The Isaac Arthur Thread

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Here's a thread dedicated to Isaac Arthur and his sci-fi/sci-tech video series

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And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
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And here's the video that actually got me interested in making this thread:


I've discussed before my own thoughts about how to industrialize the moon. In short: we ought to let robots do it and leave human presence on the moon minimal.
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I've been thinking about this more and more in recent days, about how simulations offer a form of post-scarcity. In fact, probably the only true post-scarcity possible in the physical universe.
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Yuli Ban wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:03 am
I've been thinking about this more and more in recent days, about how simulations offer a form of post-scarcity. In fact, probably the only true post-scarcity possible in the physical universe.
Absolutely, especially in light of the fact most of us will probably spend most of our waking moments being plugged in. If we need to interact with the original reality, we'll probably do it via true telepresence of some form, to the point we can't distinguish between the sensation of being inside a robot body and our natural one.
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You'll be dematerialized until you're a brain floating in a jar.
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funkervogt wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:50 pm You'll be dematerialized until you're a brain floating in a jar.
And not too long after, we won't even need a brain after some major discovery that undoubtedly proves consciousness is fundamental to all matter, not just the brain.
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raklian wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:09 pm
funkervogt wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:50 pm You'll be dematerialized until you're a brain floating in a jar.
And not too long after, we won't even need a brain after some major discovery that undoubtedly proves consciousness is fundamental to all matter, not just the brain.
Maybe. For sure, there's no law of physics blocking us from stripping ourselves down to brains only.
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