorrectly removed for impersonation" by "one of our systems," just weeks after I had to send a picture of myself with a handwritten magic cod…

> anything involving electrolyzers is likely wasteful I've seen this stated a few times in this thread, but read elsewhere that electrolysis of water currently has nearly identical…

Lynch's Dune never looked so good! The actors were fully committed, whereas those in the trailer look like they're just reading the lines. No conviction. Guess we'll see if that ho…

Recordings of dozens of numbers stations: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Conet_Project

How is it like Borders? It's a warren of different rooms on different floors, half of which are more like a warehouse than a retail store, with a huge selection of used and new boo…

In 70 years of physics we went from the photoelectric effect to the Standard Model. But for the last 50ish, it remains the standard. 70 years from the first flight to the concorde …

The sun is the heat source.