GorgeousMoron

GorgeousMoron OP t1_je803n5 wrote

Yes, I agree, but I don't think there's any realistic way this is going to happen given the current geopolitical situation.

My mind could change on this, but I doubt it will: Pandora's box has been opened, it is impossible to close, and we'll just have to wait & see what happens or participate and try somehow to steer it or become more enlightened in the process, or both.

Either way, this is a ride we can't feasibly get off.

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GorgeousMoron OP t1_je7zoob wrote

Yeah, that's fair as it pertains to AI, more or less. But, I don't think we're necessarily building it with any unified "intent" or "rationale", increasingly: it's more like pure science in a lot of ways--let's see what this does. We still have pretty much no way of knowing what's actually happening inside the "black box".

As for the universe itself, what "vast secrets"? You're talking about the unknown unknown, and possibly a bit of the unknowable. We're limited by our meat puppet nature. If AI were to understand things about the universe we simply cannot due to much more sophisticated sensors than our senses, would it be able to deduce where all this came from, why, and where it's going? Perhaps.

Would it be able to explain any or all of this to us? Perhaps not.

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GorgeousMoron t1_je7xzy6 wrote

Yes, exactly: consciousness as we know it in daily life really is nothing more than the brain's deeply interconnected processing centers working in tandem. The sense-of-self is actually generated: it is a phantom that has come in very handy for keeping us alive over the eons.

A proper psychedelic breakthrough experience or even mindfulness done right and for long enough is capable of demonstrating this in clear, unambiguous, front-&-center terms. That is what is really going on: there is nothing particularly special about your brain or anyone else's when it comes to composition. They are deeply interconnected, specialized neural networks.

Tough pill to swallow, I know, but it has the advantage of being the truth. You're right: what use is there for us? We are about to get the most humbling wake up call in our entire history as a species, and it's coming faster than most realize.

We can be replaced.

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GorgeousMoron t1_j1m2e7h wrote

About the same: a tiny, tiny fraction of the city. Most of us virtually never even really go downtown. And even downtown has relatively nice parts. But this discussion is pointless: you're just here to shit on LA. Knock yourself out. I'm fine with people like you not knowing or appreciating what's on offer here.

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