Doug_S. comments on Existential Angst Factory - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 July 2008 06:55AM

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Comment author: Doug_S. 19 July 2008 07:23:30AM 21 points [-]

Eh, I'm not annoyed about the universe being a meaningless dance of particle fields. I'm more annoyed about the laws of thermodynamics, which, among other things, guarantee that, eventually, everything turns into garbage. (Heat death of the universe and all that.)

The laws of thermodynamics prevent me from getting something for nothing. For example, in order to continue to live, I need to eat. If I were to be in a situation in which I did not have access to food for a sufficiently long period of time, I would die. My computer requires an external power source; someone has to pay the electric bill.

Someone needs to go hack the Matrix and repeal the laws of thermodynamics. :P

Comment author: [deleted] 19 May 2012 03:00:07PM 4 points [-]

I can assure you we (if I may refer to myself as being part of the FAI/AGI researching ingroup even though I have yet to round 20 years of age and have yet to get a university degree) are working on that.