The takeaway for me here is that “uncertainty” is baked into the Universe’s operating system. It’s fundamental to the existence of everything. Why and how? How can seeming randomness be a part of the Universe?
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Month: September 2017
https://www.wired.com/story/god-is-a-bot-and-anthony-levandowski-is-his-messenger
“Many people in Silicon Valley believe in the Singularity—the day in our near future when computers will surpass humans in intelligence and kick off a feedback loop of unfathomable change.
When that day comes, Anthony Levandowski will be firmly on the side of the machines. In September 2015, the multi-millionaire engineer at the heart of the patent and trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, Google’s self-driving car company, founded a religious organization called Way of the Future. Its purpose, according to previously unreported state filings, is nothing less than to “develop and promote the realization of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence.””
(The rest of the article is about his history and legal issues)
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The Simulation Argument
But.. why?