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morganism comments on The Extraordinary Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: morganism 10 September 2016 07:13PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 10 September 2016 07:20:21PM 1 point [-]

it looks like this is a big boost to the simulation argument.

It could be that you only get civilizations "in universes is governed by a tiny subset of all possible functions" because else wise either evolution can't "discover" how to create intelligent life, or evolved intelligent life can't figure out science.

Comment author: morganism 10 September 2016 10:21:11PM 0 points [-]

Or it could also be that all the matter in the universe has already been converted to "smart matter" and is running basic algorithms and rulesets.....

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 12 September 2016 10:24:38AM 0 points [-]

That's basically the Unsong universe

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