The ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Post by falcor84 » Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 9:43 PM UTC

nradov wrote: post #121

falcor84 wrote: post #80

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I would argue that humanity has been advancing rather steadily towards "true AGI" since at least the Jacquard loom. Otherwise, if you wait to admit progress until you actually have evidence for having achieved AGI, it'll just look like the Heaviside step function.

How can you claim that we've been advancing steadily when we don't even know how far the destination is, or if we're moving in the correct direction? There's no basis to claim that it will look anything like a step function; if we do achieve true AGI someday the first one might be equivalent to a really stupid person and then subsequent iterations will gradually improve from there. It seems like a lot of assumptions…

Post by netsharc » Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 12:08 AM UTC

agubelu wrote: post #61

Something I would have loved to see, especially in this era of AI, is improvements to the ATC system. But it seems we're stuck with the one from FS2020, which in turn is largely the same it was 20 years ago. Not everyone can or wants to go to VATSIM for realistic ATC coverage, but the default one is just dreadful. Obvious phraseology mistakes, happily vectoring you towards terrain, asking you to descend 20k ft. in 2…

Post by falcor84 » Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 1:56 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #123

falcor84 wrote: post #122

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You're really not clear if we're moving in the correct direction? What then would be for you an indication that we are?

Show me a computer that can reason in a generalized way at least as well as a chimpanzee (or whatever). And no, LLMs don't count. They are not generalized in any meaningful way.

Post by deanCommie » Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 6:51 PM UTC

Guillaume86 wrote: post #114

deanCommie wrote: post #15

One thing I've always wished Microsoft would do with every version of Flight Simulator but especially this one is have an "Arcade flying" mode. I want to see the hyper-realistic rendered world in as high resolution as possible. I want to fly around the planet. But I don't want to be limited to the detailed specifics (and speeds!) of real life planes. Why can't we have a mode to make a plane as easy to fly as it is in…

Did you try Google Earth VR? You can get the "superman" experience there (and even scale yourself up/down). In most ways it does not look as good as MSFS (no dynamic weather, animations etc), but you get a lot more of accurately modeled cities with 3D buildings. A version with visual candy like dynamic weather simulation would be excellent...

Post by einsteinx2 » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 8:26 PM UTC

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #116

grujicd wrote: post #5

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Do you get any motion sickness?

I've got close to 400 hours clocked in VR. MS Flight Sim makes me sick, as does any driving game or any game where locomotion involves the view moving without associated real-world movement unless teleportation is used. I can play Beat Saber, PokerStars VR, Zombie Training Simulator, Gorn, etc., for literally hours at a time and feel fine. But in a racing game, as soon as the car starts moving, even at only 5 mph, I…