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wjfox wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:37 pm This is "you".

All of us.

A bunch of neurons and bio-electrical signals between them.


We are essentially the sum of our constituent parts and their constituent parts ad infinitum. It's no different than being part of our galaxy, nor the galaxy being part of the Local Group, etc. Our existence as a singular being is an illusion, tricked by the non-localized effects of quantum mechanics.
To know is essentially the same as not knowing. The only thing that occurs is the rearrangement of atoms in your brain.
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raklian wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:20 pm
wjfox wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:37 pm This is "you".

All of us.

A bunch of neurons and bio-electrical signals between them.


We are essentially the sum of our constituent parts and their constituent parts ad infinitum. It's no different than being part of our galaxy, nor the galaxy being part of the Local Group, etc. Our existence as a singular being is an illusion, tricked by the non-localized effects of quantum mechanics.
We are technically singular beings but made of other smaller singular components.
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ººº wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 6:28 pm
raklian wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:20 pm
wjfox wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:37 pm This is "you".

All of us.

A bunch of neurons and bio-electrical signals between them.


We are essentially the sum of our constituent parts and their constituent parts ad infinitum. It's no different than being part of our galaxy, nor the galaxy being part of the Local Group, etc. Our existence as a singular being is an illusion, tricked by the non-localized effects of quantum mechanics.
We are technically singular beings but made of other smaller singular components.
Where do we draw the line that shows we are singular beings?
To know is essentially the same as not knowing. The only thing that occurs is the rearrangement of atoms in your brain.
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Never expected to see Ben Shapiro using a worse AI than ChatGPT whist effectively claiming it is ChatGPT, in order to say "ChatGPT is dumb and woke".

This made me feel like we are living in the future.

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Ozzie guy wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:43 am Never expected to see Ben Shapiro using a worse AI than ChatGPT whist effectively claiming it is ChatGPT, in order to say "ChatGPT is dumb and woke".

This made me feel like we are living in the future.

And there's still more:
Yuli Ban wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:22 am 2023 is going to feel the exact same as 2022, and no, by that, I don't mean there's going to be no progress at all. I mean definition number two. It's going to feel exactly like how 2022 felt.
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Probably the "hardest" hard Singularity I've heard in a while. Not at all convinced this is the way it will be, though some of the timescales early on sound about right. I have a feeling the coming Overmind isn't going to turn the whole planet into computronium, or that all biological life will be assimilated within the century.
And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
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